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WEBJoe Sonka. , August 29, 2024. Voters in dozens of cities and counties across Kentucky will vote in November on whether to allow medical cannabis businesses to operate there. The public radio service of Western Kentucky University. National, international, and regional news from NPR, BBC, and our own news team. Plus a variety.
Percussion in Cuban Music: A Crash Course from the WKU …
WEBMar 2, 2019 · A centerpiece of Cuban music is the percussion section. In conjunction with Western Kentucky University's International Year of Cuba, Professor Mark Berry's percussion studio in the Department of Music spent part of its fall semester studying percussion in Cuban music and prepared some short audio features to give listeners a crash course in Cuban music.
Kentucky Lynching Museum Opened 10 Years Before New …
WEBJun 28, 2018 · Some call it the “lynching museum.”. Russellville, Kentucky opened its own small lynching museum 10 years ago, the vision of one man who made a promise to tell the truth. Billie Holiday’s haunting song Strange Fruit about “black bodies swinging in the southern breeze” plays quietly in a one-room lynching-museum in Russellville, Kentucky.
Kentucky's Muslim Population Prepares for First-Ever Muslim Day …
WEBDec 16, 2019 · J. Tyler Franklin. Kentucky’s Muslim community will gather in Frankfort next month for the inaugural Muslim Day at the state capitol. Muslims from all over the state will tour the building on January 22, meet with legislators, pray in the Rotunda, and receive training on how to advocate for issues affecting the Muslim community.
'Bingocize' Created by WKU Professor Approved to Help Address …
WEBDec 11, 2018 · A program called ‘Bingocize’ created by Western Kentucky University Associate Professor of Exercise Science Jason Crandall has received approval from the National Council on Aging for use in helping older adults prevent falls. Bingocize takes advantage of bingo's popularity with older adults to …
What’s Happened To Kentucky's Snowy Winters? Blame, Or Credit, …
WEBMar 3, 2020 · Temperatures in Kentucky have risen an average of about 1.41 degrees over the last three decades, according to the Associated Press. The warmer climate increases the odds of extreme weather events fueling storms as well as droughts. And for the last four decades, it’s meant Kentucky winters with less snow cover. Tags.
As world's largest EV battery manufacturing site takes shape, …
WEBAug 17, 2023 · The quietness in the Hardin Co. town of Glendale is interrupted a few times a day as the main CSX train line from Louisville to Nashville rolls through town. A much bigger disruption is happening a few miles up the road just off Interstate 65 where the world’s largest electric vehicle battery plant is under construction.
'Runaway Romance' Filmed in Kentucky Airs Jan. 7 - WKU Public …
WEBJan 2, 2018 · The second project launches a three-part mini-series called “Runaway Romance.”. It was filmed in Glasgow, Horse Cave, Cave City and Munfordville and will air on Jan.7 on UP-TV, a small network for family-oriented movies. George Shamieh is CEO of American Cinema International.
'I Am PCAL': New Potter College of Arts & Letter's Dean Prepares …
WEBAug 22, 2021 · The fall semester begins Monday on the campus of Western Kentucky University. As new students ground themselves in their new home, Terrance Brown is doing the same as the new dean of the Potter College of Arts and Letters.. Brown is from a small town in Alabama and comes to WKU from the University of North Alabama in Florence.
U.S. figure skating team awarded gold medals in Paris after a 2 …
WEBAug 7, 2024 · Getty Images. Two years after they won, members of the U.S. figure skating team celebrate their victory and receive their gold medals won during the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. The delayed ceremony, held during the Paris Summer Games, follows the recent disqualification of Russia following a doping controversy.
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