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Here is a selection of recent news stories about WKU:

March 2-11, 2024

WKU Public Radio

Daily News

  • Upcoming lecture features WashPo photographers from WKU: Jabin Botsford and Demetrius Freeman became friends at Western Kentucky University a decade ago. Now, they see history unfold first-hand as photographers for The Washington Post. Botsford and Freeman will return to WKU on Wednesday for a gallery showcasing the top shots of their careers and a lecture on their experiences in the field, titled “Roommates: From Western to The White House.”
  • WKU students raise nearly $94,000 for Norton Children’s Hospital at 10th annual Dance Big Red: Hundreds of Western Kentucky University students gathered at WKU’s Raymond B. Preston Health & Activities Center on Friday night, March 8, 2024, for the 10th annual Dance Big Red marathon to benefit Norton Children’s Hospital. The students raised $93,851.99 at the six-hour dance fundraiser for pediatric cardiovascular services and adolescent cancer care at Norton Children’s Hospital.
  • Tech-savvy students flock to Robot Royale: Hundreds of local tech-savvy K-12 students flocked to Western Kentucky University for Warren County Public School’s fourth annual Robot Royale event Thursday.
  • April's total eclipse to skip southcentral Kentucky: Nearly seven years after a solar eclipse darted across the United States, another will move across the country on April 8. Gordon Emslie, a professor in the Physics and Astronomy Department at Western Kentucky University, said unlike the total eclipse in 2017 this one will not fully pass over southcentral Kentucky. The only major cities in Kentucky in the eclipse’s path of totality – the strip of land where a total solar eclipse is visible – are Paducah and Henderson.
  • Regents eye state funding hike, new programs: Western Kentucky University’s Board of Regents met for their quarterly meeting on Friday with legislative updates on several state bills.

WBKO-TV

WNKY-TV

WEHT-TV, Evansville, IN

  • WKU students work together for NASA-funded “SunSketcher” project: Ahead of April 8’s eclipse over the tri-state, students at Western Kentucky University are developing the SunSketcher app. These students and a faculty member are asking for the public’s help to be a part of the larger experiment throughout the eclipse path of totality from Texas to Maine.

Paducah Sun

WPSD-TV, Paducah

NASA

  • SunSketcher: Our Sun is not quite a perfect sphere. Knowing our Sun’s true shape would give scientists new clues about its mysterious interior and test theories of gravity. But precisely measuring the shape of this enormous nearly-round object has been challenging - until now. Join the SunSketcher team and help make these measurements during the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024!

Oak Ridger, Oak Ridge, TN

Lane Report

Kentucky Teacher

  • Record number of students participate in 2024 Educators Rising Kentucky conference: A record number of 771 high school students attended the 2024 Educators Rising Kentucky State Conference, held at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville on March 6. Colin Anderson, a junior at Franklin-Simpson High School (Simpson County) and member of the Western Kentucky University Young Male Leadership Academy, was part of a group that participated in the public service announcement (PSA) competition, where the students devised a PSA to recruit teachers. He said Educators Rising has helped him with his public speaking to pursue his goals after high school.

WalletHub

  • Best Student Checking Accounts: Navigating the transition from high school to college marks a significant milestone in a traditional college student's life, often heralding a period of newfound independence and responsibility. Among the multitude of changes and challenges students can encounter, managing one’s finances emerges as a crucial skill that every student must learn to master. As such, gaining knowledge about checking accounts becomes indispensable. – Dr. Monica Galloway Burke, Professor, WKU Department of Counseling & Student Affairs

February 21-March 1, 2024

Daily News

WNKY-TV

WBKO-TV

WKU Public Radio

  • Second annual concert benefiting Margaret Munday Scholarship returns to WKU: A concert featuring a diverse set of performances is back at Western Kentucky University for a second year. The show raises funds for the Margaret Munday Scholarship overseen by the Mu Iota Chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota (SAI). In addition to helping music students from diverse communities pursue their dreams, the scholarship also honors the legacy of Margaret Munday.

