Kathryn Mobley
Education and Politics ReporterExpertise: Politics, local government, elections, K-12 and higher education
Email: kmobley@wyso.org
Cellphone: (937) 952-9924
Kathryn Mobley is an award-winning broadcast journalist, crafting stories for more than 30 years.
Kathryn started at WYSO in 2022, covering topics from local government, to education and more. She has led our political reporting through each election. She also covers our region's universities, school districts and education topics.
Kathryn has reported powerful, in-depth stories for WYSO, ranging from an investigation into renters' rights, to a feature on a Clark County man who became a bus driver to support his daughter.
Her work has been repeatedly recognized by the Ohio Associated Press Media Editors.
Across her career, she’s reported and produced for TV, the NPR Network and for the web. Mobley also contributes to several area community groups. She sings tenor with World House Choir (Yellow Springs), she’s a board member of the Beavercreek Community Theatre and volunteers with two community television operations, DATV (Dayton) and MVCC (Centerville).
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U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno and U.S. Rep. Mike Turner discussed an effort to establish a Space Academy at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton during the Ohio Defense & Aerospace Forum. -
DHS has suggested that if immigrants don't want to go to their home country, they can go to another nation. But, Dayton immigration attorneys say deporting to other countries is not a realistic option for many. -
The Montgomery County Board of Developmental Disabilities Services and the Montgomery County Children Services Division will each get an extra infusion of money from the county current human services levy. -
The ACLU of Ohio sued seven ICE agents on behalf of a client in Springfield, Ohio, who has been monitoring ICE. The suit also wants the agents identified. -
Advocates for Basic Legal Equity is a nonprofit law firm providing legal representation to people who face corporate and systematic barriers. Just under a year ago, a new union of about 50 staff was officially certified. -
For months, Springfield Neighbors United has hosted a monthly vigil to show support for the city’s Haitian immigrants. This month's vigil came soon after a 20-year-old immigrant's apparent suicide. -
The Ohio college student died on Aug. 31. He was among Haitian immigrants required by ICE to wear an ankle monitor or face deportation. -
A Springfield man is working with the ACLU of Ohio to sue seven Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers for what he claims is retaliation that violates his First Amendment rights to record officers in public. -
Dayton Public Schools leaders say overall they don’t share data gathered by the district’s automated license plate reading cameras with outside agencies. -
The family of Pierre Damas Bel of Springfield believe his death by suicide is connected to the DHS requirement to wear a GPS monitor. Several Haitians and activists called for the monitoring to end.
