One student survives a car crash without being buckled up. Meanwhile, officers have made more than 100 seatbelt stops in 2016. Story by Abby Siegel, Assistant News Editor She was driving the short route home to the Chase. She was pulling out from the CFSB Center in the evening on Feb. 8 when the stoplight turned green, Read More
Story by Ashley Traylor, Staff writer Murray residents found Ku Klux Klan, or KKK, recruitment fliers in their driveways, and they are concerned about what this means for Murray, the 2012 Friendliest Small Town in America. Concerned residents took to Facebook to express their unease on the matter. Matthew Bradley, a Murray community member, posted on Facebook Read More
Story by Mikayla Marshall, Staff writer and Ashley Traylor, Staff writer Republican presidential candidate and front-runner Donald Trump won Kentucky with 35.9 percent of the votes Saturday in the Republican presidential caucus. However, he fell behind Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, 37.26 percent to Trump’s 26.89 percent in Calloway County. Party leaders wanted to give Kentucky Republicans more influence on Read More
Story by Mikayla Marshall, Staff writer Associate Professor Debbie Owens will be the second woman and first African-American to take over as chairwoman for the department of journalism and mass communication. “The JMC department has wonderful faculty,” said Gerry Muuka, interim dean of the Arthur J. Bauernfeind College of Business. “Faculty that do their work, who Read More
Story by Cody Hall, Contributing writer Winslow Dining Hall will switch its main hot food line to self-serve after Spring Break. The change is a push to save money and to give more back to the university, said Paula Amols, director of Dining Services. Winslow has seven food line options, “Salt and Pepper” being one of Read More
Story by McKenna Dosier Staff writer The Breathitt Veterinary Center, one of two diagnostic labs in Kentucky, is set to move to its new location and will be ready for classes in Fall 2016. The new $36 million, 53,000-square-foot facility, located behind the Hopkinsville regional campus, will double the amount of lab space available at the current Read More
Story by Bailey Bohannan, Staff writer The Racers in Action days – a three-day event to advocate for higher education – were successful in terms of letters sent to legislators and students registering to vote. “The event was incredibly successful,” said Clint Combs, president of the Student Government Association, or SGA. “We had 241 total letters Read More
Story by Alicia Steele, Staff writer More than 30 female professors met Tuesday, which was International Women’s Day, for the first Women’s Faculty Caucus advocacy group meeting to network and discuss possible projects for the group to take on. The project ideas include: studying whether male professors are paid more than female professors with similar experience and Read More