Mason Galemore
Student ReporterMason Galemore is a Murray State student studying journalism. He was the editor-in-chief of his high school newspaper. Since then has explored different publication avenues such as broadcasting. He hopes to travel as a journalist documenting conflict zones and different cultures. He remembers watching the Arab Spring in 2011 via the news when he was a kid, which dawned in a new age of journalism grounded in social media. His favorite hobbies are hiking, photography, reading, writing and playing with his Australian Shepard, Izzy. He is originally from Charleston, Missouri.
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Western Kentucky and Tennessee residents went bananas again last week.
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The two towns of Fulton and South Fulton along the Kentucky-Tennessee border are capping off their 60th annual Banana Festival with its famous “one ton banana pudding” this weekend. But the communities’ love affair with the fruit wouldn’t be possible without the railroad industry, connecting the rural towns to markets across the globe.
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Two new tech startups are moving into Paducah following a pitch competition that incentivized the new businesses to come to west Kentucky.
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It’s been five years since western Kentucky experienced a total solar eclipse, and some in the region are already looking forward to the next one.
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As Kentucky universities welcome students back into their classrooms for the fall semester, school officials are also hoping to prevent the spread of monkeypox and COVID-19 on their campuses.
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An interactive voter guide for WKMS listeners across western Kentucky. Find and click your county to see a list of races and candidates, along with links to profiles and campaign sites/social media pages.
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A retired law enforcement officer is vying for the GOP nomination for Livingston County judge-executive against the incumbent.
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A Marshall County commissioner is challenging the incumbent judge-executive for the Republican nomination in May’s primary election.
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A former Kentucky legislator is running unopposed for Trigg County’s judge-executive post.
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The Ohio, Kentucky & Indiana Chapter (OKI) of the Make-A-Wish Foundation granted more wishes than any other chapter in the country in 2021.