Murray State University News

MANSFIELD: Jerry Powell, 50, of Mansfield, went home to the Lord Sunday, December 6, 2009 at MedCentral Mansfield Hospital.

Kentucky's higher education institutions are bracing for a spike in students needing remedial reading and math next year - a result of a tougher admissions regulation intended to ensure students have the skills needed to do college work.

The Courier-Journal reports that the new regulations may have the biggest impact on community colleges.

I graduated from Murray State University in 1991 with a bachelor's degree. 'I knew when I was 5 years old I wanted to be a teacher.

Editor's note: This article is the first of five profiles of candidates for president of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College who will be interviewing at the college Dec.

The New Albany Bicentennial Public Art Project has artists for the first leg of its venture that will bring 20 temporary sculptures to the downtown historic district between 2010 and 2013.

The Paducah Symphony will hold its 18th annual Young Artists Competition early next year.

Thanks to a recent proclamation by Judge-Executive Melanie Roberts, Nov. 3 is "Charlene Murphy Day" in Bullitt County.

A scholarship program targeting the medical field will soon be formed at Fulton Independent School, as discussed during the Board of Educations regular meeting Nov.

Murray State University announced the firing of football coach Matt Griffin on Monday after four seasons at the school.

When he's not trimming or shoeing horses, or helping his wife train barrel-racing horses, or attending futurities, barrel races and horse shows, Bob Loosenort finds time to pursue his hobby: Wrestling.

MADISONVILLE, KY What do you do when they say the economy is down, you are laid off from a job you have held for seven years, you're a wife and mother, and you're about to graduate from college? For Wendy Kolb, the answer is simple.

Murray State University is still looking for business people interested in enrolling in the fast-track MBA program it plans to launch here next fall, and now is not too early to speak up.

Students can face their scaly fears today with the help of local reptiles and the Murray State Herpetological Society.

Sub Pop Records and KEXP radio host Jon Kertzer have come together to form Next Ambiance, a world music imprint.

Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear appointed Stephen Williams to the Murray State Board of Regents Friday.

Murray State University student Miranda Brown's letter to the editor on Oct. 17 stating her opposition to the proposed Cash Creek coal gasification plant in eastern Henderson County was terribly misleading.

Click on picture to enlarge. Reading Eagle: Jeremy Drey Daniel Boone interpreter Scott A. New talks about Boone's life to sixth-grade students at Daniel Boone Middle School in Amity Township.

HCC students Jama Waller, Barrett Ranes and Clate Jones inspect soybean plants growing in a new field lab on the college campus that was created through a partnership with Pioneer Seeds.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Years ago, on an empty locomotive in New Mexico, an engineer and his co-worker found an old Bible that had been left behind.