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Wendy Barnett

Operations Director/Host

Wendy oversees all station operations and serves as All Things Considered host. She began her career at WEKU in 2001. 

  • The U.S. Army marks its 250th anniversary with a military celebration, including a parade through the streets of the nation’s capital. Watch the parade live.
  • Fayette Co. Public Schools Audit - ICE and Local Jails - UK Extension Storm Strike Teams - Bowling Green Teen Arrested by ICE - Travel Bans Impact KY - Lexington Net Zero - Consent Decree in Louisville - Powell Co. Reptile Zoo Owner Bitten
  • Whooping Cough Deaths - London Tornado Recovery - Western KY Univ. DEI Compliance - New Medicaid Requirements - Louisville's DOT - Ozone Pollution - Kids Count 2025 Report - Kentucky Tourism and Economic Development
  • Whooping Cough Deaths - SBA Loans for Tornado Victims - Independent Voters Increase in KY - Murray DEI - Truckers English - SNAP Benefits Cuts - Soybean Association on MAHA - TVA Nuclear - Pre-K for All Initiative
  • Fayette Co. School Tax - Washington Co. Tornado - Tariffs in Lexington - Oldham Co. Data Center - Laurel Damage - Refugee Training in Bowling Green - Canadian Wildfires Smoke in KY - Raising Chickens at Home - Beshear Summer Food Program - Richmond Starbucks Union
  • Washington Co. Tornado Victim - Adult Exploitation in Daviess Co. - Pell Grants Funding Update - FEMA in Southern KY - UK Lawyer on Chinese Visa Threat - Federal Policy on Immigration Effect in Lexington - Police Reform in Louisville - Medical Cannabis EO - South Arts Fellows
  • Lawson Trial Update - President Trump Executive Order on Nuclear Energy - FEMA in Southern KY - Summer Food Service Program 2025 - Tornado Mental Health - Kelley's Landing in Lexington
  • FEMA Centers Open in Southern KY - Crystal Rogers Trial Update - Father Jim Sichko Tornado Victim Gift Card Challenge - Summer Food Service Program - JCPS Superintendent - Lexington High Street Traffic - KY Traffic Fatalities Down - Four KY Colleges in the College Baseball World Series - Front Porch Film Lab - Louisville Statue King Louis the 16th
  • FEMA AID - Tornado Pet Help and Reunions - Crystal Rogers Trial - Buffalo Trace Tornado Flood Fundraiser - Louisville Consent Decree - Recovery Ready Communities Additions - EKPC - Climate Problems
  • Greenup Co. Train Railcar Leak - Laurel Co. Schools Out for Summer - Laurel Co. Firefighter Death - Red Cross Helps Laurel Co. - Curfews for Laurel and Pulaski - Vape Law - Data Center in Oldham Co. - One National Bank
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