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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Five Louisville residents are under federal indictment for allegedly getting financial kickbacks in a driver's licensing scheme. They were employed at two regional driver's licensing offices where the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet noticed irregularities and contacted law enforcement. -
For the second time, efforts to bring a data center to southern Kentucky have stalled before zoning regulators. The Franklin Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday night unanimously tabled a vote on a preliminary development plan for a data storage center. -
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to review a petition from a former county clerk in Kentucky who asked justices to overturn the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling that legalized marriage for same-sex couples. -
The FBI is now investigating threats against the Kentucky State Parole Board following the release of a convicted child killer. In fact, a state law led to the release of the inmate as opposed to a decision by the parole board. Lawmakers are now working on a fix. -
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman is suing Roblox, calling the gaming and social media platform the "website of choice for child predators." -
A second cultivator has been approved for Kentucky's blooming medical cannabis industry. Gov. Andy Beshear announced on Thursday that Natural State Green Grass CannaCo passed its final inspection and can begin operations at its facility in Madison County. -
Kentucky high school students will take the SAT instead of the ACT as their college admissions exam starting this school year. -
The United Auto Workers union has preliminarily won a razor-thin election at a fourth electric vehicle battery plant in the U.S. More than 1,000 workers at the BlueOval SK Battery Park in Glendale, Kentucky voted to join the UAW, according to election results released Wednesday night. -
Four years after Gov. Andy Beshear announced the largest economic development project in Kentucky history, the first electric vehicle battery rolled off the assembly line Tuesday morning at the BlueOval SK campus in Hardin County. -
Ahead of the 2026 legislative session, Gov. Andy Beshear is working to sell his proposal for expanding preschool access. The Democrat's "Pre-K for All" campaign came to Bowling Green Wednesday evening for a town hall at Western Kentucky University.
