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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U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will visit Elizabethtown on Wednesday to promote President Biden’s economic agenda. During her visit to Hardin County, Yellen will tour an electric vehicle battery supplier.
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More than 1,000 Kentuckians are waiting for a life-saving organ transplant. That list is now one person shorter thanks to a selfless act from a stranger. While some college students were headed to the beach on spring break, a medical student at Somerset Community College used that time to donate a kidney to someone she’d never met, a grandfather from Eastern Kentucky.
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On April 8, a total solar eclipse will be visible along a 2,000 mile stretch from Texas to Maine. Western Kentucky University will play an important in documenting this rare, celestial event.
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An herbal substance commonly found at gas stations and convenience stores would become more restricted under a bill advancing in the Kentucky General Assembly. Derived from trees in southeast Asia, kratom is widely available in the U.S.
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The city of Bowling Green has released a plan to improve access to mental health and substance abuse treatment while relieving the strain on law enforcement, jails, and hospitals.
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A member of the Campbellsville University wrestling team has been arrested in the death of a teammate. Josiah Kilman of Montana was found unresponsive in his dorm room early Saturday, according to a university news release.
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It’s been a decade since the unthinkable happened for Corvette enthusiasts. Monday was the 10th anniversary of a sinkhole opening up beneath the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green.
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As state lawmakers debate the next two-year budget, Kentucky’s childcare providers say they need more state investment to compensate for expiring federal funds.
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Expectant mothers could claim child support during pregnancy under a bill in this year’s Kentucky General Assembly. Opponents say seeking financial support for the unborn is part of an anti-abortion political agenda.
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A plan to continue the evolution of Bowling Green’s downtown riverfront is taking on new life. The city has unveiled a multi-million-dollar master plan for transforming 70 acres along the Barren River.