Lily Burris
ReporterLily Burris joined WEKU as a reporter in April, 2026. She has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Western Kentucky University. She has written for the College Heights Herald at WKU, interned with Louisville Public Media, served as a tornado recovery reporter with WKMS, and as a journalist with the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting.
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Officials from Madison, Scott and Fayette counties gathered in Berea to break ground on a regional industrial park that had been in the works since the end of 2024. -
The Wolfe County Sanitation District now has enough money to start the process to get a wastewater treatment plant in the eastern part of the county. -
State Auditor Allison Ball filed a court brief on Monday in relation to her ongoing investigation into Gov. Andy Beshear’s implementation of a law offering financial support to kinship caregivers. -
The droughts in Kentucky range from “abnormally dry” to “extreme drought”. Data from the National Centers for Environmental Information shows that with normal weather in the state, eastern Kentucky needs more than nine inches of rain in the next month for drought to end. -
Kentucky's Housing Policy Advisory Committee discussed egislative updates, the weatherization program and the housing supply accelerator, a position created to help communities address the state’s shortfall of housing. -
To help Fayette County Public Schools recover from nearly two decades of mismanaged and misreported financial, Superintendent Demetrus Liggins announced a reduction in work days and district level staff. -
We Show Up, a Madison County community group, invited Clerk Kenny Barger to speak about the primary election that’s less than a month away. -
The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees met on Friday where they discussed the newly appointed dean of the law school. UK announced Gregory Van Tatenhove as the new dean of the Rosenberg College of Law in March. -
University of Kentucky Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart will no longer be leading the school’s new Sport and Work Initiative after his retirement in June. -
National Library Week is an annual celebration of libraries, their workers and their role in the community.
