Western Kentucky University

Western Kentucky University is changing four of its all-family bathrooms on campus to all-gender status this fall.

History repeated itself Saturday night at LP Field in Nashville when, for the second year in a row, the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers began their football season with a victory over the Kentucky Wildcats.

The annual Macy’s Used Book Sale will be held Friday-Sunday at Bowling Green’s Historic L&N Depot -- home of the Historic Rail Park and Train Museum. Thousands of materials will be available for sale at the event. Proceeds from the used book sale will benefit the Southern Kentucky Book Fest partnership and area literacy projects. ...

With the name Moon, you must realize how drawn I am to stories about the stars and planets. Coming up: a movie entitled, “Two Small Pieces of Glass,” an experience that combines a 360-degree “full dome” film that immerses you in the process with interactive demonstrations introducing how telescopes help us learn of our place in the cosmos...

Professor Mary Ellen Miller, a Western Kentucky University English professor is glad to see Robert Penn Warren in the inaugural class of the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame. Warren, a Guthrie native, was one of six named to the hall during an induction ceremony last week...

Western Kentucky University honored  students from various Owensboro area high schools for their academic achievements. This year’s group has an average ACT composite score of 29.42 and grade-point average of 3.87! The group also included 27 Kentucky Governor’s Scholars and six National Merit Semifinalists...

Well-known actor, author, producer and director Henry Winkler will headline the 15th annual Southern Kentucky Book Fest scheduled for April 20. Best known for his portrayal of “The Fonz” for 10 seasons on Happy Days (1974-1984), Winkler is one of the most recognized actors in the world. In 2003, he began writing a series of children’s novels with his partner Lin Oliver entitled, Hank Zipzer: The W

Olivia Payne of Owensboro and other members of a Western Kentucky University meteorology class had been chasing the deadly storm that struck Joplin, Mo., on Sunday evening. Ms. Payne and the other students in the WKU Field Methods in Weather Analysis class spent the day in southeast Kansas near the city of Parsons because of potential tornadic storm development and were tracking the storm that hit

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Dr. Dero G. Downing, fourth president of Western Kentucky University, died Monday at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. He was 89.