The Kentucky Supreme Court decided Thursday that Western and the Student Life Foundation are not responsible in a wrongful death lawsuit involving a freshman killed on campus in 2003.

The court’s 6-0 decision upheld a Court of Appeals’ decision that Western was immune and reversed an appeals’ decision that Western’s Student Life Foundation was not immune.

A Western student was robbed near Downing University Center at about 1:30 Wednesday morning.

Oak Grove freshman Isadora Rivera parked her car in the Creason lot and was walking to Minton Hall when three men and a juvenile followed her, said Maj. Mike Wallace, field operations commander for campus police.

A gubernatorial hopeful is stopping at the Hill tonight.

Republican candidate and Paducah businessman Billy Harper will speak at 6 p.m. at Downing University Center.

Harper will have a meet-and-greet in DUC, Rooms 310 B and C.

He’ll speak to Western’s College Republicans chapter at 8 p.m.

Students have until the end of the day to cast votes for their representative on Western’s governing body.
There are four candidates for the student regent position on the Board of Regents. The election began yesterday and will end at 11:59 p.m. today.
Robert Watkins resigned as Student Government Association president and student regent last semester, leaving a vacant seat on the board.

A Bowling Green state representative announced his candidacy for governor yesterday morning at the Warren County courthouse.

House Speaker Jody Richards, D-Bowling Green, said he’ll run for the state’s top executive spot.

Bardstown junior Amber Roberts can barely pay her cell phone bill. She can’t spend money at the mall. She can’t buy books until she gets her next paycheck. Roberts is working for $5.15 an hour as a circulation assistant at Cravens Graduate Center and Library.

Gov. Ernie Fletcher said Western might get the projects back that he vetoed last year. Fletcher called a “town hall” meeting at the Carroll Knicely Conference Center Wednesday to discuss what to do with Kentucky’s projected $279 million budget surplus. President Gary Ransdell and other leaders want the surplus to help fund the projects Fletcher vetoed last session.

A Bowling Green state representative announced his candidacy for governor this morning at the Warren County courthouse. House Speaker Jody Richards, D-Bowling Green, said he would run for the state’s top executive spot.

A date has been set for the Kentucky Supreme Court to hear appeals and decide if Western and the Student Life Foundation can be included in a wrongful death suit for the murder of Pellville freshman Melissa “Katie” Autry.

The Supreme Court will hear the appeals at 11 a.m.

A number of Western projects that Gov. Ernie Fletcher vetoed last year will be discussed again during the legislative session starting in January, said House Speaker Jody Richards, D-Bowling Green.

A bill with all of the Western projects will be filed so the legislature can make a priority of confirming them, he said.