Lisa Autry

Organizers of the ROMP festival in Owensboro are considering a new date for the annual bluegrass event.  The International Bluegrass Music Museum is conducting an online poll this month asking fans if they would prefer moving the festival from the last weekend in June to the weekend after Memorial Day. 

WKU is making changes to its scholarship program to help recruit more high-achieving students. The school will offer two additional scholarships starting next fall for students with GPAs as low as 3.3 and ACT scores of 26.

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is renaming a section of highway in McLean County in honor of a former state lawmaker. In a public ceremony Friday, a portion of KY 136 will be designated the “Richard ‘Hoppy’ Hopkins Memorial Highway.” 

The Kentucky lottery plans to drop its nightly televised program and instead stream the drawings online.  A lot has changed since the state lottery began more than two decades ago. 

The fall campaign season is in full swing as both national parties hold their conventions. WKU Political Science Professor Dr. Saundra Ardrey spoke to WKU Public Radio's Lisa Autry and previewed this week's Democratic National Convention in Charlotte.