John McGary
ReporterJohn McGary is a Lexington native and Navy veteran with three decades of radio, television and newspaper experience.
John comes to WEKU from The Woodford Sun, where he was editor while covering government meetings, reporting on community events and taking photographs. At the Sun, he won multiple awards for news and feature stories and columns.
At WLEX-TV, John won a Midwest Regional Emmy for an investigative story about illegal dumping and in 2003, was named Best Television Reporter by the Kentucky Associated Press. In the Navy, he was named Print Journalist of the Year once and Navy Broadcaster of the Year twice.
John’s radio experience includes news and starting a radio magazine show at NTC Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and co-hosting a morning news/talk show in Owensboro, Ky. while working for The Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer.
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In May, Eastern Kentucky Power Cooperative reported a request from an unnamed potential customer for a project requiring 2.2 gigawatts of power by 2028. Tyler McHugh, executive director of the Maysville-Mason County Industrial Development Authority, said the applicant is a Fortune 20 tech company. -
Leaders of the Reformation Church in Shelbyville are asking people to check out LGBTQ-themed books from the local public library and not return them. -
Senate Bill 181 requires school staff and volunteers to communicate with students only in traceable ways, though the law does allow parents to grant consent for other forms of communication. Kentucky Education Association President Joel Wolford said some teachers are worried about out-of-school connections with students – including through church. -
The former Letcher County sheriff accused of murdering District Judge Kevin Mullins last September was in court Friday for a status hearing. -
FEMA has denied a $3 million reimbursement to the Letcher County Public School District for a new football field to replace one badly damaged by the 2022 flood. -
Officials for Madison County’s three governments are deciding how to fund the county’s 9-1-1 dispatch center. -
Kentucky motorists will soon have another reason to observe the speed limit in work zones. -
The Appalachian Regional Commission is accepting applications for its annual POWER grants. POWER stands for Partnerships for Opportunity, Workforce and Economic Revitalization. -
The University of Kentucky’s Markey Cancer Center is showing off new surgical equipment that allows some early-stage lung cancers to be diagnosed and even treated the same day. -
A U.S. Department of Education grant designed to improve retention and graduation rates for low-income and first-generation students has been extended at Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College.
