Reporter Pat Kopecki joined the Wilson County News in 2008. A Wilson County native, she graduated from Stockdale High School and has been in the newspaper business for seven years.

When not chasing an ag story, Pat lives and works on the Triple K family farm in Denhawken, where she keeps up with the bookkeeping and farm records of the cattle/farming operation. She has played the organ at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Stockdale for 30 years and is involved in a number of church activities.

"I really enjoy working with people who share their agricultural interests and I like the unity I have with my co-workers at the WCN," Pat said.