Professional Experience

2014 to present: Anchor for WINK News This Morning. Previously worked at KMGH-TV in Denver, WSJV-TV in South Bend, Ind., and KOMU-TV in Columbia, Mo.

Hobbies, Interests & Community Service

Enjoys participating in marathons and triathlons.

Education

The University of Missouri.

Likes best about Southwest Florida

As an island girl at heart, I'm thrilled to be back by the beach. While there are so many fantastic things about Southwest Florida, one of my favorites is Captiva, which holds a special place in my heart because that is where I celebrated my marriage.

Hometown

I don't have one. I've never lived anywhere longer than four years.

Family

Husband and two young children.

Memorable Assignments

Covering the movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colo., and historic floods that destroyed parts of Colorado.

Interesting Fact

As the daughter of U.S. Navy parents, I've lived in 10 states, Guam and Sweden.

Police search for rowdy driver on the run in the Cape

CAPE CORAL, Fla. – Sunday afternoon there was heavy police presence in the area of Southeast 24th Avenue and Viscaya Parkway, as police searched for a driver, who ditched his truck. Police said a man caused a disturbance then made a u-turn on Viscaya Parkway, ditched his car and started running. At the time, police […]

Search suspended for missing Olympic sailor

MIAMI (AP) – The Coast Guard suspended its search Saturday in Biscayne Bay outside Miami for a missing sailor who was a member of the 2012 U.S. Olympic sailing team. Coast Guard officials in Miami say they received a report Thursday evening about an unmanned inflatable dinghy adrift in Dinner Key. Items belonging to 30-year-old […]

4-year-old drowns in backyard pool

LEE COUNTY, Fla – Deputies responded to a drowning in the Buckingham area around 11 a.m. Sunday. It happened at a home in the 6800 block of Circle Drive. Parents of Gil’vonne Rivera-Roman told WINK News the 4-year-old used a lawn chair to jump over the pool fence to get a ball. The boy’s stepmother […]

Autopsy shows escaped killer Richard Matt died from three shots to the head

MALONE, N.Y. (AP) – An escaped inmate was in surprisingly good shape for a man who spent three weeks on the run in the woods of upstate New York – well-fed, clean and dressed for the elements – before he was killed by authorities, a coroner said Sunday. Richard Matt, one of two convicted murderers […]

Second escaped convict caught

(CBS)- Escaped convict David Sweat has been taken into custody by law enforcement officers, sources have confirmed to CBS News. Sweat escaped with now-deceased convicted murderer Richard Matt on June 6. This story is developing. Trust WINK News to update this post as we gather more information.

Two men hurt in shark attacks in Carolinas

AVON, N.C. (AP) – Authorities say two men were bitten by sharks off the coasts of the Carolinas, bringing to six the number of attacks in the past two weeks. A 47-year-old man was bitten multiple times in the back in waters off North Carolina’s Outer Banks on Friday. The other, a 43-year-old man, was […]

Explosion at Taiwan water park injures 200

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) – A fire on a music stage spread into a crowd of spectators at a party Saturday night at a Taiwan water park, injuring more than 200 people, authorities said. An accidental explosion of an unknown powder set off the fire near the stage in front of about 1,000 spectators, said Wang […]

Bicyclists injured after hitting dead gator in Weston

WESTON (CBSMiami) —  A group of cyclists were injured Saturday after slamming into an alligator in Weston. City officials said five cyclists were riding West on State Road 84 near Indian Terrace when they rode into a dead alligator. Rescue crews rushed four of them to a nearby hospital. Their conditions are unknown at this […]

Survivors of boat crash say they’re lucky to be alive

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. – Four people, including a son and father, are thankful to spend this Father’s Day together, after they were involved in a frightening boat crash Saturday evening. Nine-year-old Jerrod Ehling was with his dad, uncle and cousin when he said the boat’s steering wheel “got messed up” and they crashed. “We hit […]