Western Kentucky University

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.