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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The East Lansing Public Schools Board of Education is looking to fill a vacancy following the resignation of member Debbie Walton.
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A Michigan State University mother and anti-gun violence advocate says Monday’s deadly shooting on campus reinforces her efforts to achieve sensible gun control.
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On Monday, the Okemos Board of Education held its first public meeting following an incident last week in which high school students were evacuated following a false active shooter report.
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The Michigan State University Board of Trustees has approved the release of a report on the termination of former Broad College of Business dean Sanjay Gupta.
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Some Eaton County elementary students will get a taste of the health care profession Friday at what officials call “Mini-Medical School.”
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Okemos High School students are being sent home after a shooting was falsely reported to authorities Tuesday morning.
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An Ingham County high school is among three dozen in Michigan participating in a peer-led teen safe driving program. The Wilson Talent Center in Mason will take part in the “Strive for a Safer Drive” program.
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Job seekers with past criminal convictions may be able to have their records cleared at a job fair in Lansing on Monday.
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Clinton County has selected an internet service provider to help expand broadband access to more residents.
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On Thursday, Feb. 2, the MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine presents the first of three speakers as part of the 2023 Dr. William G. Anderson Lecture Series, “Slavery To Freedom.”