Western Kentucky University

For Christian Aragona, the road to the Western Kentucky University swim team has been paved with a year's worth of intense therapy and hard work -- and it could well have started at the bottom of a pile of celebrating high-school baseball players....

Becky Stone, who has been the associate director of planning for the Owensboro Metropolitan Planning Commission since 2004, will retire June 1, when her colleague, Brian Howard, will step into that role. Howard is a senior planner for the OMPC. Gary...

What started as a routine project for a high school history class has turned into a ticket to national competition in Washington D.C. for Grayson County High School Senior Jacob Embry. Embry recently competed in and won first place in his project...

Thursday night, students from the Western Kentucky University-Owensboro walked across the stage of the RiverPark Center to receive their diplomas in the satellite campus' third graduation ceremony. For some of the students, the college experience had...

Keeping his word to avoid across-the-board cuts to meet a projected $2,139,000 revenue shortfall, Western Kentucky University President Gary Ransdell on Wednesday announced a three-pronged strategy developed by the WKU Administrative Cabinet to a balanced...

One year ago today, Western Kentucky hired Todd Stewart on a full-time basis to be its athletic director. Stewart's first 365 days on the job have been filled with coaching changes, historic wins, championships and the announcement of a major switch...

As soon as a detailed development plan gets final approval, Western Kentucky University's Student Life Foundation is ready to begin construction on a $17 million apartment project. Dubbed Kentucky Street Apartments, at least for now, the project got a...

Michael Benson, the incoming president of Eastern Kentucky University, will make $400,000 a year, and he'll receive a housing allowance, a car and deferred compensation. Benson's contract also offers him the opportunity to get performance bonuses...

Sylvia Dietrich says the way prospective teachers are educated in America isn't working, so it is time to "build a better teacher." Dietrich, interim director of the Western Kentucky University School of Teacher Education and associate dean of the...

Construction of the interiors for Hitcents.com Plaza, the wrap around the parking garage at Eighth Avenue and College Street, began last week and some of the space is expected to be complete at the end of June. David Butler, the construction manager for...

Western Kentucky University senior Steven Stewart never thought he'd perform with The Symphony at WKU in China. "I was a little surprised because I didn't think we would have enough money to do it," he said. "I'm excited." Stewart, who plays violin,...

It was a surreal scene Friday night at Russellville High School's Jim Young Gymnasium. Former Western Kentucky University point guard Jamal Crook, a month removed from nearly leading the Hilltoppers to an upset over top-ranked Kansas in the NCAA...