A rally connected to the fighting in the Mideast.

A get out the vote effort and a certain medicinal plant that's in short supply.

Our Toby Gibbs tells us more about those stories.

And our Tuesday look at headlines around Kentucky.

Dozens of people in support of the Palestinians rallied in Bowling Green over the weekend, calling for an end to the violence between Israel and Hamas militants.

The Bowling Green Daily News reports the gathering Sunday at Fountain Square Park featured chants, poems and a march.

Attacks between Israel and Hamas militants have led to the deaths of thousands, including an estimated 1400, during an October 7th music festival in Israel and an estimated 2450 after Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip.

A nonpartisan group in Warren County is tasked with increasing voter turnout ahead of the November 7th election.

WQ Public Radio reports the Warren County Fiscal Court created the 11 member task force to inform voters about where and when they can cast their ballots.

The initiative will use a social media campaign mailing list and banners across the county to fulfill its mission.

The group created in September will keep working until the presidential election in 2024.

The Daniel Boone National Forest will not be issuing permits for harvesting a plant used for medicinal purposes this year.

Moorhead State Public Radio reports that a part botanist said the ginseng plant seems to be decreasing in the forest due to animals, disease or people poaching the plant.

The plant has been exported for years across Kentucky.

The harvesting season typically runs from September 1st to December 1st.

Members of the Red River Valley Fighter Pilots Association met last week for their 50th reunion and to cut the ribbon on the New River Rats exhibit.

The Bowling Green Daily News reports.

The exhibit at Bowling Green's Aviation Heritage Part Museum features memorials, artifacts, artwork and models dating back to 1967 when the group was founded.

The River Rats initial purpose was to coordinate aircrews flying over North Vietnam with headlines around Kentucky.

I'm Toby Gibbs.