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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Kentucky’s Republican nominee for governor has one month to announce a running mate. Attorney General Daniel Cameron has had more time to ponder a lieutenant governor due to a change in state law.
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Pamela Stevenson spent nearly three decades as a litigator in the U.S. Air Force. But since her retirement, the Louisville native has practiced in Clarksville, Indiana, where she’s been licensed since 1984.
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The LGBTQ community and their advocates say they feel marginalized by a new budget approved by Daviess County Fiscal Court. Members gave final approval Thursday night to a $107 million spending plan for the fiscal year beginning July 1. The budget has drawn controversy because it eliminates county funding for Owensboro’s RiverPark Center, which has begun hosting 21 and up drag shows.
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Republican Ryan Quarles is out with his first television ad in the race for Kentucky governor. Quarles serves as state Agriculture Commissioner and is among a dozen candidates seeking the GOP nomination in next month’s primary election.
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A performing arts venue in Owensboro could lose county funding due to controversy surrounding some of its programming.
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A dozen candidates are jockeying for the GOP nomination and the opportunity to retake the governor's mansion from Democrats. On Friday night, voters met the top five GOP hopefuls at the Southern Kentucky Lincoln Day Dinner in Bowling Green.
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A Bowling Green pastor is crediting divine intervention for being reunited his college class ring 45 years after it went missing. Don Mathis was the first in his family to graduate from college, so losing the ring was especially painful.
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Nine service members from Ft. Campbell have died in a crash involving two Army Black Hawk helicopters in western Kentucky. The crash happened in Trigg County around 10 p.m. Wednesday.
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Fentanyl is now the leading cause of overdose deaths in Kentucky. The state Office of Drug Control Policy says fentanyl was involved in over 70% of the 2,250 overdose deaths in Kentucky in 2021.
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Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron says President Joe Biden's administration has failed to secure the Southern border, and is responsible for the massive influx of illicit fentanyl into the United States.