Aiden “Alpha” Mcadoo, 19, leans back on a goal in the indoor roller hockey rink of the Victory Sportsplex on April 22, 2026 in Bowling Green, Ky. Mcadoo has played hockey since 13 years old and helped the facility’s owner, Dylan Kimbro, build the rink by erecting walls and installing flooring. “I’m here pretty much every day,” Mcadoo said. “Whenever Dylan lets me come.” Mcadoo first met Kimbro when Kimbro served as his coach and has been friends with him since.

Dora Vazquez, left, and daughter Jessica Vazquez pose in front of the original Taqueria y Cafeteria Los Vazquez at 850 Morgantown Road in Bowling Green, Ky. Dora is the owner and main operator of the restaurant, working with her sons and daughters at both locations. She comes to the restaurant and starts preparing ingredients at four in the morning most days.

Model Malaïka Ngoy, 23, shows off her ocean inspired clothing set at the second annual WKU Fashion Inc. show in the White Squirrel Brewery on Saturday, April 25, 2026 in Bowling Green, Ky. Multiple student designers worked to create new and up-cycle existing clothing pieces to fit the theme of “Nature’s Theory,” based around each designers’ interpretation of the phrase.

Keira Elitzer at the Dead Nettle Creek Farm on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Dunmor, Ky. Elitzer manages two farms with her husband and children while also acting as an animal bone and hide merchant, an insurance salesperson, and a seller of foraged fruits, vegetables, jams, and baked goods. Elitzer homeschools her children and focuses her life on staying connected to the land she works, caring for pigs, cattle, and horses. She enjoys fishing and hunting on her farm outside of her regular duties.

Freshman architectural science major and member of the WKU Swim Club Aidan Klinglesmith shows off his muscled physique while sporting his swim uniform at the hill’s most popular fountain on April 30, 2026. Klinglesmith started swimming from a decision to try something new in life in his freshman year of high school. “I love the WKU Swim Club. They are like family to me,” he said. “They mean a lot to me and I never felt so alive while swimming again.”

Amya Bledsoe stuns in a natural beauty look with a pop of gloss on May 2, 2026.

Sharon Hayes-Blakey, 57, pauses from talking about life growing up in Bowling Green, Kentucky and attending her longtime place of worship at State Street Baptist Church after a Sunday morning service on May 3, 2026. The church was established in 1873 and served as the first formal African-American church in Bowling Green, being originally known as “First Colored Baptist Church.” Hayes-Blakey retired from her two jobs of cake making and cleaning the church due to health complications from a series of car accidents, resulting in a total of seven surgeries. “I’m a doer, I tell everyone that,” she said. She nows splits her time between decorating for weddings and celebrations, keeping active through cycling, going out with friends, and doing puzzles or sitting on the porch with her husband whom she met through the church.