Lane Report

Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer

Louisville Courier Journal

February 8-20, 2024

WNKY-TV

  • Sunrise Spotlight: SCATS and VAMPY at WKU: For today’s Sunrise Spotlight, we met with Dr. Julia Roberts who told us all about how you can get your high schooler involved in academically driven programs at Western Kentucky University.
  • Expert shares view regarding wrong categorization of state rock and mineral: In 1998, students from Louisville requested that the State Legislature change the designation of coal from the state rock to the state mineral. Later, in 2000, Kentucky Agate, or Chalcedony, was designated as the state rock. Both of these designations are categorically inaccurate – coal, which is organic in nature, cannot be a mineral. Even though it may contain millions of them, it is a rock. Agate is crystalline in nature and contains predominantly one substance, primarily quartz, itself being a mineral, which makes agate a mineral. Geologists like Michael May, a professor of Geology at WKU, have been upset with this decision for decades.
  • The infamous sinkhole at the National Corvette Museum reaches 10-year anniversary: In 2014, a natural disaster in Bowling Green fueled a global conversation about the National Corvette Museum and a little-known fact about our unique landscape in south central Kentucky. James Polk, director of the Center for Geo-environmental Studies at Western Kentucky University, says “We are in a karst area, which means we have lots of caves, lots of sinkholes, lots of underground streams, it’s a very dynamic landscape. So, that means things are constantly happening underground, beneath our feet that you might not see, and that includes the potential development for sinkholes, pretty much anywhere you are in this part of the world and south central Kentucky.”

WBKO-TV

Spectrum News 1

Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer

  • Oller named Coming Home King at WKU: Grant Oller’s involvement in numerous organizations at Western Kentucky University helped him be named WKU’s Coming Home King on Thursday during halftime of a men’s basketball game at E.A. Diddle Arena.

Owensboro Times

Lane Report

  • WKU once again celebrates historic fall-to-spring retention successes: In what has become a familiar trend in recent years, Western Kentucky University students again returned to campus for the spring semester at record rates, President Timothy C. Caboni announced on Tuesday, February 13. Among the university’s retention successes, 85.4% of fall undergraduate degree seeking students who were enrolled in the fall returned for the spring semester, the highest percentage since the university began tracking this data in 2010.
  • WKU Gordon Ford online programs recognized: Three programs in Western Kentucky University’s Gordon Ford College of Business (GFCB) are ranked among the 2024 Best Online Programs by U.S. News & World Report.
  • WKU Online recognized among top Online Bachelor’s Programs in state, nation: U.S. News & World Report has ranked Western Kentucky University among the top 100 Best Online Bachelor’s Programs in the nation – and No. 2 in Kentucky.

WSON-AM, Henderson

  • City of Henderson names new assistant city manager: Dylan Ward has been named the city of Henderson’s new assistant city manager. A graduate of Western Kentucky University, Ward obtained a B.S. in Civil Engineering and a Masters in Public Administration. He is a Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Kentucky.

Georgetown News-Graphic

  • New City Attorney works for community: Georgetown’s new city attorney is a Kentucky native, who has worked for both the Covington and Lexington governments. Emilee Buttrum’s focus in her new role has been continuous improvement.  Buttrum’s first job after graduating from Western Kentucky University was in economic development with the Chamber of Commerce in her hometown, Bowling Green.

Online Ed.D. Programs

  • Interview with Dr. Kimberlee Everson:  In addition to her research and teaching roles at WKU, Dr. Everson serves as Chair of the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate’s (CPED) Dissertation in Practice Award Committee.

January 27-February 7, 2024

Daily News

  • Hannah appointed new director of UT Press: Katie Hannah has been appointed as director of the University of Tennessee Press. She received her Master of Arts in English from Western Kentucky University.
  • After 22 years, SOKY Book Fest coming to an end: The Warren County Public Library has announced its decision to end the Southern Kentucky Book Fest, with plans to refocus its efforts on a series of author events throughout the year. Over the past 22 years, the library had partnered with Barnes & Noble and Western Kentucky University to bring the event featuring national and regional authors and related events to Bowling Green. The event has typically drawn thousands each spring.
  • Cybersecurity data analytics vital in higher education: WKU’s Cybersecurity Data Analytics graduate program offers a master’s degree in Cybersecurity Data Analytics, as well as certificates in cybersecurity data analytics and in data analytics. These degrees and certificates are vital as we navigate an era where our personal and professional lives are increasingly connected to the digital realm.
  • Beshear tours WKU Innovation Campus: Gov. Andy Beshear visited Western Kentucky University’s Innovation Campus on Thursday after a stop at Tyson Food’s bacon facility opening earlier that day.

