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Jackie Starkey joined WEKU as News Director/Managing Editor in June 2026. She previously worked as editor for the Lexington Herald-Leader and three other McClatchy newspapers, and started her career as a political reporter and later managing editor in coastal North Carolina. She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina Asheville.

Scott Horsley is NPR's Chief Economics Correspondent.

John O'Connor is a political writer for The Associated Press, covering state government, politics and features, with a focus on enterprise reporting. O'Connor is a veteran statehouse reporter in the Land of Lincoln, where he's covered the state legislature and other governmental matters for more than 25 years.

Jennifer works as a reporter, producer and student trainer for KSMU in Springfield, Mo. She grew up on a farm just outside West Plains, Mo., and now works forKSMUfrom her hometown.

Environmental groups are closely watching coal ash storage ponds in North and South Carolina as rivers swollen by rain from Hurricane Florence continue to rise.

Florida voters will have the chance to enshrine abortion rights into their constitution. Iran blames Israel for an embassy bombing that killed a top military commander.

Biden has arrived in Israel, where he says he's "outraged" by a Gaza hospital explosion that killed hundreds. The House will meet today after Jim Jordan failed a speaker vote.

Folkenflik is NPR's media correspondent.

Brendan McCarthy is the interim news director forWFPLand the managing editor of the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting, both part ofLouisville Public Media.

Laura Hunsberger began her career in radio in 2010 at WHQR in Wilmington, NC and received her MFA in Creative Writing, Nonfiction from UNCW. In 2012, Hunsberger began working as Associate Producer for the NPR and South Carolina Public Radio program Song Travels with Michael Feinstein. In 2015, she became a staff reporter for South Carolina Public Radio, reporting on statewide and national news and covering the historic floods that hit South Carolina in October 2015.