The two Scottsville men accused of committing murder together will have separate trials. Judge Tom Lewis granted a motion to separately try the two men charged in the murder of Pellville freshman Melissa “Katie” Autry during a pretrial conference yesterday in Warren Circuit Court.

Much attention has been paid to Melissa “Katie” Autry and the two men charged in her death. Today, more characters have appeared, including a family, a school and a fraternity. Autry’s estate filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Western this morning in Warren Circuit Court.

The writing on the wall regarding Dennis Felton’s coaching future had been up in pencil for a while. Now it’s in ink. As those closest to the program emerged from Diddle Arena into the cold night air just before midnight, rumors began to solidify into reality.

Oral arguments were heard in the appellate case concerning a lawsuit filed by a former Western employee against the university on April 24 in Elizabethtown.

Robert Dye is appealing a jury ruling in March 2001, which found that Western did not discriminate against him when he was fired in 1997.