radioNOVO News for Bowling Green: August 25, 2026

RNN BOWLING GREEN 08/25/26          A BOWLING GREEN MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR THE 2023 MURDER OF 22-YEAR-OLD ALEXANDRA HEMMANN.          WARREN CIRCUIT JUDGE CHRIS COHRON HANDED DOWN THE SENTENCE TO 28-YEAR-OLD DAVID PROFFITT FOLLOWING VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENTS FROM HEMMANN’S FAMILY AND FRIENDS. A JURY CONVICTED PROFFITT IN JUNE OF MURDER, ABUSE OF A CORPSE, THEFT, AND FORGERY AFTER HE STRANGLED HEMMANN IN HER APARTMENT AND STOLE HER CAR AND MONEY.          A TWO-STORY HOME IS HEAVILY DAMAGED AFTER FIRE RAVAGED IT MONDAY AFTERNOON IN BOWLING GREEN.          FIRE CREWS RESPONDED TO THE ACTIVE BLAZE IN THE 900 BLOCK OF ANISE LANE AROUND 2:40 P.M. WHILE THE TOP PORTION OF THE HOME SUSTAINED SEVERE DAMAGE, BOWLING GREEN FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS REPORT NO INJURIES.          FIRST RESPONDERS WERE ABLE TO SAFELY RESCUE A DOG AND A CAT FROM INSIDE THE HOME.          EFFORTS TO BUILD A NEW INTERSTATE 65 WELCOME GATEWAY IN SMITHS GROVE ARE GAINING MOMENTUM.          OPERATION PRIDE BOARD MEMBER MIKE BUCHANAN TOLD CITY COMMISSIONERS MONDAY THAT PRIVATE FUNDRAISING FOR THE ESTIMATED $425,000 PROJECT IS ALREADY HALFWAY TO ITS GOAL. THE GATEWAY—WHICH WILL BE BUILT ON DONATED LAND NEAR MCKINLEY ROAD—IS ENTIRELY PRIVATELY FUNDED, WITH EARLY SUPPORT COMING FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES INCLUDING BUC-EE’S AND T.J. SAMSON HEALTH.          ORGANIZERS HOPE TO BREAK GROUND SOON AND COMPLETE THE PROJECT BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.