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.

Naples man arrested, accused of having sex with underage girl

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. – Richard Mortimer Bernstein was arrested Friday for reportedly having sex with an underage girl multiple times and texting her nude pictures of himself. According to a Collier County Sheriff’s report, the victim reported that she was in a sexual relationship with Bernstein on Friday. She told deputies that she had stayed at his house last […]

Ireland legalizes same-sex marriage

DUBLIN (AP) – Ireland’s citizens have voted in a landslide to legalize gay marriage, electoral officials announced Saturday – a stunningly lopsided result that illustrates what Catholic leaders and rights activists alike called a “social revolution.” Friday’s referendum saw 62.1 percent of Irish voters say “yes” to changing the nation’s constitution to define marriage as […]

One dead, one seriously hurt after ATV crash at Redneck Yacht Club

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. – A young man from Palm Harbor was killed Saturday while driving an ATV at the Redneck Yacht Club. Nicholas Kirk, 20, was driving an ATV when he crashed around noon at the racetrack in Charlotte County. State troopers said a swamp buggy was towing another swamp buggy, when Kirk hit the rope […]

School employee caught padding her time card and costing taxpayers

LEE COUNTY, Fla. – A WINK News investigation into school bus drivers found at least one driver who was bilking the system. WINK News Call for Action investigators followed several buses for more than a month and found one driver, who parked her bus each day for more than an hour before returning to the […]

Vandals destroy several cars in Cape Coral

CAPE CORAL, Fla. -Cape Coral police are warning homeowners to be on the lookout after vandals hit cars and a home in the northwest part of the city. Police sent an alert, warning families that several cars were ransacked in the area southeast of Diplomat Parkway West and Chiquita Boulevard North. Officers say some of the […]

Bodies of two young boys found in canal near LaBelle

HENDRY COUNTY, Fla. – The Hendry County Sheriff’s Office confirmed two brothers drowned Sunday afternoon. A spokesperson for the sheriff’s office told WINK News the drowning happened at the Duda & Sons Inc. labor camp on State Road 29, just south of LaBelle. Deputies said they received a call around 2:30, saying a two-year-old and four-year-old had drowned. […]

Nine killed in Texas biker gang shootout

WACO, Texas (AP) – A shootout among rival biker gangs at a popular Texas restaurant left nine people dead and 18 others injured, a police spokesman said on Sunday, sending panicked patrons and bystanders fleeing for safety. The violence erupted shortly after noon at a busy Waco marketplace along Interstate 35 that draws a large […]

Police search for suspect involved in shootout and crash

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Police are searching for a suspect involved in a shootout that caused crash. Police were called to the intersection of Cleveland Avenue and Hanson Street around 3:30 p.m. Sunday for reports that people in two separate cars were shooting at each other. Officers said after the shooting, one of the cars […]

Man arrested for punching elderly woman in the face

DAYTONA, Fla. (AP) – Daytona Beach police said a man was arrested Saturday on charges that he punched a 76-year-old woman in the face and walked away. The Orlando Sentinel reports that Douglas B. Wingo, 32, was charged with aggravated assault on a person 65 years or older. Wingo allegedly walked up to the woman Wednesday […]