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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A University of Tennessee at Martin Faculty Senate committee voted earlier this week to table a resolution the school’s Student Government Association passed last month condemning a pair of Tennessee bills as racist.
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A gender equity organization at Murray State University is marking National Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day on Wednesday with a panel on women’s healthcare.
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A student government organization at the University of Tennessee at Martin passed a resolution last week condemning two bills passed by the state legislature as racist.
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A far western Kentucky city honored the memory of a Black artist who called the town home over the weekend with a guest author sharing their recent children's book about his life.
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A pair of Paducah art exhibits – one curated by a Graves County art institution at Paducah City Hall and another at the National Quilt Museum – are among the many options available to west Kentucky residents and visitors observing Black History Month.
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West Kentucky Community & Technical College is renaming its office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to memorialize the Paducah institution’s first Black graduate.
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As tuition and other post-secondary education costs continue to climb, pay for student workers at many Kentucky public state universities is going up too. But, some students say it’s still not enough to help cover living expenses.
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Several western Kentucky counties are experiencing climbing COVID-19 case rates as the holiday season approaches.
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The Mayfield City Council approved a motion on Monday to begin rezoning a section of their downtown severely impacted by the December 2021 tornado outbreak.
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It’s been one year since a historic and deadly tornado outbreak swept through western Kentucky, and a Marshall County group hopes to make Saturday a day of reverence.