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Model Laboratory School students and parents were informed on Tuesday, Jan. 2 that winter break would be one day longer, a result of a pipe burst and loss of heating

Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) earned the Kentucky Employers’ Mutual Insurance (KEMI) Destiny Award for workplace safety for the fifth consecutive year. EKU is one of 25 recipients across the commonwealth

Eastern Kentucky University sustained lots of damage to campus after a summer storm hit central Kentucky.

Eastern Kentucky University supports about 6,000 jobs in Madison County alone, making it one of the top 10 economic forces in the region, according to the state. According to EKU President Dr. David McFaddin, about 15 percent of jobs in Madison County are EKU-related. 

Credit Corinne Boyer / Ohio Valley Resource Roughly a million students attend college around the Ohio Valley, and the student-age population has an especially high rate of coronavirus infection. That’s why some public health advocates say schools should require that students be vaccinated.  However, a review by the Ohio Valley ReSource found that of 400 colleges and universities in Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia, only three have indicated that they will mandate COVID-19 vaccinations this ...

Dec 11, 2020 COVID-19 has been a harsh reality in 2020, and permeated almost every aspect of everyones daily life. Campus life has been no different. With the many changes college campuses faced in Kentucky, and around the world, EKU President David McFaddin said he wanted to find a way to give back to the university staff and employees. During the Dec. 10 Board of Regents meeting, McFaddin announced the Colonels Care Employee Initiative, which would give employees a $1,000 bonus. “I think...