radioNOVO News for Bowling Green: August 21, 2026

RNN BOWLING GREEN 08/21/26          PLANS FOR A NEW FRANKLIN-SIMPSON HIGH SCHOOL ARE MOVING FORWARD AFTER THE SIMPSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED HIRING AN ARCHITECT FOR THE PROJECT. OFFICIALS SAY BUILDING A NEW CAMPUS WILL COST ROUGHLY 30-MILLION DOLLARS—ABOUT THE SAME AS RENOVATING THE SIXTY-YEAR-OLD CURRENT FACILITY. CONSTRUCTION WILL TAKE PLACE IN PHASES OVER SEVERAL YEARS, WITH INITIAL SITE PREPARATION EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY DECEMBER.          TRIAL IS SET TO BEGIN NEXT WEEK FOR THE MAN CHARGED IN A FATAL 2024 CRASH ON SCOTTSVILLE ROAD. 35-YEAR-OLD JORGE LOPEZ ITURBIDE FACES MURDER, ASSAULT, AND D-U-I CHARGES FOLLOWING THE CRASH THAT KILLED A TWO-YEAR-OLD CHILD. A WARREN CIRCUIT JUDGE DENIED A DEFENSE MOTION TO SUPPRESS ITURBIDE’S STATEMENTS TO POLICE, ALLOWING THEM AT TRIAL.          ACTOR AND ADVOCATE SEAN ASTIN WILL BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOR DOWN SYNDROME OF SOUTHERN KENTUCKY'S UPCOMING FUNDRAISING DINNER ON OCTOBER 17TH. KNOWN FOR HIS ROLES IN "THE GOONIES," "RUDY," AND "THE LORD OF THE RINGS," ASTIN WILL SHARE INSIGHTS FROM HIS CAREER AND MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY AT THE SLOAN CONVENTION CENTER. PROCEEDS WILL SUPPORT LOCAL FAMILIES ACROSS A FOURTEEN-COUNTY AREA.