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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Laurel County’s judge-executive said the recovery from the May 16th tornado that killed 18 people and destroyed nearly 300 homes is going well, but much remains to be done. -
A leading solar power entrepreneur says the massive solar farm his company helped bring to Martin County is not affected by actions by Congress and the Trump Administration. -
With weather disasters becoming more frequent in the commonwealth, the University of Kentucky’s Cooperative Extension Service has a plan to help. -
The co-director of the Kentucky Reptile Zoo in Powell County is still regaining his strength after being bitten by a venomous snake for the 16th time. -
State Attorney General Russell Coleman has announced a new round of grants funded by opioid settlements. -
A meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Jackson said communication problems Monday were caused by a widespread power outage -
State health officials say two infants have died from whooping coughs in the last six months – the first deaths from that disease since 2018. According to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, neither the infants nor their mothers had received the recommended immunizations. -
The new Kids Count report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation shows the percentage of Kentucky 3- and 4-year-olds ready for kindergarten has dropped 3 points since 2019 – from 51 to 48 percent. -
A Kentucky farmer who’s president of the American Soybean Association is asking the Trump Administration to reconsider its “Make America Healthy Again” report. -
Commercial truck drivers in Kentucky who have trouble with English could soon be removed from the highway.
