Zacharie Lamb
Student ReporterZacharie Lamb is a student at Murray State University studying for a Bachelors of Music - Musical Theatre degree. He graduated from Graves County High School in 2021.
Zach is a life-long performer. He's starred as Monsieur Thénardier in Les Misérables and Sam Carmichael in Mamma Mia! at the Mainstage School of Performing Arts in Paducah, KY along with a long list of other achievements including being a Governor's School for the Arts Vocal Music Alum.
In December of 2020, he was hired as a commissioned writer for YouTube channels that specialized in news within the video game industry. Zach heard about the opportunity to be a reporter for WKMS and decided to go for it after always being told growing up: "You have a voice that would be good for radio!"
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Murray city councilors have earmarked a portion of funds from settlements with national and regional opioid manufacturers and distributors to support the opening of a new opioid recovery community center. -
After Paducah’s Lower Town Arts & Music Festival was canceled earlier this year, a new organization has come together with the goal of bringing the event back in 2026 and beyond. -
Mark Evitts’ award-winning score for the Apple TV+ adaptation of the acclaimed children’s book series “Frog and Toad” draws on his Paducah roots, combining a western Kentucky bluegrass sound with New Orleans jazz and Nashville country elements. -
For decades, the Attucks Building was the only place where Black students could get an education in Christian County. Now, a local group is working to renovate the more-than-a-century-old school and turn it into a community center. -
A novelist who was the first African-American to be published abroad. A former slave who sued her master for freedom. And one of the first black men to graduate from West Point. These are just some of the historical figures actors with the Kentucky Chautauqua program portray, telling their stories in communities across the Commonwealth. -
An arts festival in far western Kentucky is searching for a new host after its main sponsor decided it could no longer handle the annual event.
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Students from two of Murray State University’s residential halls were evacuated earlier this week after what campus officials called an “unprecedented” weather event left those dormitories without utility services. -
Breakfast and lunch were free for students across the country during much of the COVID-19 pandemic. But, since Congress decided not to renew the federal Universal Free School Meal (USFM) program in 2023, many families have had to find room in their budget for school meals again. -
Dozens of members of Mayfield’s Hispanic community chanted and marched in the western Kentucky city Monday as part of “A Day Without Immigrants,” a nationwide initiative protesting recent anti-immigrant policies and highlighting the role that immigrants play in the U.S. economy. -
A chance encounter in a Colorado coffee shop drive-thru line and a quick conversation at a grocery store.
