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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - WKU President Gary Ransdell says the university will work to protect all of the students, but he cannot support WKU declaring itself a sanctuary campus. In a letter to Dr. Kate Hudepohl, the Chair University Senate, Dr. Ransdell writes: "Thank you for the University Senate Resolution on Sanctuary for Undocumented Immigrant Students and Campus Community Members Affected by Executive Orders. It was received in my office on Friday, February 17, 2017. I have studied the Senate action carefully. While I am supportive of the spirit behind the Senate Resolution, I cannot support WKU declaring itself...

GAME NOTES: WKU vs. Mississippi Valley State - NCAA Tournament First Round - 03/13/12 Photo by Western Kentucky University DAYTON, Ohio — After a stunning run through the 2012 Sun Belt Conference Tournament, WKU heads to its 22nd NCAA Tournament beginning Tuesday night at 5:30 (CT) in the first round in Dayton, Ohio against Mississippi Valley State. The Hilltoppers are riding a six-game winning streak into their third NCAA Tournament trip in the last five seasons, and the 2012 squad will be looking to become the 12th WKU team to win a game in the Big Dance. WKU rolled through...

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<p>LEXINGTON, Ky. — LeRone Edwards works a part-time job and has taken out thousands of dollars in loans to attend the University of Kentucky and pay his living expenses.</p> <p>The 18-year-old freshman from Lexington, who lives "paycheck to paycheck," said tuition can't keep rising at double-digit rates and remain affordable to him and other students.</p>

<p>Melissa "Katie" Autry was attacked in her dormitory room at Western Kentucky University on May 4.</p> <p>Relatives of a Western Kentucky University freshman who was set on fire in her dormitory room filed a lawsuit yesterday against the school and others, alleging negligence in her death.</p>

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Prosecutors said yesterday that they intend to seek the death penalty against two men accused of killing a Western Kentucky student who was set on fire in her dormitory room. One of the defendants, Stephen B. Soules, pleaded not guilty yesterday in Warren County Circuit Court. At the arraignment, prosecutors filed a notice of intent to seek the death penalty if Soules is convicted. The other defendant, Lucas B. Goodrum, is scheduled to be arraigned today. Mike Pearson, an assistant Warren County commonwealth's attorney, said prosecutors also would seek the death penalty for Goodrum. The two...

<p>By MARK PITSCH mpitsch@courier-journal.com The Courier-Journal Many of Kentucky's colleges and universities are re-examining their campus safety measures after the fatal attack on a Western Kentucky University freshman in her dorm room earlier this month.</p> <p>University officials around the state are looking at issues ranging from what kind of key access students have to dormitories, to video surveillance, to requiring identification for visitors.</p>

<p>BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – One of two Scottsville men charged in the murder of a Western Kentucky University student told police that he doused the victim with hairspray in her dormitory room and that the other suspect set her on fire, a police detective testified yesterday.</p>

<p>ASSOCIATED PRESS Stephen L. Soules, 20, of Scottsville was arraigned yesterday in Bowling Green. He was charged with murder late Monday. A second Scottsville man was charged with murder late Monday in the death of a Western Kentucky University student who was attacked and burned in her dormitory room.</p>