Murray State University

RICHMOND — It’s no secret Dominique Hawkins wanted to play basketball at the University of Kentucky. This morning, the Madison Central standout made it official after announcing his plans to sign with the Wildcats in front of his family,...

Mark and Julie Harris of Danville announce the engagement of their daughter, Rachel Denise Harris, to Brentt L. McGee, son of Lee and Leslie McGee of Columbia, S.C. The bride-elect is a 2009 graduate of Boyle County High School and will graduate in...

Grishchuk receives scholarship to Berea College Oksana Grishchuk of Nicholasville has been admitted to Berea College for the fall 2013 term. As an enrolled student at Berea College, Grishchuk has been awarded a four-year tuition scholarship...

Wes Burtner didn’t compete in the NCAA Tournament as a player, but he is reaping the benefits as an administrator at Belmont University. The 1998 George Rogers Clark High School graduate and former Belmont standout serves as director of athletic...

Four candidates are vying for two seats on the Danville Board of Education in Tuesday’s election. Darrick Briscoe: Briscoe, 38, moved to Danville two years ago to pastor First Baptist Church. He has been a pastor for 11 years and recently...

Danaher completes honors academy Makensie Danaher, a senior at East Jessamine High School, participated in the Commonwealth Honors Academy during the summer at Murray State University.  Makensie and 94 other students completed the three-week academy ...

Earlier this week, Western Kentucky University football coach Willie Taggart criticized students in Bowling Green who like to wear blue and white University of Kentucky attire. Regardless of the reasoning, Taggart wasn’t happy. Maybe he was trying...

In the 1970s, William Zinsser, a teacher and musician and writer— and the author of “On Writing Well” which has sold over a million copies— served as the master of Branford College at Yale. Zinsser later wrote in “Writing...

Scholarship winners recognized at VisitNich.com Bowl football games Three scholarship recipients were recognized between the two VisitNich.com Bowl football games Friday. Asbury University’s John Wesley Hughes Scholarship, first announced in June,...

No matter the history class that I teach, all historians and all students of history must surely consider three questions: What is history? Why study history? and, How does one study history?  Of course, the point that I am trying to convey is that each...

Greene graduates from Lafayette Kaitlyn Greene graduated with honors from Lafayette High School in Lexington on June 1. She played oboe in the Lafayette band wind ensemble and attended Gotta Dance Studio for 16 years. Greene received a full academic...

Jessamine Career and Technology Center’s RaAnn Miller was named Kentucky’s career and technical teacher of the year last month, just two years after coming back to the district she calls her “home away from home.” Miller grew up...