Education

MSU’s Board of Regents formally voted during its winter quarterly meeting to create the College of Veterinary Medicine.

The forum on March 5 is being organized by Focus 21st Century Minority Leadership and the Hopkinsville Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta. 

Christian County Public Schools is among the districts affected by the revocation of a $47 million federal grant supporting Kentucky community schools.

The decision was based on enrollment trends and long-term sustainability, but school officials left open the possibility of later restoring the middle school.

A Franklin County judge ruled he won’t dismiss a lawsuit brought by a group of Kentucky students alleging the state has failed to provide an adequate and equitable education.

If Murray State earns provisional accreditation from the American Veterinary Medicine Association, the first students seeking veterinary medicine degrees could be admitted as early as fall 2028.

The retreat meeting begins at 8 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 8, at the Murray State University Regional Campus in Hopkinsville.

Kentucky high school students will take the SAT instead of the ACT starting this spring. In a recent op-ed, one education policy expert suggested the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) may have violated state law by switching to a different college admissions exam.

Stephanie Blanton, currently the assistant principal, will take the leadership role in July.

Dr. R. Heath Keller will lead the Arthur J. Bauernfeind College of Business.

Ferrell previously taught math at three local elementary schools and has been Sinking Fork's assistant principal since 2022.

The largest donation in school history — $150 million from The Bill Gatton Foundation — is earmarked to create the arts district.