WKYU-FM (Bowling Green, KY)

6 days ago | wkyufm.org | Jacob Martin

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell says he remains skeptical about President Trump's tariffs on foreign goods. McConnell spoke to the Glasgow-Barren County Rotary Club on Thursday. During his remarks, he highlighted his experience during his time as the longest serving U.S. Senator in Kentucky history and his efforts to pass an estate tax exemption to support Kentucky farmers. The Republican lawmakers also expressed skeptical about President Trump's tariffs on foreign goods.

6 days ago | wkyufm.org | Quil Lawrence

Updated April 18, 2025 at 05:00 AM ETPORTLAND, Maine — Earlier this month about 60 people, mostly veterans and family members, gathered for a beer and some civil conversation, at Definitive Brewing Company in Portland, Maine. "I was joking that veterans are the referees that America needs right now.

1 week ago | wkyufm.org | Jacob Martin

Bowling Green and Warren County officials have created the Community Recovery Center for residents affected by the historic flooding in Kentucky. The Recovery Center is located at Michael Buchanan Park and open Monday through Friday from 11am to 3pm. Multiple non-profits and local agencies are on hand at the Center to provide resources for anyone in need.

1 week ago | wkyufm.org | Jack Jenkins

A majority of Catholics and evangelicals backed Trump on Election Day. But some say his promise to enact a mass deportation of migrants threatens their churches. In a new report, they argue that 80% who would be at risk of deportation are Christians. Copyright 2025 NPR

2 weeks ago | wkyufm.org | Joe Sonka

Appalshop in Whitesburg, Kentucky has the largest collection of Appalachian media archives in the world, but roughly 70% of its 30,000-item collection was damaged in the historic regional flooding of 2022. The nonprofit received two federal grants last year totaling nearly $1 million to fully restore and digitize much of the damaged archive. Now that funding is at risk of being zeroed out.