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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Lexington’s Veterans Affairs Health Care is taking a “whole health” approach for the veterans they serve.
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Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton’s proposed budget for fiscal year ’25 includes $24 million for a new senior center that would be built near the fire station at Shillito Park.
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The City of Lexington has launched a campaign to remind motorists to drive safely through work zones.
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The nonprofit that donated 10-thousand tree seedlings for Saturday’s 25th annual Reforest the Bluegrass in Lexington has even larger targets.
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A contractor for the McCreary County Animal Shelter will pay a thousand-dollar fine and clean up the area of the Daniel Boone National Forest where he dumped dogs that had been euthanized at the shelter.
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John Lhotka is a forestry professor at the University of Kentucky. He came to the 25th annual Reforest the Bluegrass with his 14-year-old daughter, Anna. He said the ground was soft from the previous days’ rains, which made planting the seedlings easier.
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The City of Lexington is offering a free trash disposal day Saturday from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Bluegrass Regional Transfer Station on Old Frankfort Pike
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Woodford County’s Tourism Commission has a new marketing campaign declaring the county just east of Lexington “The Birthplace of Bourbon.”
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The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a mandate requiring municipal water systems to drastically reduce the level of six substances linked to cancer and other health problems.
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On Monday, Kentucky Veterans Cemetery South East, in Leslie County, will receive the National Cemetery Administration's Stewardship Award.