radioNOVO News for Bowling Green: June 3, 2026

RNN BOWLING GREEN 06/03/26          BOWLING GREEN CITY COMMISSIONERS HAVE APPROVED NEW RESTRICTIONS ON FUTURE DATA CENTERS BUT REJECTED A PROPOSED SIX-MONTH MORATORIUM ON NEW DEVELOPMENTS. BY A THREE-TO-TWO VOTE, COMMISSIONERS DECLINED THE TEMPORARY FREEZE AND INSTEAD UNANIMOUSLY ADVANCED REGULATIONS REQUIRING CLOSED-LOOP WATER COOLING SYSTEMS AND SETBACKS FROM SCHOOLS AND PROPERTY LINES. COMMISSIONERS ALSO APPROVED THE FIRST READING OF A REDUCED 180-MILLION-DOLLAR BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027, KEEPING MAJOR PROJECTS LIKE RIVERFRONT PARK FULLY FUNDED DESPITE SPENDING CUTS AND A HIRING FREEZE.          AUTHORITIES SAY HUMAN REMAINS DISCOVERED EARLIER THIS YEAR ON RICHARDSVILLE ROAD HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A WARREN COUNTY MAN MISSING FOR SIX YEARS. THE WARREN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THE REMAINS FOUND JANUARY 8 AT A PROPERTY IN THE 7300 BLOCK OF RICHARDSVILLE ROAD BELONG TO 57-YEAR-OLD RAIF VELIC. DEPUTIES AND A TIMBER ESTIMATOR INITIALLY LOCATED THE SUSPECTED SKELETAL REMAINS, WHICH WERE LATER CONFIRMED THROUGH A MEDICAL EXAMINER’S POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION. VELIC WAS REPORTED MISSING IN OCTOBER 2020 AFTER WALKING AWAY FROM HIS HOME IN RICHARDSVILLE.