Dustin Wilcox
ReporterDustin Wilcox is a student at Murray State University majoring in journalism with minors in Japanese and media production. He graduated from Hopkinsville High School in 2019.
Since 2017, he has run Wilcox Arcade, a news blog covering the arcade industry. Wilcox began writing for RePlay Magazine, a trade publication for coin-operated amusements, in 2018. He has contributed writing to Cultured Vultures and editorial art to the Murray State News. He also produced a season of MSU2Nite alongside five of his friends for class.
When not writing for WKMS, Wilcox can be found cashiering at Five Below in Hopkinsville. His hobbies include playing video games, watching cartoons and listening to various strands of rock.
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The McCracken County Schools police force is planning to reclassify itself as a school-based law enforcement agency (SBLEA) to align with recent Kentucky legislation. -
The Calloway County Public Library reopened the main portion of its building to patrons Monday while construction continues on the $7.9 million expansion and renovation project. -
The Columbia Theater in downtown Paducah has been renamed the Columbia Art House by its volunteer board as part of an ongoing restoration process for the historic venue. -
Mayfield Independent Schools plans to update and expand portions of its middle and high schools in the near future. -
A mural project nearly three decades in the making is approaching completion in downtown Paducah. -
Mayfield will celebrate Juneteenth for a third consecutive year this weekend, with planned events Saturday and Sunday set to bring together community partners to highlight Black history and look to the future. -
It’s been six months since a devastating and deadly storm ripped through western and southern Kentucky, producing 20 tornadoes, killing 81 people, injuring hundreds more and roiling an entire region. The event was heartbreaking, and took most people by surprise. Tornadoes aren’t unheard of in Kentucky, but few were expecting one of the longest tornado systems in the country’s history to materialize on the night of Dec. 10 — not exactly twister season. -
Pembroke is in much better shape than it was in the wake of December’s tornado outbreak, but there’s a long way to go for the Christian County community. -
Libraries throughout western Kentucky are continuing their summer reading programs this year in hopes of achieving pre-pandemic attendance. -
Hopkinsville recently amended an ordinance to allow alcohol sales on Sunday for the first time in 63 years.
