radioNOVO News for Bowling Green: May 22, 2026

RNN BOWLING GREEN 05/22/26          A SIMPSON COUNTY JUDGE HAS FINALIZED THE COURT DATES FOR TWO HIGH-STAKES LAWSUITS SURROUNDING A CONTROVERSIAL $1.6 BILLION DATA CENTER PROJECT IN FRANKLIN. JUDGE MARK THURMOND SET JULY 20TH AS THE DATE TO HEAR ORAL ARGUMENTS IN A LAWSUIT BROUGHT BY A LOCAL CITIZENS GROUP ATTEMPTING TO OVERTURN THE PROJECT'S PRELIMINARY APPROVAL.           THE JUDGE WILL THEN HEAR ARGUMENTS ON AUGUST 6TH  IN A SEPARATE LAWSUIT FILED BY THE DEVELOPER, TENKEY LANDCO, CHALLENGING THE COUNTY FISCAL COURT’S AUTHORITY TO REGULATE THE CITY-BASED SITE.                 BOWLING GREEN’S BEECH BEND PARK WILL HOST SPEEDFEST FROM MAY 28 TO MAY 30, BRINGING 250 STREET-LEGAL DRAG CARS TO TOWN. RACERS FROM 3 NATIONAL SERIES WILL COMPETE IN A HIGH-STAKES TOURNAMENT FORMAT, WHILE TOP-TIER DRIVERS ATTEMPT TO SHATTER THE PARK'S QUARTER-MILE TRACK RECORD OF 5.15 SECONDS. THE THREE-DAY EVENT WILL ALSO SHOWCASE HIGH-SPEED JET CARS, NIGHTLY LASER SHOWS, AND LOCAL TRACK CRUISES, HIGHLIGHTING PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS LIKE LETICIA HUGHES PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SPORT.