FRANKFORT, Ky. With state revenues dropping sharply due to the pandemic, the judicial branch is reducing expenses now in an effort to mitigate possible furloughs and layoffs in the coming months. Chief Justice of Kentucky John D. Minton Jr. announced today that the court system will implement a statewide hiring freeze and suspend all out-of-state travel, effective Friday. Travel exceptions…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Western Kentucky University students Meredith Cherry and Grace Alexieff are this year’s recipients of the Connie Foster Student Scholarship Endowment at WKU Libraries. Cherry is a junior from Lexington, Kentucky, majoring in nursing, and Alexieff is a sophomore from Bowling Green, Kentucky, majoring in history and minoring in philosophy and political science. Cherry’s supervisor Morgan Moran…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — The Student Alumni Ambassadors of Western Kentucky University announced Thursday that they recently added 12 new members, bring the total membership to 30 for the fall 2020 semester. “The WKU Student Alumni Ambassadors are the official student representatives of the WKU Alumni Association,” explained Allie Sharp, the WKU Alumni Association’s Coordinator of Student & Young Alumni…
Senate hopeful Charles Booker joined SoKY Sunrise to discuss his Senate campaign and even a get-to-know-you game! For more on Booker’s campaign, click here. To watch our interview with C. Wesley Morgan, click here. To watch our interview with Paul Frangedakis, click here. To watch our interview with Jimmy Ausbrooks, click here. To watch our interview with Mike Broihier, click here. To watch…
Antibody: it’s a word we’re hearing a lot lately. But how does it help our bodies fight viruses like the coronavirus? Today’s Living Well explains.
Courtesy of WKU Athletics BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Two Lady Topper athletic teams were honored Tuesday for their success in the classroom as women’s golf and women’s soccer received NCAA Academic Performance Rate Public Recognition Awards for having a multiyear Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores in the top 10 percent nationally through the 2018-19 academic year. Nearly 1,400 total programs…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – In a press release issued Wednesday, May 13, The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science at Western Kentucky University announced that nine of their students have been awarded National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) scholarships by the US Department of State. These scholarships fund summer and traditional school year programs in which participants study critical…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — A press release issued Wednesday, May 13, by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet announced that a utility project in Allen County will close a section of US231/Veterans Memorial Highway. A detour using Old Bowling Green Road will be set up to divert traffic from the area between mile marker 4.5 and 5.5 overnight. As an exact start…
This week, we’re showing you portions of an interview we conducted to hear the perspectives of several local leaders and experts fighting the COVID-19 pandemic in our area. In part three, we discuss how you can continue to keep yourself safe as the state begins to reopen in phases. ____ Here is the full interview:
