Dalton York
Reporter/Morning Edition HostDalton York joined WKU Public Radio in December 2021 as a reporter and host of Morning Edition. He graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in History from Murray State University, and was named MSU's Outstanding Senior Man for fall 2021. He previously served as a student reporter and All Things Considered host for WKMS, part of the Kentucky Public Radio network. He has won multiple Kentucky Associated Press Awards and Impact Broadcast Awards from the Kentucky Broadcasters Association. A native of Marshall County, Dalton is a proud product of his tight-knit community.
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Fifty Kentuckians have contracted monkeypox as of September 22, according to the state Department of Public Health. Opportunities for monkeypox vaccination are becoming more common, although statewide supply remains low. -
Kentuckians preparing to cast a ballot in the general election will have multiple options for exercising the right to vote.
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Western Kentucky University will celebrate America’s founding document with a lineup of events this week.
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The Confederate statue formerly located on the lawn of the Daviess County courthouse will have a new home in an Owensboro paupers’ cemetery.
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A shooting Thursday night claimed the lives of two Henderson men staying in an area shelter and sent two others to area hospitals with life-threatening injuries.
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Public defender Deidre Bowen is in the middle of her first appearance of the day before Warren County Circuit Court Judge Steve Wilson. It’s a relatively light docket but court was delayed by over an hour. Bowen’s client can’t understand English well, so she’s forced to ask for an interpreter and wait until another court appearance to sort out the case. On top of that, it’s the first time she’s met her client.
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Kentucky’s population is expected to increase by more than six percent through 2050, according to a new report released by the Kentucky State Data Center at the University of Louisville.
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The barbecue and political jabs at the St. Jerome’s Parish picnic in Fancy Farm, Kentucky were plentiful, but the same can’t be said for the number of Democrats on the picnic’s signature political speaking roster.
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As families struggle to make room for higher gas and grocery bills, some pet owners are making the difficult decision to surrender their animal to a shelter.
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Among the hundreds of laws passed in the 2022 session of the Kentucky General Assembly that went into effect last week was House Bill 63, a measure requiring a school resource officer, or SRO, in every school in the commonwealth.
