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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14 people face second-degree animal cruelty charges after state police responded to a tip about cockfighting at a Casey County home on Sunday.
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Lexington horse trainer Kenny McPeek said Monday that he’ll wait until next weekend to decide if his longshot Derby winner Mystik Dan will run in the second leg of the Triple Crown.
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Lexington officials were joined by members of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development Monday morning to celebrate the opening of five new affordable housing units.
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The University of Kentucky’s Faculty Senate has scheduled a “no confidence” vote on President Eli Capilouto Monday.
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Nearly every outdoor siren in Powell County is working again – just in time for spring severe weather season.
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Northern Kentucky police say a four-year-old girl was hospitalized after she ate a THC gummy belonging to her grandmother.
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A central Kentucky farmer said he’s cautiously optimistic about this year’s growing season.
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University of Kentucky researchers helped put together a new study about the dangers facing fireflies.
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At the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs’ quarterly meeting this week, the executive director briefed attendees on several pro-military bills passed by the General Assembly and signed by the governor
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It begins very much like a military awards ceremony – the National Anthem, followed by an invocation. The scene in the VA’s Sousley campus auditorium is one familiar to most of the volunteers there, because they wore the uniform before returning on their own time, at their own expense, to help their brothers and sisters.