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.

In Western Kentucky, Quarles said colleges are looking to prepare for new businesses coming to the area.

K’Veon Ivory and Karla Quintanilla will attend monthly board meetings and official gatherings and events, and give board presentations

The renovated lab is named for a Hopkinsville couple who made the largest individual contribution in the college's history earlier this year.