Cheri Lawson
Cheri is a broadcast producer, anchor, reporter, announcer and talk show host with over 25 years of experience. For three years, she was the local host of Morning Edition on WMUB-FM at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Cheri produced and hosted local talk shows and news stories for the station for nine years. Prior to that, she produced and co-hosted a local talk show on WVXU, Cincinnati for nearly 15 years. Cheri has won numerous awards from the Public Radio News Directors Association, the Ohio and Kentucky Associated Press, and both the Cincinnati and Ohio chapters of the Society for Professional Journalists.
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Thirteen-year-old Phoebe White taught herself to yodel when she was 8. Known as Phoebe the Yodeling Cowgirl, she's won 24 talent competitions and her album is number seven on the Western music chart.
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Two artists in Kentucky designed a summer workshop for teens called The School of Needlework for Disobedient Women, using embroidery as an avenue to explore feminism, activism and self-expression.
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More than 1.2 million LBGTQ people in the United States identify as non-binary according to a 2021 study by the UCLA Williams Institute School of Law. -
Girl Scouts of Kentucky’s Wilderness Road recently launched a campaign to build a $6 million state-of-the-art facility in Northern Kentucky. It’s intended to bring opportunities including everything from camping and archery to STEM activities. Arts Reporter Cheri Lawson has this special report. -
Next week Americans will come together to celebrate and give thanks. Thanksgiving has become a holiday for family, football, and feasting.Arts reporter Cheri Lawson tells us, for many families, the centerpiece of the celebration is the turkey. And hundreds of those turkeys will come from a Northern Kentucky farm. This story first aired on WEKU in 2017. -
Well-known Kentucky woodcarver Minnie Adkins is getting ready for the annual folk art festival that bears her name. Artists from around the country will... -
Raegan and Rylyn Richins make "Be Kind" yard signs and donate the proceeds to local charities. "We felt that every place could use more kindness because there's never too much kindness," Reagan says. -
Newport is putting up murals to honor the city's 225th anniversary. One depicts city founder Gen. James Taylor, who was a slave owner. Residents are wrestling with what to do about the artwork.
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This holiday season, members of law enforcement say they're noticing an uptick of vehicle break-ins. A Kentucky police department thought it would have a little fun while warning people to be alert.
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A man from Murray, Kentucky has been named Kentucky Farm Bureau’s 2018 farmer of the year.
