Jacob Martin
Reporter | WKU Public RadioJacob Martin is a Reporter at WKU Public Radio. He joined the newsroom from Kansas City, where he covered the city’s underserved communities and general assignments at NPR member station, KCUR. A Louisville native, he spent seven years living in Brooklyn, New York before moving back to Kentucky. Email him at Jacob.martin@wku.edu.
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Warren County officials say they hope an additional polling station and a new force voter education task force will help raise voter turnout during the state gubernatorial election and ahead of the national election in 2024.
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Shane Baker, a third-grade teacher at Jennings Creek Elementary School, was surprised Thursday with the Milken Educator Award.
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Jessica Baladad is helping thousands prevent breast cancer through a health services app
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The nonpartisan task force will focus on educating and informing residents of Warren County on important voting information and polling locations
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Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman highlights pay raise for Kentucky educators during stop in Bowling GreenColeman lauded her administration's Education First Plan to a group of students and educators while visiting Western Kentucky University
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A Bowling Green business is reopening after being closed more than a-year-and-a-half due to the deadly tornadoes in southern and western Kentucky.
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Kinney was selected by the Kentucky Department of Education to take over for Jason Glass. She assumes the role on Sept. 30.
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Under the new law, which has been criticized as one of the worst anti-trans bills in the country, this school year is different for public school students across the state who identify as queer or transgender.
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MyXR, a software and augmented reality developer, will launch its first regional operations in the Western Kentucky University Innovation Campus.
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Several high schools have postponed or canceled outdoor contests this week due to temperatures reaching 90 degrees or more. A heat advisory will be in effect until Aug. 25.