Lisa Autry
Reporter/ProducerLisa is a Scottsville native and WKU alum. She has worked in radio as a news reporter and anchor for 18 years. Prior to joining WKU Public Radio, she most recently worked at WHAS in Louisville and WLAC in Nashville. She has received numerous awards from the Associated Press, including Best Reporter in Kentucky. Many of her stories have been heard on NPR.
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The next generation of campus housing at Western Kentucky University is now in pictures. The school has released renderings of a 1,000 bed dormitory that will replace the aged Douglas Keen and Hugh Poland Halls scheduled for demolition this summer. -
A private towing business has filed a lawsuit against the city of Bowling Green. The action comes as the city commission considers an amendment to its existing ordinance that regulates prices and fees for towing services. -
Five Louisville residents are under federal indictment for allegedly getting financial kickbacks in a driver’s licensing scheme. They were employed at two regional driver’s licensing offices where the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet noticed irregularities and contacted law enforcement. -
Ford’s EV battery plant in Glendale was supposed to be the biggest economic development project Kentucky has ever seen. Now that the plant has shuttered, some former workers feel spurned, but community leaders remain cautiously optimistic. -
A data center proposal remains stalled before the Franklin Planning and Zoning Commission. For the second time, the board tabled a vote Thursday night on a preliminary development plan by TenKey LandCo, LLC, the company that purchased 200 acres for the project off I-65. -
A data center developer has purchased a former aluminum smelter in Hancock County. TeraWulf Incorporated plans to repurpose the Century Aluminum facility in Hawesville, an former industrial site that includes more than 250 acres of land. -
Some Kentuckians have reported hearing loud booms following last weekend’s winter storm. The rare occurrence is known as frost quake, which is essentially the ground's reaction to winter's grip. Frost quakes happen when rapidly freezing ground cracks under pressure. -
For the second time, efforts to bring a data center to southern Kentucky have stalled before zoning regulators. The Franklin Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday night unanimously tabled a vote on a preliminary development plan for a data storage center. -
The first medical cannabis dispensary approved in Kentucky is scheduled to reopen on Friday.The Ohio County business had to take a brief hiatus shortly after opening its doors in December. -
Despite BlueOval SK’s plans to shutter its electric vehicle battery factory in Glendale next month, workers there have officially won their union election. The National Labor Relations Board ruled Monday on the contested election.
