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Month: April 2025

Educators face AI question

  • April 22, 2025
Educators split over the effects of AI on instruction. Made with Canva.

By Ania Delaney Bou tin The rise of artificial intelligence in education has sparked a heated debate among teachers. Some educators see AI as a powerful tool to enhance learning, streamline grading, and personalize instruction, while others fear it promotes…

Categories: SP 25, Stories

Dylan Phillips: A Local Storm chaser’s Journey

  • April 22, 2025
Photo taken by Phillips of the Mayfield, Kentucky EF-4 tornado on Dec. 10, 2021.

On April 2nd, Calloway County saw one of the most dangerous tornado threats it had seen in a while in terms of population proximity and potential damage. The EF-1 tornado lifted just before hitting Murray.  Local storm chaser Dylan Phillips…

Categories: SP 25, Stories

42 pets rescued from flooded pet lodge in Hopkinsville

  • April 17, 2025
Captured by Danielle Kelvey.

Flooding in Hopkinsville, Kentucky resulted in many businesses being temporarily shut down. One business in particular needed a more urgent response.  The Pet Lodge is a pet boarding and grooming facility in Hopkinsville, and it sits alongside the Little River.…

Categories: SP 25, Stories

PODCAST: ‘The Couch Coach’ takes on baseball, basketball in Ep. 2

  • April 17, 2025
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In the second episode of “The Couch Coach,” Jonah tackles some MLB, some NBA, and a record-setting game in more ways than one for Murray State baseball. Our podcasts this semester range from sports to books to interesting people and…

Categories: Podcasts, SP 25

PODCAST: ‘Young and Rooted’ show spotlights ag career coach

  • April 17, 2025

An agriculture career coach is a job not many people have heard of, including Kacee Bohle who was raised on a fourth-generation farm. But, after discovering the lack of professional and personal growth within the agriculture industry she decided to…

Categories: Podcasts, SP 25

Flooding devastates parts of western Kentucky

  • April 17, 2025
Captured by Stacey Riley.

Written by Ania Boutin and Zoe Lewis As heavy rain ravaged far western Kentucky, all Barry Knight could do was watch the water rise. “I stayed in the house and watched the water actually creep into the house, and that…

Categories: SP 25, Stories

Western Kentucky storms don’t phase Paducah-based forecaster

  • April 17, 2025
Captured by Kris Fister.

As Justin Gibbs watched the radar on the evening of Wednesday, April 2, he saw a tornado heading a bit too close to home—not once, but twice.  Gibbs, lead forecaster at the National Weather Service office in Paducah, and his…

Categories: SP 25, Stories

Murray welcomes Safe Haven baby box

  • April 17, 2025
Captured by Caroline Blakeman.

Murray welcomed a new rescue system for infants on Feb. 25 when a Safe Haven Baby Box was installed at the Murray Police Department. While it took many hands to prepare, the Life House Care Center holds responsibility for the…

Categories: SP 25, Stories

Student-led initiative launches on campus, mental health

  • April 17, 2025
Graphic made by Bri Hunter.

Murray State launched a student-ran mental health initiative called the Green Bandana Project that aims to assist students in getting the help they need.   The University recently increased mental health resources on campus with the Murray State Quality Enhancement Program:…

Categories: SP 25, Stories

PODCAST: The ‘Couch Coach’ takes on all things sports

  • April 16, 2025

Host Jonah Morgan discusses sports on his episode of “The Couch Coach.” Our podcasts this semester range from sports to books to interesting people and places in the region.

Categories: Podcasts, SP 25
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