WUZZ Radio | radioNOVO News for Bowling Green: June 24, 2026

RNN BOWLING GREEN 06/24/26          JULY FIRST IS THE DAY WHEN FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES AT WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL SEE THEIR SALARIES INCREASE.            THE BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS APPROVED A TWO PERCENT RAISE, WHICH WILL COST THE DISTRICT ABOUT TWO MILLION DOLLARS. OFFICIALS SAY THE LOCAL FUNDS ARE BEING PULLED TO KEEP COMPENSATION COMPETITIVE AMID RISING INFLATION, DESPITE FACING A MASSIVE TWENTY-THREE PERCENT SPIKE IN THE DISTRICT'S COMMERCIAL INSURANCE PREMIUMS.          SEVENTEEN PEOPLE FROM TWELVE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES ARE THE NEWEST CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES AFTER A NATURALIZATION CEREMONY  LAST WEEK.            THE GROUP TOOK THEIR OATHS OF ALLEGIANCE AT LOST RIVER CAVE IN BOWLING GREEN, A FEDERAL JUDGE ADMINISTERED THE OATH TO THE NEW CITIZENS, WHOSE HOME COUNTRIES INCLUDE BHUTAN, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, BURMA, COLUMBIA, CONGO KINSHASA, GERMANY, INDIA, MEXICO, PAKISTAN, PHILIPPINES, SOMALIA AND VIETNAM.