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.

Wildfire closes part of US-27 for several hours Sunday

GLADES COUNTY, Fla. – US-27 is reopened after a wildfire near US-27 and the Herbert Hoover Dike shutdown a section of the roadway for several hours. Florida Highway Patrol said US-27 was closed between SR 29 and SR 78. Drivers headed south on US-27 should take SR 29 south to eastbound 78 or SR 80. […]

Video shows deputy shoot a man on a bike, paralyzing him

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) – A Florida deputy’s shooting of an unarmed black man nearly two years ago was under renewed scrutiny Friday following the emergence of a video. Dashboard camera video of the shooting of Dontrell Stephens was released Thursday as part of a joint investigation by The Palm Beach Post and WPTV […]

Colo. theater shooter trial to start Monday

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) – James Holmes was growing volatile well before he put on a gas mask and body armor, strapped on a rifle, shotgun, pistol and ammunition, and slipped into a midnight premiere of the Batman film “The Dark Knight Rises.” He was a sought-after neuroscientist-in-training, but he was falling apart. He told a […]

Naples woman arrested for attacking man with an ice pick

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. – A 64-year-old Naples woman was arrested Thursday for reportedly attacking a man with an ice pick. It happened around 10:30 a.m. in the 200 block of Rookery Drive. Deputies said Carol Dinwiddie got upset with a contractor cleaning the drainage swales on the street because he was reportedly blocking her driveway. […]

Two arrested for nail store robbery earlier this month

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. – Deputies have arrested two men in connection with a robbery at a nail store earlier this month. On Thursday, Collier County sheriff’s deputies arrested 29-year-old Irving Ramirez and 37-year-old Jose Cuevas Serrano at their home in the 14,000 block of Pleasant Bay Lane in Naples. On April 1, Naples police responded to […]

Sisters found after missing for two weeks in Michigan

CRISP POINT, Mich. (AP) – Two sisters from Oklahoma and Nebraska missing for nearly two weeks in Michigan survived on Girl Scout cookies while stuck in their snow-crippled SUV until state police discovered them Friday near Lake Superior in a remote part of the Upper Peninsula. A pilot noticed a reflection off the Ford Explorer […]

Man arrested in death of Indiana University senior

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) – A coroner said Saturday that an Indiana University student found dead in a rural area hours before she was reported missing had been fatally beaten in the head with an unknown weapon. Authorities, meanwhile, were holding a southern Indiana man on a preliminary murder charge in the death of 22-year-old Hannah […]

Deputies investigate two robberies in Lehigh Acres

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. – Deputies are investigating two robberies that happened less than two miles from each other. WINK News has confirmed the Walmart on Lee Boulevard and the Family Dollar on Homestead Road North were robbed Saturday afternoon. A WINK News crew on scene said there were at least two deputies and a detective’s […]

Protesters rally in Baltimore after man dies in police custody

BALTIMORE (AP) – Thousands of protesters took to the streets Saturday to demand answers in the case of Freddie Gray, the largest rally since the 25-year-old black man died in police custody. After a few hours of peaceful demonstrations, scores of rowdy protesters crowded outside of Camden Yards, where the Baltimore Orioles were set to […]

One dead in Collier County crash

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. – An Immokalee woman died in an early morning crash Saturday. Florida Highway Patrol said the woman, 60-year-old Marie Joseph, was driving along Immokalee Road just north of Camp Keais Road when she swerved to try and miss a pedestrian and hit a tree. The crash happened around 4:45 a.m. Joseph was […]