BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - Before it was the home of the Corvette, Bowling Green spent over a decade battling a criminal undercurrent revolving around gambling, car thefts, and wet vs. dry politics.

By the late 1950s, the battle became explosive, with a series of bombings taking place in and around the city. Dozens of both successful and failed bombing attempts were reported throughout the 1960s, with many targeting those in law enforcement, including then BGPD captain Wayne Constant and his family.

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The Little Chicago Era part 1: Bootleggers in the Bluegrass

“They went out in front of my mother’s beauty shop, and there were 6 sticks of dynamite under the car. It was my sister’s first day of grade school, and that’s the only reason he came out and saw it behind the wheel

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