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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Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman is suing Roblox, calling the gaming and social media platform the “website of choice for child predators.” -
A second cultivator has been approved for Kentucky’s blooming medical cannabis industry. Gov. Andy Beshear announced on Thursday that Natural State Green Grass CannaCo passed its final inspection and can begin operations at its facility in Madison County. -
An electric vehicle battery manufacturer in Hardin County is being sued for allegedly violating labor laws. Employees of BlueOval SK say they’re not receiving overtime pay for work performed outside their scheduled shifts. -
The impeached mayor of London, Kentucky, is back on the job after a court overturned his removal from office. Randall Weddle appealed the decision earlier this month by the London City Council to oust him as mayor. -
Kentucky high school students will take the SAT instead of the ACT as their college admissions exam starting this school year. -
A Kentucky company says a new Tennessee law regulating hemp discriminates againstout-of-state businesses. -
A tentative settlement has been reached between the Kentucky Council on PostsecondaryEducation and the U.S. Department of Justice over the state’s tuition policy on undocumented immigrants. -
'Tell me where my daughter is': mother of Crystal Rogers speaks as Brooks Houck is sentenced to lifeA judge in Bardstown has formally sentenced Brooks Houck to life in prison for the murder of his girlfriend and mother of his child. Nelson Circuit Judge Charles Simms went with a jury’s recommendation on Wednesday in sentencing Houck to the maximum punishment for the murder of Crystal Rogers. -
A Franklin Circuit Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit by State Auditor Allison Ball against the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services. The case stems from 2024 legislation on kinship caregivers. -
In 2022, the General Assembly approved HB 9, setting up a funding mechanism for charter schools.
