Updated: 1:41 AM The three chosen by a statewide selection committee are Eloise Hadden, Anne Padilla, and Juanita Park.

Posted: 8:17 PM Louisiana-Monroe erased a 28-7 first-half deficit, tying the game twice in the second half before converting a two-point try in overtime to spoil WKU’s homecoming with a 43-42 win Saturday at Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium.

Updated: 2:50 AM Our Michael Gossum went to Cub Run to talk with students and parents who were aboard the tour bus that overturned in Hart County last night. We'll have the stories on WBKO at 5 and 6.

Posted: 7:19 PM A western Kentucky school district has decided to close an elementary school later this month.

Posted: 11:31 PM Tuition, food, and housing rates all going up at EKU.

Posted: 6:53 PM Photography enthusiasts are invited to join Western Kentucky University Photographer Clinton Lewis on a trip through the American Southwest to explore some of the most breathtaking national parks and protected areas in the country.

Updated: 9:34 AM The Carol Martin Carton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky at Western Kentucky University was named a finalist in Intel Corporation’s 2012 Schools of Distinction Awards in the high school category for its excellence in science.

Updated: 12:02 AM Revolution 91.7, the student-run campus radio station of Western Kentucky University, is hosting its third annual Pooch Pageant this Saturday, March 31 at the H.P. Thomas Bark Park on Cave Mill Road.

Posted: 11:40 AM A House bill to allow districts of innovation for public schools has been amended to include a charter schools pilot program.

Updated: 11:16 PM WKU students taking a Study Away course this summer are encouraged to apply for a $100 scholarship offered through the Student Government Association (SGA). The scholarships will be awarded to five WKU students planning to take a summer 2012 Study Away course.

Posted: 11:32 PM In ten communities across the commonwealth, citizens are being invited to a free movie screening and discussion focused on the importance of having an excellent teacher in every classroom for every student in Kentucky. Twelve statewide advocacy organizations have partnered to sponsor this historic event during nearly a dozen concurrent movie screenings on March 27.

Updated: 11:47 AM Got a favorite Kentucky teacher? Nominations for the 2013 Kentucky Teacher Awards have opened.

Posted: 4:07 PM Purples fall to Colonels by seven.

Updated: 10:42 AM T.J. Price's three-point play with 33 seconds left, completed Western Kentucky's furious comeback Tuesday night, for a 59-58 victory over Mississippi Valley State, in an NCAA tournament opener featuring a presidential audience.

Updated: 2:45 PM Warren County school praised for its environmental impact.

Updated: 11:43 PM A bill to protect students from bullying by their classmates has died in the House Education Committee because of concerns by some lawmakers that it would give "special rights" to gay students.

Updated: 11:47 PM The Lady Toppers finished 9-21 this season, the first 20-loss season in the program's history.

Updated: 12:49 AM Welcome back your 2012 Sun Belt Conference Tournament Champion Hilltoppers at 4:00 p.m. Wednesday afternoon.

Posted: 11:30 PM Remember when fishing meant you were playing hookey from school? Well now schools want their students to go fishing.

Posted: 3:44 PM The House Education Committee has passed a Senate bill to raise the student dropout age to 18.

Updated: 12:16 AM A big turnout Friday night for an annual spelling bee, but it wasn't kids doing the spelling.

Updated: 10:51 PM The Kentucky House of Representatives has approved legislation that would raise the school dropout age to 18.

Updated: 12:49 PM Educators on both sides weighed in this week on the debate over allowing charter schools in Kentucky.

Posted: 7:15 PM Two Kentucky State University students have been charged with assault in the shooting of a basketball player.

Posted: 11:41 PM A new report on teacher quality released Wednesday, says Kentucky has made very little progress in the past two years.