radioNOVO News for Bowling Green: September 15, 2026

           ALLEN COUNTY FIRST RESPONDERS RESCUED SEVERAL ANIMALS FROM A BURNING HOUSE ON MAYSVILLE ROAD AFTER A MAN ALLEGEDLY SET IT ON FIRE MONDAY. AUTHORITIES ARRESTED 35-YEAR-OLD THOMAS DILLEY AND CHARGED HIM WITH SECOND-DEGREE ARSON FOLLOWING A DOMESTIC INCIDENT, WITH ANIMAL CRUELTY CHARGES EXPECTED. POLICE NOTE DILLEY WAS RELEASED FROM JAIL EARLIER THAT MORNING ON A SEPARATE CASE. SCOTTSVILLE FIREFIGHTERS SAFELY REMOVED ALL ANIMALS FROM THE BLAZE.          OFFICIALS WITH THE CENTER FOR COURAGEOUS KIDS WAS PRESENTED WITH A $1.5 MILLION STATE BUDGET ALLOCATION LAST WEEK TO BUILD A NEW MEDICAL FACILITY. STATE REPRESENTATIVE SHAWN MCPHERSON AND SENATOR MAX WISE SECURED THE FUNDING FOR THE NON-PROFIT CAMP WHICH SERVES CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. CONSTRUCTION ON THE LODGE BEGINS NEXT AUGUST, WHICH WILL DOUBLE VOLUNTEER CAPACITY AND ALLOW THE CAMP TO SERVE MORE CHILDREN BY SPRING 2028.          KENTUCKY STATE POLICE DETECTIVE JOSH AMOS HAS BEEN NAMED THE 2026 NARCOTIC OFFICER OF THE YEAR BY THE KENTUCKY NARCOTIC OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION. AMOS WAS RECOGNIZED ON SEPT. 9 FOR LEADING A MULTI-AGENCY DRUG TRAFFICKING INVESTIGATION WITH THE BOWLING GREEN-WARREN COUNTY DRUG TASK FORCE.