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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Students and staff walked out of class on Wednesday in Nelson County, protesting a controversial decision by the school board.The demonstration followed after a vote Tuesday night by the Nelson County School Board to continue with a plan to merge the county’s two high schools. -
The Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence has announced that Warren County will join its Kentucky Community Schools Initiative. The goal is to boost student outcomes, increase college enrollments, and improve the overall well-being of kids in high-poverty schools. -
The state auditor acts as the state’s chief watchdog of taxpayer dollars, responsible for investigating spending of public funds, from local agencies to state universities. -
Warren and Hardin counties will soon have 9,000 positions to fill as a trio of electric vehicle battery plants begin operations. The two counties have hired a workforce specialist to lead recruitment. -
The fighting between Israel and Hamas has left members of two churches in southern Kentucky stranded while on a trip to the Holy Land. Pastor Nic Smith of River Lake Church in Glasgow is stuck at a hotel in Jerusalem with 16 others, including Glasgow pediatrician Melissa Dennison, who is a member of the Board of Regents at Western Kentucky University. -
Western Kentucky University will welcome famed oceanographer Robert Ballard to campus Tuesday night. WKU will launch its inaugural presidential speaker series with the explorer who discovered the Titanic wreckage, among other deep sea accolades. -
A flying instructor and student pilot are dead after crashing a small plane in a rural area of Ohio County.The FAA notified Kentucky State Police around 11:00 p.m. Wednesday night that a plane was missing from radar in the Whitesville area that includes parts of Ohio and Daviess counties. -
Kentucky led the nation 27 years ago when it created a crime victim notification system called VINE.Now, that potentially life-saving service is no longer working. -
The Tennessee Valley Authority is launching a study on how to reduce carbon emissions at its natural gas plant in Muhlenberg County. The federal utility is exploring a partnership with TC Energy to add carbon capture technology at the Paradise Fossil Plant in Drakesboro. -
Outgoing Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles is being considered for the presidency of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. Quarles is one of three finalists for the job that oversees Kentucky’s 16 community and technical college campuses.
