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.

President Obama plans trip to Everglades

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama plans to celebrate Earth Day by visiting the Florida Everglades. In his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday, Obama says “there’s no greater threat to our planet than climate change.” He says he’ll visit the Everglades on Wednesday to talk about how global warming threatens the U.S. economy. He […]

Deputies: Suspect in 1989 South Dakota murder caught in Lee County

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – A Florida man was arrested Friday on a first-degree murder charge in connection with a slaying more than 25 years ago in South Dakota. Kim Aune, a 57-year-old man from Lee County, Florida, was indicted Thursday in South Dakota and arrested in Florida early Friday. Authorities are working to bring […]

BMW recalls Mini Coopers for air bag problem

BMW is recalling 91,800 Mini Coopers to fix a defect that may prevent the air bag on the front passenger side of the cars from deploying in a crash. The problem affects the 2005 to 2008 models of the Mini Cooper and Cooper S. BMW says the air bag may not work properly because of […]

Health records under attack

CHICAGO (AP) – Your private medical information is under threat. That’s according to a study that found almost 30 million health records nationwide were involved in criminal theft, malicious hacking or other data breaches over four years. The incidents seem to be increasing. Compromised information included patients’ names, home addresses, ages, illnesses, test results or […]

Toddler falls into cheetah exhibit at Cleveland zoo

CLEVELAND (AP) – A woman was dangling her 2-year-old son over a railing at the Cleveland zoo when he fell about 10 feet into a cheetah exhibit, zoo officials said. The toddler’s parents jumped in and pulled him to safety Saturday afternoon. He was treated at a hospital for a few bumps and bruises, said […]

Police: Paralyzed man found abandoned in woods, left by mom

PHILADELPHIA (WKYW) — Philadelphia Police say a 21-year-old quadriplegic man was found in a wooded area in Cobbs Creek Friday night, abandoned by his own mother. Forty-one-year-old Nyia Parler is in police custody in Maryland. She is facing charges of aggravated assault, simple assault, reckless endangerment of another person, neglect of a care dependent person, unlawful restraint, kidnapping […]

Caloosahatchee Bridge shuts down due to crash

FORT MYERS, Fla. – The northbound lanes of the Caloosahatchee Bridge in downtown Fort Myers were shutdown Saturday evening while police investigated a deadly crash. Fort Myers police told WINK News a motorcycle crashed and the driver was thrown off the bridge around 6:30 p.m. The motorcyclist has died. At this point, police have not […]

4 dead after plane crashes in Fort Lauderdale

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) – Police say four passengers aboard a small plane have died after it crashed into the woods near the Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport. Federal Aviation Administration officials said the Piper PA-31 aircraft was trying to land around 4:30 p.m. Sunday when it declared an emergency and made a fiery landing into […]

Fort Myers police investigate a murder on Cleveland

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Detectives are currently canvassing a neighborhood near the intersection of Cleveland and Braman Avenues looking for any witnesses connected to a murder. Police were called to the area around 9:30 a.m. Sunday. Officers said the caller reported there was a man dead inside an apartment. WINK News talked to Cynthia Scott, […]

2 charged with sexually attacking a woman on Panama City beach

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) – Two college students have been charged with sexually attacking a woman on a crowded Florida beach filled with spring break revelers who apparently did nothing to stop it, authorities said. Delonte’ Martistee, 22, and Ryan Austin Calhoun, 23, were arrested Friday and charged with sexual battery by multiple perpetrators, according […]