radioNOVO News for Bowling Green: May 11, 2026

        A BOWLING GREEN NATIVE IS RETURNING HOME TO LEAD ORCHESTRA KENTUCKY. JOSEPH TRAFTON JUNIOR WAS NAMED THE NEW MUSIC DIRECTOR FOR THE ORCHESTRA AND RAMSEY THEATRE COMPANY LAST WEEK, SUCCEEDING FOUNDER JEFF REED. TRAFTON, A WARREN CENTRAL GRAD, SPENT THE LAST TWO DECADES CONDUCTING IN GERMANY, WHERE HE WAS RECENTLY NOMINATED FOR CONDUCTOR OF THE YEAR.           REED, WHO LED THE ORCHESTRA FOR TWENTY-SIX YEARS, SAYS THE ORGANIZATION IS IN "VERY GOOD HANDS" AS HE SHIFTS HIS FULL FOCUS TO LEADING SKY-PAC.           GLASGOW POLICE AND COMMUNITY LEADERS PAUSED THIS WEEK TO HONOR THOSE WHO SERVE AND PROTECT. THE GLASGOW POLICE DEPARTMENT HOSTED A PEACE MEMORIAL CEREMONY, PAYING TRIBUTE TO ACTIVE-DUTY OFFICERS AND THOSE WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. POLICE CHIEF GUY HOWIE HIGHLIGHTED THE "HONOR, RESPECT, AND TRUST" REQUIRED IN THE PROFESSION, ACKNOWLEDGING THE DAILY RISKS TAKEN BY FIRST RESPONDERS AND MILITARY MEMBERS. THE EVENT SERVED AS A SOMBER REMINDER OF THE DEDICATION SHOWN BY SERVICE MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE REGION.