This story was edited on Monday, July 28 at 4:30 p.m. to fix the name of Sam Bush’s band.  The Kentucky Museum will be ...

This story was updated with new information on Friday, July 25, at 5:21 p.m.  The construction of the new Gordon Ford College ...

It’s the fall of 1970 just before the Western Kentucky men’s basketball team left for the preseason National Invitation Tournament in New York City. Coach John Oldham was called into the office of ...

Lee Robertson, who died July 3 at 102, earned the title “Mr. Western” due to his lifelong involvement with the university. As a 1950 graduate, Robertson went on to become the superintendent of Barren ...

On the surface, very little information on the status of Hilltopper Hall, WKU’s state-of-the-art residence hall that opened in 2018, has been provided since the Student Life Foundation, which owns WKU ...

Deborah Wilkins, WKU’s former general counsel and Title IX coordinator, sued the university on Thursday, alleging age and sex discrimination and a concerted effort to damage her career and reputation.

WKU Football defensive back Upton Stout was selected in the third round of the NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers Friday night. The nickel cornerback recorded 53 total tackles, one sack and one ...

Members of Seth Swafford’s construction company from Manchester, Ky. work to clear damaged trees from Friday’s EF-4 tornado in the Sunshine Hills community of London, Ky. on May 19, 2025. Swafford ...

Current Men’s Basketball Head Coach Hank Plona will serve as the first Mahurin Family Foundation Head Men’s Basketball Coach through an endowment gifted to the position by Dixie Mahurin, marking the ...

WKU Men’s Basketball added its third transfer commitment Thursday in the form of former McNeese State forward Bryant Selebangue. Selebangue posted his commitment to the Hilltoppers on Instagram and X ...

During the last home game before the Christmas break of 1979, Head Coach Gene Keady was called away from WKU’s basketball team to the middle of Diddle Arena. Santa Claus, then, pushed a massive white ...

Juan Romero, a history professor at WKU, died in early June after becoming ill in the fall, according to a statement released by WKU’s Department of History. Romero took medical leave during the ...