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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More than two dozen AT&T workers in Bowling Green are on strike as the union negotiates a new contract with the telecommunications giant. The local workers are on the picket line with 17,000 colleagues across nine states in the Southeast. -
The former superintendent of Owensboro Public Schools has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to sexually exploiting children. Matthew Constant also has a state case pending. -
Two people are deceased from a domestic dispute this morning outside the courthouse in Hardin County. Thirty-seven-year-old Erica Riley of Elizabethtown was pronounced dead in the parking lot of the judicial center. Her mother later died at a hospital from her injuries. -
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Louisville passing a groundbreaking fairness ordinance. Despite efforts from local LGBTQ+ advocates, Bowling Green remains the largest city in Kentucky without a local ordinance protecting that community from discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations. -
Western Kentucky University is welcoming faculty and staff back to campus for the start of the fall semester. President Timothy Caboni delivered his annual opening convocation on Monday, highlighting what he called a major accomplishment in fundraising. -
Western Kentucky University plans for borrow more than $43 million to cover cost overruns on two major construction projects. The Board of Regents approved additional money on Friday for the new Gordon Ford College of Business building and the Hilltopper Fieldhouse and press box. -
Gov. Andy Beshear continues to be coy about potentially becoming the Democratic vice presidential nominee under Kamala Harris. Reports are conflicting about whether Beshear is on a short list of Democrats being considered by the Harris campaign. -
A jury has found former Kentucky State Rep. John Tilley not guilty of raping a 21-year-old woman at a Lexington hotel in 2022. His attorneys argued both parties, while intoxicated, consented to a sexual encounter. But prosecutors claimed the alleged victim was too inebriated to give knowing consent. -
Former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis is appealing a ruling that says she must pay damages to same-sex couples who were refused marriage licenses. Her lawyers filed a brief Monday with the U.S. Sixth Circuit of Appeals, asking for the $360,000 judgment to be overturned. -
A report released Monday also suggests amending Kentucky’s Constitution in the November election would come at the expense of public school students and the state's coffers.
