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I have a late entry for National Proposal Day, and it's very clever. Western Kentucky University student Elijah Essa and his fiancee' Sarah Burnett are huge fans of the Tony-winning musical Hamilton. On February 13th, Elijah gathered a big group of the couple's friends at Van Meter Hall to stage a marriage proposal, complete with choreography, set in the world of Hamilton.

Western Kentucky University is changing four of its all-family bathrooms on campus to all-gender status this fall.

History repeated itself Saturday night at LP Field in Nashville when, for the second year in a row, the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers began their football season with a victory over the Kentucky Wildcats.

When I was a kid, there was a show that ran seven years on NBC called Emergency! It was an action-adventure medical drama about the Los Angeles Fire Department's Station 51 and Rampart Hospital and how the staffs of each worked to rescue people and save lives.

Western Kentucky University, my alma mater, has a new head football coach. He is former Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino, famous, recently, for a motorcycle ride with a lovely woman who wasn't his wife.

This Wednesday, Ghost Hunters is airing an episode filmed at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green.  We have a sneak preview for you here at WBKR.com.  Take a look at "Higher Dead-ucation!"

Western Kentucky University honored  students from various Owensboro area high schools for their academic achievements. This year’s group has an average ACT composite score of 29.42 and grade-point average of 3.87! The group also included 27 Kentucky Governor’s Scholars and six National Merit Semifinalists ...

With the conclusion of the women's 100-meter butterfly in the 2012 Olympic swimming trials, Olympic gold medalist Dana Vollmer will be joined by Western Kentucky University's Claire Donahue on the U.S. Olympic Swim Team! (Cue Jaclyn singing the WKU fight song in the background.)

The Members of the Hilltopper Battalion Army ROTC unit develop a special bond during their four years at Western Kentucky University. That’s especially evident for 20 Army ROTC cadets who will be commissioned as second lieutenants May 11-12 during WKU’s Commencement Weekend...

The Kentucky Youth Chorale is performing their spring concert, FLOWER POWER, at Third Baptist Church in Owensboro at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 22nd.  The concert is free and open to the public.  Come hear our arrangements of the music of the 60’s and 70’s.  The Kentucky Youth Chorale is Western Kentucky’s Youth Choir of note.  Students audition for this select group which was chosen to sing in London

An Owensboro student will join a group of 11 Western Kentucky University students to embark on a bike trip across the United States to raise awareness and funding for the Alzheimer’s Association.

Award-winning producer, director, writer and composer John Carpenter will be among the guest speakers for the 2012 Western Kentucky Film Festival May 2-4. Carpenter was born in Carthage, NY, but his family mowed to Bowling Green in 1953. He attended Western Kentucky University and returns to the school next month.