WBKO-TV

  • Remembering WKU’s first African-American faculty members: February is Black History Month. Locally, there are numerous men and women who’ve played a crucial role in the black history in the city. Dr. Mable Anderson, Dr. James Beck, and his wife Jacqueline were the trailblazers who paved the way for African-American Faculty at WKU.
  • WKU conducting a survey on driving the roundabout: If you’ve ever had an opinion about the roundabouts in Bowling Green, now could be your chance to speak your mind and be heard. Western Kentucky University is currently conducting a survey for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to hear the public’s opinions about roundabouts and any issues Kentuckians have faced when coming across one while driving.
  • Once in a lifetime cicada double brood emergence to occur this year: Cicadas are the annual sound of the summer, but this year the volume could be dialed up to 11. For the first time since 1803, the United States will see a double brood event where the 13-year and 17-year “periodical” cicadas will emerge from the ground during the same year. Western Kentucky University Distinguished Professor Dr. Keith Philips says it is a spectacular biological phenomenon in the country.

WNKY-TV

  • House Bill 10 filed in Kentucky to address maternal mortality rate: A bill relating to maternal health in Kentucky is currently awaiting to hit the House floor. Rep. Kim Moser, along with colleagues, has worked on a bill to help address Kentucky’s maternal mortality rate. News 40 spoke to Rachel Tinius, an associate professor of exercise science at Western Kentucky University and CEO of “Bumpt Up”, an app that helps to keep women physically active and in better health during their pregnancy and offers health information.

Elizabethtown News-Enterprise

Yahoo News

  • Yes, there are more potholes on Kentucky roads after winter. A scientist explains why: Come springtime, you’ll likely see more crews out patching potholes or notice bigger cracks along Kentucky’s roadways. To understand why this is and the role water plays in the process, we spoke with Chris Groves, Ph.D., the director of the Crawford Hydrology Laboratory at Western Kentucky University and a university distinguished professor.

America’s Best Racing

  • John Asher: Dedicated Kentucky Derby Ambassador and Friend to All: More than five years after his sudden passing, John Asher lives on in the sport he cherished, his love of family, friends, and the Kentucky Derby and its home his lasting legacy. After graduating with a journalism degree from Western Kentucky University, he went to work for radio stations in Bowling Green and then Louisville, his knowledge of the Derby making him a natural fit for covering the race each year.

Credit Donkey

January 18-26, 2024

Daily News

  • Chamber announces tech council at 89th annual celebration: The Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce announced the creation of a new regional technology council at its 89th annual celebration on Tuesday. CEO Ron Bunch said the project will be a partnership with Western Kentucky University’s Innovation Campus to better connect and attract emerging technology companies in the area.
  • WKU, other universities join to support kids: Western Kentucky University’s student-led charity event Dance Big Red has joined with DanceBlue at the University of Kentucky and RaiseRED at the University of Louisville for the fourth annual Commonwealth Cup, a statewide fundraiser that supports pediatric cancer and heart care.
  • 'Topper Social' bar set to open in February: Jordan Greene originally wanted an office job. Now he is the owner of two bars in downtown Bowling Green, with a third coming in late February. Greene, a 2018 graduate of Western Kentucky University and the current owner of both Dublin's Irish Pub and The Copper Bar, is planning to open Topper Social in the building once occupied by Hideout on Center Street close to campus.
  • WKU to close Hilltopper Hall after building 'shifted': Students at Western Kentucky University who live in Hilltopper Hall have until Feb. 4 to move out of the dorm after personnel with WKU Facilities Management found some exterior masonry had “shifted out of place” earlier in the academic year.

WKU Public Radio

WNKY-TV

WBKO-TV

  • Governor Andy Beshear tours WKU’s Innovation Campus: Today, Governor Andy Beshear visited the WKU Innovation Campus in Bowling Green. Representatives from the university gave Beshear a tour of the 280,000-square-foot facility that acts as a hub for innovation, collaboration, and investment in the community.
  • Hilltopper Hall residents and parents react to relocation: On Jan. 18 Western Kentucky University sent an email out to Hilltopper Hall residents and parents, explaining that some “exterior masonry work” had shifted out of position and residents would have to relocate from the hall. Hilltopper Hall resident Jazmine Fletcher described the air in the hall as devastating following the news.

Spectrum News 1

Foreign Policy

  • What Is Taiwan’s New President Going to Do About China?: On Jan. 13, Taiwan hosted the first of many critical elections in 2024—elections that may reshape the global political order. In the first close three-candidate race since 2000, current Vice President Lai Ching-te of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) defeated Hou Yu-ih of the Kuomintang (KMT) and Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) candidate Ko Wen-je. (By Timothy S. Rich, a professor of political science and the director of the International Public Opinion Lab at Western Kentucky University.)

Taipei Times

  • US, China views key for Lai: expert: Achieving a consensus on how Taiwanese view the China threat and US security commitments to Taiwan would be challenging for president-elect William Lai, a US academic said in an article published on Wednesday. In an article in Foreign Policy, Timothy Rich, a professor of political science and director of the International Public Opinion Lab at Western Kentucky University, analyzed how Taiwanese public opinion would affect the incoming administration.

Yahoo Finance

  • OneAmerica® Appoints New Board Member George Nichols: George Nichols III, CAP®, president and CEO of The American College of Financial Services, has been appointed to the OneAmerica® Board of Directors. The OneAmerica Board of Directors has oversight to the long-term direction of the financial services organization. Nichols received his associate's degree from Alice Lloyd College, a faith-based liberal arts school in eastern Kentucky, before earning his bachelor's degree from Western Kentucky University.

MoneyGeek

  • Expert Insights on Federal Funds Rate: Is it important for the average consumer to understand how the federal funds rate works? Why or Why not? From the economist's point of view, it is always important that people understand concepts like the Federal Funds Rates. These "target" rates are the rates banks use to lend and borrow from each other to meet the daily reserve requirements. -- Dr. Sebastian Leguizamon, Director, Center for Applied Economics, and Associate Professor of Economics, WKU

January 9-17, 2024

Daily News

WNKY-TV

  • WKU police participate in active shooter training: The Western Kentucky University Police Department took part in a two-day active shooter training scenario in order for the members of the department to be able to better respond to a chaotic event.
  • Combat your holiday debt with a spending plan: The holidays can be mentally and financially draining and may leave you needing a plan to pay off holiday debt. Director of the Center for Financial Success at Western Kentucky University, Andrew Head, says “Staying out of debt requires staying on top of the expenses that you have and making sure that you’ve got a plan for them.”
  • New storytelling consultancy announces headquarters in Bowling Green: A new storytelling consultancy announced Monday its founding and establishment of its headquarters in Bowling Green. The company, Suspenders of Disbelief, will be housed in the Collaborative SmartSpace of the Western Kentucky University Innovation Campus HQ, according to the Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce.

CNBC

  • U.S. and China keep a close watch as Taiwan heads to the polls: “Regarding relations with China or the US, my concern would be that it provides an opportunity for mixed messages from Taiwan, one that China may try to exploit,” said Timothy S. Rich, a professor in political science at Western Kentucky University.

WTVF-TV, Nashville, TN

  • Highlights from Tuwanda Coleman's career at NewsChannel 5: Our very own Tuwanda Coleman announced last week that after 41 years, she will be retiring from NewsChannel 5 and Talk of the Town. She joined the NC5 family in 1981. Tuwanda grew up in Cadiz, Kentucky, and majored in Broadcasting with an emphasis in news reporting at Western Kentucky.

WalletHub

  • Non-Owner Car Insurance: What kind of drivers should consider Non-Owner Car Insurance? Non-owner car insurance is typically recommended for those who do not own a car but either borrow cars from someone else or rent cars often. -- J. Sebastian Leguizamon, Associate Professor of Economics, Gordon Ford College of Business, WKU

January 1-8, 2024

Daily News 

WNKY-TV 

  • Locally created app for pregnant, postpartum women has launched: A new app to change health outcomes for mothers and newborns has just launched. BumptUp Labs is a new app that helps pregnant and postpartum women become and stay active with tailored workouts, social support, and yoga classes, as well as weight, calorie and symptom tracking. Western Kentucky University associate professor of exercise science, mom of four, and BumptUp CEO, Rachel Tinius, says “I’ve been doing research with exercise during pregnancy through all four of my pregnancies, the app was in the works over the past two. And I’ve definitely utilized my own personal experiences to help form a lot of features of the app.” 

