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.

Former Maryland Governor jumps into 2016 race

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) – Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley entered the Democratic presidential race on Saturday in a longshot challenge to Hillary Rodham Clinton for the 2016 nomination, casting himself as a new generation leader who would rebuild the economy and reform Wall Street. “I’m running for you,” he told a crowd of about 1,000 […]

Florida funeral home offers hologram eulogy

WEST PALM BEACH (CBS12) — Imagine attending your own funeral or saying your final goodbyes after you’re gone. A West Palm Beach businessman is bringing Star-Wars like technology to South Florida that’s making it possible. Carl Minardo is the president of AIM Holographics in West Palm Beach, and he hopes to change the future of […]

State accidentally releases private information

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Department of State is offering free credit monitoring to some 13,000 people. In a release, the DOS said it had inadvertently released confidential information, including names, birth dates and social security numbers of people on a 2003 developmental disability heath care services waiting list. The state released the records, which were […]

Teen who went to prom with NFL player, dies after struggle with cancer

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) – Hospital officials say a Jacksonville teenager with liver cancer who went to her high school prom with an NFL player has died. Wolfson Children’s Hospital spokeswoman Cindy Hamilton tells The Florida Times-Union that 18-year-old Khameyea Jennings died Thursday. Earlier this month, Jennings went to her prom with Jacksonville Jaguars defensive tackle […]

Seattle couple leaves inheritance to the government

  SEATTLE (KIRO TV) – When a West Seattle couple passed away, they left their entire inheritance to the U.S. Government.  And to understand why, you only need to hear the story of how they came to the U.S. in the first place. The U.S. Attorney’s office recently processed the check for $847,215.57.  It was […]

Subject of “A Beautiful Mind,” John Nash dies in car crash

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – The Nobel Prize-winning mathematician whose struggle with schizophrenia was chronicled in the 2001 movie “A Beautiful Mind” has died in a car crash in New Jersey. Police say John Forbes Nash Jr. and his wife Alicia Nash were killed yesterday when the taxi they were taking from the Newark airport got […]

Deputies search for ‘rum raiders’

FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. – Deputies are looking for two men who stole $400 worth of rum from a local restaurant. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office said the two suspects broke into a Doc Ford’s in the 700 block of Fisherman’s Wharf around 2 a.m. May 17. Surveillance video showed the two men walk up to the […]

Jacksonville dentist steps down after abuse allegations

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) – A Florida children’s dentist accused of running a “house of horrors” that included performing surgical procedures without anesthetic agreed late Friday to stop practicing dentistry. Dr. Howard Schneider of Jacksonville faces multiple lawsuits and his office has been picketed in recent weeks by parents carrying signs as a growing number […]

Retired LCSO Captain Robert Forrest to run for Lee County sheriff

LEE COUNTY, Fla. – Retired Captain Robert Forrest sat down exclusively with WINK News Saturday to announce his candidacy for Lee County Sheriff. Forrest, who is currently the operations commander for a local security company, is running with no party affiliation. He will be running in 2016 against current Sheriff Mike Scott. “I believe in […]