Wendy Herkey
Executive Producer, Charlotte Talks With Mike CollinsCharlotte Talks Executive Producer Wendy Herkey has been with WFAE since 1998, beginning in the membership department, and has been on the Charlotte Talks staff since 1999.
An Ohio native, Wendy is a graduate of Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, OH.
Wendy also had stints at The Charlotte Observer and at WCNC-TV in Charlotte, and produced a weekly public affairs TV show called Charlotte Now on WJZY (hosted by Mike Collins).
Wendy and her husband Todd enjoy watching their teenage sons play baseball.
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Tensions on City Council remain high over the 2040 Comprehensive Plan, while the disagreement over funding between Mecklenburg County commissioners and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools goes to mediation. Panthers owner David Tepper blows the top off any future stadium. And Gov. Roy Cooper offers more COVID-19 vaccine incentives. -
In the Local News Roundup: Gov. Roy Cooper visits Charlotte to talk about vaccine incentives. Another disagreement among Charlotte leaders over yet another part of the 2040 Comprehensive Plan. Mecklenburg County OKs its budget. Coach Mike Krzyzewski announces his retirement from Duke. And Charlotte loses a sports writing fixture.
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After an uncomfortable dustup between county leaders and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, they meet in private this week with no progress reported, but now the NAACP is calling for transparency and accountability from CMS for failing minority students. Plus, Credit Karma expands in Charlotte bringing 600 jobs, and the ACC baseball tournament and NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600 are in town at full capacity.
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The social movement that followed the death of George Floyd last year was global. We were told we were witnessing an inflection point. But has anything really changed?
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In the Local News Roundup: The police shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. in Elizabeth City was declared “justified.” And the Hornets' lackluster play-in performance would have been helped by borrowing the fireworks on display at City Council.
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Gasoline is in short supply in Charlotte due to a ransomware attack. City Council is split on zoning aspects of the 2040 plan, and the county budget became controversial. We'll talk about those stories and more on the Local News Roundup.
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Mayor Vi Lyles and City Manager Marcus Jones help us explore what’s in the new city budget and what it will mean to you. And we’ll get updates on proposed arts funding, changes to the 2040 plan and raises for council and the mayor.
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Baseball is back in Charlotte this week. After a year away due to COVID-19, guest host Erik Spanberg will catch up with leaders from the Charlotte Knights, the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers and the Gastonia Honey Hunters on the return of baseball.
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North Carolina ties an incentive involving masks to the vaccination rate. Apple comes to North Carolina, and electric buses will soon be on the streets of Charlotte. Those stories and more on the Local News Roundup.
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This week marks 50 years since the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in the Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education case that required an end to school segregation in the area. We take a look back at the aftermath of that decision and its reversal.