Elizabethtown News-Enterprise 

  • Local artist creates extraordinary from the ordinary: Countless children and teenagers in our community have been inspired by the artistry of one woman, Regina Williams. Hosting art classes in her quaint cottage studio in Glendale for the past 20 years, Williams seems to possess an endless supply of ideas and creativity. “I went to Western (Kentucky University) in 1971 and majored in art education to teach,” she said. “I graduated in May of 1975 and got a call from a good friend who was an artist at Fort Knox.” 

Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer 

  • Bare Linens online only — for now: Lindsey Ioia picked up her bachelor’s degree in business administration and management from Western Kentucky University this summer and launched her own business — Bare Linens — on Oct. 1. 

City-County Observer, Evansville, IN 

December 13-31, 2023

Daily News

  • Renowned local author, folklorist Lynwood Montell dies at 92: Local award-winning author and folklorist William Lynwood Montell died last week, leaving behind a wife, two children, five grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and a long list of books penned over his 92-year life. Montell was renowned for documenting life across Kentucky. He played a crucial role in forming Western Kentucky University’s folk studies masters program, where he taught for over 30 years, and dedicated much of his time to studying the Upper Cumberland region. 
  • Experts discuss December tornado trend: Climatologists and meteorologists across the region are trying to make sense of an increase in December tornadoes across southcentral Kentucky in recent years. 
  • Still hilltoppin': WKU grads complete hiking 'triple crown': Those Western Kentucky University students who complain about having to hike uphill to get to class could get a dose of humility from a pair of WKU graduates: Garrett and Savannah Anderson. 
  • WKU senior recognized for non-profit e-learning company: Nessa Unseld, a 20-year-old Western Kentucky University senior, may be the youngest CEO at WKU’s Innovation Campus. 
  • WKU holds signing day for WCPS teachers seeking certification: Athletes aren’t the only students at Western Kentucky University to get a signing day. Educators from across the county joined WKU leaders Tuesday for a signing event celebrating the first cohort of Warren County Public School teachers seeking certification through the university’s Grow Your Own program.

WNKY-TV

WBKO-TV

  • WCPS and WKU hold joint signing for Grow Your Own program: With Kentucky facing a massive teacher shortage, Warren County Public Schools and Western Kentucky University team up to help out by holding a joint signing for Grow Your Own scholarships.
  • WKU student creates adult-readiness website for soon to graduate students: College students looking for resources on the adjustment to life after school will now have an answer. Janessa Unseld is a student at Western Kentucky University that found a lack of career readiness resources she thought were much needed for soon to graduate students. Like any college student, she began coding, two years ago. She recently published the soft launch of her new website, Coleus Academy. 

Spectrum News 1 

  • Hardin County School District combats teacher shortage, helps staff reach its goals: School districts across the Commonwealth are getting creative when it comes to dealing with teacher shortages. Several districts are using "grow your own" programs to fill vacancies at a fraction of the cost. In Hardin County, the school district is partnering with Western Kentucky University (WKU) to help its staff get teaching certified, or get their master’s degree. 

WFIE-TV, Evansville, IN

  • Ohio Co. schools host first choir concert in nearly a decade: Ohio County schools hosted their first choir concert since resurrecting their choir and drama departments on Thursday. Director Ryan Himes explained that finally being offered the job to bring choir and drama back was a dream come true. “The whole reason I went to WKU to be a music teacher was to be a choir director at Ohio County,” he said.

November 29-December 12, 2023

Daily News

  • WKU to seek additional state funding due to inflationary pressure: Western Kentucky University President Timothy Caboni said the university’s top legislative priority going into January will be seeking additional base and performance funding from the state.
  • Teacher Hall of Fame celebrates four local inductees: Educators from across the region converged on Western Kentucky University’s campus to celebrate the induction of four local teachers to the Governor Louie B. Nunn Kentucky Teacher Hall of Fame.
  • Drakes Creek names new principal: Drakes Creek Middle School students and staff welcomed their new principal to the school on Wednesday with cupcakes and a resounding “Go Gators!” Bonnie Spears, who currently serves as principal of Chandler’s School in Logan County, will begin the formal transition to Drakes Creek in January. Spears graduated from Western Kentucky University in 2003 with a Bachelor of Science in Middle Grades Education. She received her Master of Arts in Education in 2010 and obtained her Rank 1 in Leadership and Administration in 2018 from WKU as well.
  • WKU Greek Orgs wrap gifts for 34 Parker-Bennett-Curry students: The sounds of Bing Crosby lilted across Downing Student Union as dozens of Western Kentucky University students busily wrapped footballs, plushies, sweaters and coloring books. WKU’s Greek Organizations, around 30 in total, came together Tuesday for the culmination of the Christmas Angel program — preparing gifts for 34 Parker-Bennett-Curry Elementary students.

WBKO-TV

WNKY-TV

  • New superintendent named for Logan County Schools: Dr. Dan Costellow, Ed. D. has been named the new superintendent of Logan County Schools. He obtained his superintendent certification and doctor of educational leadership from Western Kentucky University. He also obtained his master of arts in secondary education and a bachelor of science in agricultural education from WKU.
  • Meet Hunter Lee, future meteorologist and viral TikTok star: There’s a local talent in town spreading weather knowledge. A WKU student is taking his love for weather and sports to a whole new level across the United States and going viral for posting his journey on TikTok.
  • The Book Donation Extravaganza giving students at Parker Bennett Curry reading opportunities: An elementary school in Bowling Green celebrated the joy of reading today by giving those who are less fortunate the opportunity to dive into a book. At Parker Bennett Curry Elementary School thanks to the special book extravaganza. WKU Literacy Ambassadors are providing elementary students with limited access to books the chance to read at home by partnering with the Bowling Green Rotary Club and Half Price Books.
  • The importance of Heimlich maneuver training: From the senate chamber to right here at home, anyone can learn to do the Heimlich maneuver. After Sen. Rand Paul saved a fellow senator’s life in the chamber by using the move, learning how to properly help someone when they are choking can prove to be critical. Gerita Cook, a WKU CPR training coordinator says, “What happens when a person choke, that airway is restricted, so knowing the Heimlich allows that airway to get back open and free so that we can save and maintain that life. Everyone needs to know this, and I take great pride in every person I train here at Western, especially my nursing students, because I know I’m training the next generation of health care professionals to be saving lives.”
  • Annual Teacher Hall of Fame hosted at Western Kentucky University: Teaching is not an easy job by any means, and many students don’t appreciate what teachers do until later on in life. Every year since 2000, Western Kentucky University makes a difference for teachers by honoring educators and inducting them into the Kentucky Teacher Hall of Fame.
  • Bonnie Spears named as new principal of Drakes Creek Middle School: The Warren County Public Schools District announced Bonnie Spears Wednesday as the new principal of Drakes Creek Middle School. Spears graduated in 2003 with a bachelor of science in middle grades education. She received her master of arts in education (summa cum laude) in 2010 and obtained her Rank 1 in leadership and administration in 2018 – all from Western Kentucky University.
  • WKU Greek Life gift wrapping event: Fraternities and sororities gathered inside Downing Student Union to wrap presents they bought for students at Parker Bennett Curry Elementary.

Spectrum News 1

WCLU-FM, Glasgow

  • Four inducted into Kentucky Teacher Hall of Fame: Four exceptional educators, two of which taught in Glasgow and Barren County Schools, who made an impact in their classrooms and their communities were inducted into the Gov. Louie B. Nunn Kentucky Teacher Hall of Fame on Friday, December 1, 2023 in a ceremony at Western Kentucky University.

New York Times

  • Events to Shake, or Gently Rattle, the World in 2024: UNITED STATES, MEXICO AND CANADA, April 8: Don your eclipse glasses and watch the moon and the sun align in a cosmic kiss as the Pacific Ocean, Mexico, part of the United States, Canada and the North Atlantic plunge into daytime darkness. It will be the last solar eclipse in the United States for more than 20 years. Celebrate it at the Total Eclipse of the Heart Festival in Arkansas or the Portal Eclipse Festival in Mexico. Wherever you are, download SunSketcher 2024, an app developed by NASA to allow observers in the path of totality to capture images at varying angles and contribute to NASA’s heliophysics research.

WDKY-TV, Lexington

  • Kentucky couple completes ‘Triple Crown of hiking’: You can’t write the love story of Garrett and Savannah Anderson without including their passion for the outdoors and hiking. “We went to school at Western Kentucky University near Mammoth Cave,” Savannah explained. “So, we did a lot of hiking there and that’s actually where he proposed to me. So, the outdoor kind of scene has always been part of our background.”

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