To lawmakers, cries from local U.S. immigrants may be muffled by the protests of those in cities such as Los Angeles, Detroit and Chicago, where many have rallied against tougher immigration laws. But Bowling Green voices are no less important, said Vanessa Arguello of Bowling Green, a native of Nicaragua and Hispanic ministries director at St.

Kristin Strode buckled her seat belt and prepared for a two-hour drive from Lexington to Bowling Green. The University of Kentucky student would soon pass the site where her friend, Rachel Blevins, died on Feb. 7 one year ago. Interstate 65. Just past Upton, exit 76.