Author: WNKY Staff

MeTV Network launches original series Collector’s Call hosted by Lisa Whelchel

Click here for a series preview MeTV Network, America’s #1 classic television network, and Weigel Broadcasting Co. announce the debut of the network’s first original TV series, Collector’s Call. Hosted by Lisa Whelchel (The Facts of Life, Survivor: Philippines), the 13-episode unscripted series will premiere on Sunday, April 7 at 10pm / 9pm C following Lisa’s Call, a special three-hour…

Vaccine debate hits Capitol Hill

(NBC News) An Ohio teenager who gained national attention for going against his mother’s anti-vaccine beliefs shared his story on Capitol Hill Tuesday. High school senior Ethan Lindenberger told a Senate Committee how he pursued scientific facts about vaccines and made the decision to become fully inoculated when he turned 18, defying his mother, who Ethan says developed strong anti-vaccine…

Betti Wiggins is changing the way American children eat while at school

(NBC News) Betti Wiggins talks about her serious work in a way that, more often than not, is funny. “When I was in Detroit, we held a funeral for the deep fryers,” Wiggins told NBCBLK about the school food reforms she oversaw for half of the last decade in the Motor City. “We said goodbye to Tony the Tiger and…

Campus Beat – WKU Philanthropy

Already half way through the 2019 fiscal year, Western Kentucky University is on course for another record-setting year of fundraising and donations. In today’s Campus Beat, we find out what’s making that possible, and how these record amounts of gifts are being used to help implement the school’s strategic plan.