Kevin Lavery
Kevin Lavery served as a general assignment reporter and occasional local host for Morning Edition and All Things Considered before retiring in 2023. He joined WKAR in September 2006. Prior to WKAR, Lavery reported at KWMU in St. Louis, Missouri, covering local politics, government, and biotechnology. Lavery's journalism career began in the Navy, studying journalism at Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indiana. He also worked as a news director and television producer for American Forces Network-Japan and served in Antarctica as the radio program director at the McMurdo Station Research Facility on Ross Island.
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A man who fatally shot three students and wounded five others on the Michigan State University campus left a note describing himself as being “hated,” “a loner” and an “outcast." -
Up to six inches of snow are expected in mid-Michigan by late Friday afternoon. -
The City of Jackson wants public input on a plan to address homelessness and housing instability. -
A winter storm could dump six or more inches of snow on the Lansing region beginning Friday afternoon. -
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel wants two of the state’s largest public utilities to credit consumers who lost power during recent winter storms. -
It’s been more than two weeks since the shooting at Michigan State University that claimed the lives of three students and hospitalized five others. On Monday, the MSU community gathered on campus to remember all the victims of the tragedy with a reflective moment of music at Beaumont Tower. -
El profesor de la Michigan State Univeristy, cuyo salón de clases fue el lugar del tiroteo masivo mortal la semana pasada, regresa al campus por primera vez desde el incidente.
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As the five Michigan State University students hospitalized in last week’s shooting continue to receive medical care, several community-based fundraising efforts are proceeding. -
As the MSU community grieves the victims of last week’s mass shooting, one student has created an online platform for public expression. -
The Michigan State University professor whose classroom was the site of the deadly mass shooting last week is returning to campus for the first time since the incident.
