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Whether covering the manhunt and eventual capture of Eric Robert Rudolph in the mountains of North Carolina, the remnants of the Oklahoma City federal building with its twisted metal frame and shattered glass, flood-ravaged Midwestern communities, or the terrorist bombings across the country, including the blast that exploded in Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta, correspondent Kathy Lohr has been at the heart of stories all across the nation.

Katie Pantoja joined KACU as a full-time staff in August of 2022 as the Digital Media Editor and Operations Assistant. In March 2023, Pantoja took on the role of Director of Operations and Digital Media. She oversees and develops daily programming, KACU.org, and the station's social media content and outreach along with training and mentoring student staff. She occasionally covers the arts scene in the Big Country.

George Levesque is the host of the West Texas Dispatch. He hails from Colorado City, Texas. Levesque graduated from McMurry University with a degree in theatre in 1996. He had a long broadcasting career both during and after college. After years in radio, George began work as a TV journalist in February of 2000. George anchored the news for KTXS Television for nearly 18 years until he left to take the helm at the Historic Paramount Theatre in June of 2018. In 2023, George was given the yearly award for Individual Contribution by the League of Historic American Theatres.

Jane Ciabattari is the author of the short-story collections Stealing The Fire and California Tales. Her reviews, interviews, and cultural reporting have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Daily Beast, the Paris Review, the Boston Globe, The Guardian, Bookforum, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and BBC.com among others. She is a current vice president/online and former president of the National Book Critics Circle.

Daniel Zwerdling is a correspondent in NPR's Investigations Unit.