Zoe Lewis
Student ReporterZoe Lewis is a first-year sophomore at Murray State University from Benton, Kentucky. She is majoring in journalism with a minor in media production. She enjoys reading, going to movie theaters, spending time with her family and friends, and eating good food. Zoe is an Alpha Omicron Pi sorority member in the Delta Omega chapter. She is very excited to start working at WKMS and work while learning more about NPR, reporting, journalism, and broadcasting.
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Campus groups and local organizations rallied at Murray State University Tuesday to show support for international students almost a week after a Murray student’s visa was revoked. -
Murray State University’s Board of Regents broke ground for a future learning commons and residential hall on the far western Kentucky school’s campus Friday. -
As Kingsway Skateland prepares to close shop to the public, a local roller derby team gears up with mouthguards, a helmet, knee and elbow pads and slips on their skates. They get on the rink ready to warm up, either by skating many laps around the rink or doing push-ups on skates.Then, the real fun begins. One skater wears a star on their helmet to gain the most points by skating past the other team, but there is a human wall they have to get through first. The skater zips through the other team's line of defense after being pushed and shoved. The skater can now earn points for their team, but they have to do all of this within two minutes.As someone who has never watched roller derby before, they might have their reservations about joining the team before they decide they wouldn’t mind being chest checked, but a local roller derby team hopes to gain new members to welcome into their community even though the sport can be seen as being aggressive. -
Birds in a dozen Kentucky counties have tested positive for avian influenza since October, and Kentucky officials are trying to raise awareness so that those numbers don’t soar. -
High school student journalists could receive more free press protections for their reporting under a bill introduced in the Kentucky state Senate. -
Kentucky is currently one of 12 states that does not compensate those who are wrongly convicted. A bill introduced in the state House earlier this month could change that. -
The barks and meows of dozens of dogs and cats can be heard up and down the halls of the McCracken County Humane Society. -
An update to the federal Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program now allows its low-income participants access to more nutritious foods, including canned fish and beans, whole grains such as quinoa and cornmeal and more fruits and vegetables. -
Kentuckians living in rural communities are more likely to face a bad outcome during the eviction process compared to their urban counterparts, according to a new study. -
A school morning typically starts with students getting out of their parents’ cars or hopping off the school bus. But once a week at an elementary school in Marshall County, some students ride on a different kind of bus: one on their own two wheels.
