Eastern Kentucky University News

Published: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 30, 2009 at 2:45 p.m. By a bizarre coincidence, all three of the most famous sets of conjoined twins in American history wound up in North Carolina.

An Eastern Kentucky University marketing professor is suing the university, the EKU Board of Regents and the chairwoman of the management, marketing and administrative communication department for allegedly violating his constitutional rights in denying him tenure.

MURRAY, Ky. - Indiana University's Jesse Schultz and Dustin Vaal shocked their competitors with a six-fish, 13-pound, 2-ounce final-day catch to win the National Guard FLW College Fishing Central Regional tournament on Kentucky Lake on Monday.

Applications for 2010 Rogers Scholars ELI Insitute now avaiable By Sharon Dodson The Center for Rural Development High school students in Adair County can now get an early start on applying for the 2010 summer sessions of the Rogers Scholars and Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute youth programs sponsored and hosted by The Center for Rural ...

For Eastern Kentucky University's Department of English and Theatre, it has been a busy, perhaps unprecedented, year for academic research and creative works.

A mock disaster scenario will be issued Wednesday to Madison County first responders who will put their emergency preparedness skills to the test.

Registration is now open for an annual large animal rescue training opportunity for first responders, emergency medical technicians, veterinarians, firefighters, and other emergency/rescue personnel.

Kentuckians, especially the people of Eastern Kentucky, identify themselves by county.

A former Los Angeles County assistant prosecutor spoke to a packed classroom Monday on Eastern Kentucky University's campus about her work on sex crimes cases.

A free book talk, sale and signing will be held at Mead Public Library featuring the novel 'Life and Life Only' by Sheboygan native Dave Moyer.

A crowd of more than 100 women filled Eastern Kentucky University's Perkins Building conference center Saturday for the eighth annual Women's Wellness Fun Day.

An emergency response exercise for Richmond and Eastern Kentucky University police Thursday gave students in a tactical dispatch class at the Department of Criminal Justice Training some hands-on experience.

You didna t realize that the colorful denizens of Wonderland could rap? Well, then make a date with Alice, the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, the Queen and Knave of Hearts, and the other whimsical characters of "Alice in Wonderland" in the inventive new production by the Indian Hill Middle School on Friday and Saturday evening, November 13 and 14.

The Kentucky State Police has been swamped with calls from prospective cadets after taking their recruiting campaign to Facebook and Twitter.

MOUNT HEALTHY - Mount Healthy High will host its annual College Night 6-8 p.m. Tuesday.

Hopkins County residents who have had an interest in becoming a Kentucky State Trooper, may soon have that opportunity.

The Kentucky State Police has announced that testing for trooper applicants will be held the week of Nov.

Jim Metzger moved to the Duke City in July from Sandusky, Ohio, where he was managing the largest indoor water park in the U.S. at Kalahari Resorts.

Eastern Kentucky University senior Haley Stark of Williamsburg helps senior Adam Cowan of Nicholasville finish painting a picture Thursday of Michael Jackson on the windows of Currier's Music World as part of EKU's annual Paint the Town Maroon - Main Street Contest for homecoming.

In the weeks leading up to fall break, the Progress observed the stage being set for the prizefight of the century.