Shepherd Snyder
ReporterShepherd joined WEKU in June 2023 as a staff reporter. He most recently worked for West Virginia Public Broadcasting as General Assignment Reporter. In that role, he collected interviews and captured photos in the northern region of West Virginia. Shepherd holds a master’s degree in Digital Marketing Communication and a bachelor’s in music from West Virginia University.
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A legal filing to the Supreme Court by former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis looks to overturn its decision allowing same-sex marriage nationwide. -
Tourism leaders in the small Letcher County town of Jenkins plan to attract attention to the area with a mountaintop resort. -
The city saw a record high of 44 homicides and 119 nonfatal shootings in 2022. As of last year, those numbers have dropped by around 50 percent. -
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The Fayette County Education Association (FCEA) is creating a work group with the county school district to start discussions on a collective bargaining agreement. The group is a chapter of the Kentucky Education Association, the largest labor union in the state. -
The city of Livingston is moving forward with selling its water system. That includes the entirety of its Livingston Municipal Water Works and its wastewater treatment plant. -
Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers labor union say they’re concerned about potential downsizing at the Blue Grass Army Depot. -
FEMA is denying federal individual assistance to those hit by May’s tornadoes in Christian and Todd counties. That’s according to a letter from the agency to Gov. Andy Beshear. -
State lawmakers say they’re looking to find ways to solve a housing shortage in Kentucky as they prepare next year’s legislative session. -
Some central Kentucky state lawmakers say they plan on introducing bills that would dictate how generative AI is used in certain fields during the next legislative session.
