Author: WNKY Staff

Lifeskills and WKU establish center for children’s welfare

BOWLING GREEN, KY. – LifeSkills, Inc. and the Center for Child Welfare Education and Research, part of the College of Health and Human Services at WKU, announced a five-year partnership. In recognition, the Center will be known as the LifeSkills Center for Child Welfare Education and Research. Established in 2019, the Center facilitates applied translational research focused on improving family…

WKU Hilltoppers lands five players on 2021 C-USA Watch List

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Conference USA announced its 2021 Preseason Watch List on Monday, which includes WKU Football players Bailey Zappe, Cole Spencer, DeAngelo Malone, Antwon Kincade and Brayden Narveson. Each of the league’s 14 teams had five selected as key players to watch ahead of the season. Zappe threw for 10,004 passing yards in four seasons with Houston Baptist…

WKU’s Malone named to Bednarik Award Watch List for 2nd straight year

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – For the second consecutive year, WKU Football defensive end DeAngelo Malone has been named to the Bednarik Award Watch List, the Maxwell Football Club announced Monday morning. The Atlanta, Ga., native is only 1-of-5 Conference USA players on the initial list and 1-of-19 defensive ends. Meanwhile, there were zero other players from Kentucky schools. Malone enters…

‘High Five’ With Fallon As Five Special “TONIGHT” Moments Air Throughout The Run of the Games Over Five Days

NEW YORK, NY – July 19, 2021 – Following the Opening Ceremony of the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo, the excitement continues on NBC with Jimmy Fallon and “THE TONIGHT SHOW,” Friday, July 23 at 11:35 PM ET/PT. Jimmy will welcome superstars Matt Damon, star of “Stillwater,” and Jason Sudeikis, star of “Ted Lasso,” in studio, plus, there…

Innovators invited to pitch uses for Kentucky bourbon industry’s surplus stillage

FRANKFORT, Ky. – With the number of Kentucky distillers increasing 250% the past decade, the need to address the industry’s spent-grain byproduct known as stillage has grown as well. Now, innovators and entrepreneurs can submit creative ideas, technologies and solutions for expanded uses of distilling byproduct. The top submitted ideas will enter a reverse pitch competition Oct. 25 during the 25th…

College Heights Foundation celebrates milestone

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Born from a $100 gift from a faculty member, the idea for the College Heights Foundation (CHF) started with the goal to help Western Kentucky University students in need. This summer, CHF celebrates its 98th anniversary with achieving the milestone of surpassing $100 million in its endowment. Officially incorporated on July 17, 1923, CHF was established…