Lisa Autry
Lisa 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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Flooding is Kentucky's most frequent and costly natural disaster. Yet, only about 1% of the state's property owners have flood insurance. As Kentuckians begin cleaning up and rebuilding from April's deadly floods, many of them say the cost of flood insurance is out of reach as experts say major flood events are becoming more common. -
April's severe weather left 50% of McLean County under water. The small farming town in western Kentucky saw the Green River rise to levels not seen in decades. -
An electric vehicle battery supplier has paused construction on a factory in western Kentucky. -
In southern Kentucky, the Barren County community is grieving the unthinkable. Local teenager Eli Heacock died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound last month. Investigators are looking into what role an online extortion scheme played in the death. -
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky is making the case for more U.S. investment to help Ukraine defeat Russia. The Louisville Republican held a closed meeting on Tuesday with members of the Knox Regional Development Authority in Elizabethtown. -
Buoyed by notable Southern victories in 2024, the United Auto Workers Union is on a quest to organize the electric vehicle and battery sector. The UAW hopes its next prize is a sprawling campus in rural Kentucky that, once completed, will be the largest EV battery plant in the world. -
Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has signed a Republican-backed measure to further reduce Kentucky’s income tax. The state's personal income tax will be lowered from 4% to 3.5% percent on Jan. 1, 2026. -
U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky has re-introduced a bill to abolish the U.S. Department of Education. Dismantling an agency that oversees the nation’s education system and manages federal student loan programs would be a challenge even in a Republican-lead House and Senate. -
Kentucky’s education chief is warning of an estimated $40 million shortfall in funding to school districts this academic year. The shortfall is in the SEEK program, which is the state’s main funding formula for public K-12 schools. -
A supermajority of workers at an electric vehicle battery campus in Hardin County has filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board, asking for a union election. Employees of BlueOval SK have formally requested to vote on joining the United Auto Workers.
