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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Some parts of the budget were criticized by students and faculty, including a cut of around $3 million to academic affairs. -
Fayette County school board members were briefed on the tentative budget for the district’s upcoming fiscal year during a planning session Monday night. -
The Lyric, a historic African American theatre in the heart of Lexington, opened a new library earlier this week. -
A total of 923 dining workers at the University of Kentucky are being laid off, according to a Federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) notice filed by food service company Aramark. -
Gov. Andy Beshear announced an emergency executive order that would lower the state’s gas tax by 10 cents during a Tuesday press conference. -
University of Kentucky workers, labor leaders and some local politicians marched through campus late Monday to campaign against plans to outsource campus jobs. -
Gov. Andy Beshear continued to criticize decisions made by the University of Kentucky during his regular media briefing Thursday. -
The Kentucky Derby is the oldest continuously running sporting event in the country. Despite its long history, horse racing is still evolving with the emergence of new technological advancements. -
Lexington council members voted Tuesday to replace its Mint Lane water pump station at its current location near Paul Lawrence Dunbar High School, instead of moving it outside the city’s urban boundary. -
Recommendations by Lexington’s first civic assembly on possible changes to the city’s charter were presented to the urban county council’s General Government and Planning Committee Tuesday.
