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!"
-
A Kentuckian who works a full-time job earning the state’s minimum wage would now be considered to be living in poverty by government standards, according to a report by a Kentucky research group released last month. -
Community leaders joined HempWood’s founder and employees Tuesday to celebrate the company’s addition of a second factory on its Murray campus – capitalizing on a growth in the hemp industry in the Bluegrass State and nationwide. -
The Murray-Calloway County Senior Citizens Center – housed in the George Weaks Community Center in downtown Murray – is receiving a $750,000 grant to renovate its kitchen space and add an emergency power generator to the facility. -
A faith-based organization from Clarksville, Tennessee is looking to open a homeless shelter across state lines in Oak Grove, Kentucky. -
Higher education leaders told legislators Tuesday that each of the Commonwealth’s public schools is complying with a new law eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at those schools. However, lawmakers had concerns for some of the schools – including Murray State University and the University of Kentucky – about whether they were fully in line with the new legislation. -
Inmates from Graves County will now be housed at the Christian County Jail for the foreseeable future under an agreement announced last week. -
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is allowing Kentucky residents use of its Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – known as D-SNAP – for those recovering from severe weather on May 16th.
-
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.
