Dan Modlin

Some scam artists are using phony grant offers to get money or personal information from consumers. The Better Business Bureau of Louisville, southern Indiana and Western Kentucky says they’ve received several complaints about fake offers for free federal grants. Some consumers have been offered “free” grants for education purposes, but were later  asked to wire a $7,000 fee.

A bone marrow drive is being held in honor of a former junior-high football player in Vine Grove, Kentucky. Tyler Hendrieth was diagonsed with leukemia after his seventh grade year and needs a a bone marrow transplant from a perfect match donor.

Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half staff on September 8th, in honor of a Fort Campbell soldier who died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Defense Department says Pfc.Partricia L. Horne of Greenwood, Mississippi died August 24th in Bagram, Afghanistan. The 20 year old soldier was assigned to the 96th Aviation Support Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Former WKU baseball standout Wade Gaynor hit the game winning home run this week in the Florida State League North Division Championship. Gaynor’s team, the Lakeland Flying Tigers, will  now advance to the Florida State League Minor League Championship.

As Congress has struggled to move ahead with a variety of legislative packages in recent years, some WKU historians have drawn a contrast between contemporary lawmakers and those who made up the 37th Congress. That Civil War-era group of legislators were successful in passing several significant pieces of legislation at the same time the nation was split by the war between the Union and Confederacy.