Grace M. McKenna
Weekend Anchor and Multimedia Journalist at WHAS-TV (Louisville, KY)
Good Morning Kentuckiana Anchor @whas11 | Formerly WRCB | U of SC grad 🐓 Story ideas? email me 👉🏻 [email protected]
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whas11.com | Grace M. McKenna
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — This year marks the 100th Scripps National Spelling Bee, a longstanding tradition with deep Louisville roots. The Courier Journal sponsored the first national spelling bee back in 1925. Louisvillian Frank Neuhauser took home the win. This year, another Louisville speller is hoping to make history for his hometown. Meyzeek Middle eighth-grader Zachary Rara will join 242 other spellers from across the country for the 100th edition of the bee.
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1 month ago |
whas11.com | Grace M. McKenna
OLDHAM COUNTY, Ky. — For 36 years, WHAS11 ExCEL Awards have honored pillars of our community: Our teachers. ExCEL winners are educators who go above and beyond for their students. Wednesday, WHAS11 presented a 2025 ExCEL award to Nathan Steinert, a special education teacher at Oldham County High School. At the ExCEL ceremony for Steinert, assistant superintendent Dr. Dylan Smith said Steinert was the clear choice for the district's winner.
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whas11.com | Grace M. McKenna
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Friday, the 17th Kentucky Oaks Survivors Parade takes to the track at Churchill Downs. The walk will honor 150 survivors of breast and ovarian cancer and encourages those still fighting. The event is supported by Horses and Hope of the Kentucky Cancer Center and Norton Cancer Institute. Jackie Boyd, a nurse navigator at Norton, is one of the survivors walking this year. Because of her job, she’s intimately familiar with the healthcare world.
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1 month ago |
whas11.com | Grace M. McKenna
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — For 36 years, WHAS11 ExCEL Awards have honored pillars of our community: Our teachers. ExCEL winners are educators who go above and beyond for their students. Wednesday, WHAS11 presented a 2025 ExCEL award to Chantelle Barbour of Jefferson County Public School's Okolona Elementary. Barbour has been teaching at Okolona for six years, two of them in kindergarten. She said she enjoys laying a foundation for young students and seeing it pay off as the school year winds down.
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2 months ago |
whas11.com | Grace M. McKenna
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. — For 36 years, WHAS11 ExCEL Awards have honored pillars of our community: Our teachers. ExCEL winners are educators who go above and beyond for their students. Wednesday, WHAS11 presented a 2025 ExCEL award to Crystal Merrifield of Greater Clark County Schools' River Valley Middle. Merrifield teaches seventh grade, a time when students often find themselves stuck in the middle of middle school. "They just need so much love," Merrifield said.
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