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.

Body found in car of missing Tampa woman

BRANDON, Fla. (WTSP) – Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office divers are currently on scene of an underwater vehicle recovery at a small lake near Open Field Loop and Rain Dance Place in Brandon. This is just 10 days after Apryl Foster, the missing Brandon woman, was last seen in Ybor City. Tampa police has confirmed that […]

24-year-old Joey Logano wins Daytona 500

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Joey Logano, the driver who seemed washed up at 22 years old, has won his first career Daytona 500. Logano took the lead in the white-knuckle race following a restart with 19 laps remaining on Sunday. Once out front, his Ford was stout and he seemed to have the race […]

Big night for Hollywood as stars prepare for the Oscars

LOS ANGELES (AP) – The Oscar movies this year may be small, but they’re packing a lot of drama. When the 87th Academy Awards kick off Sunday night at 8:30 EST, the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles will be buzzing with something the Oscars haven’t always had in recent years: genuine intrigue at who the […]

Miami police looking for daredevil

MIAMI, Fla. (CBSMiami) – A local daredevil isn’t taking any more risks now that the police are on his tail. The City of Miami Police Department released a memo about his “dangerous antics,” after the man climbed the construction crane at Brickell City Center earlier this week. DDMagic tells CBS4 that he gets his rush […]

Fans tour the newly renovated Hammond Stadium

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Community members got the opportunity to tour the newly renovated Hammond Stadium at the CenturyLink Sports Complex. Officials gathered for the ribbon cutting at noon Sunday. Afterward the public got to tour the stadium, participate in youth baseball/softball clinics and meet some of the Minnesota Twins players. The second phase of […]

U.K. officials ask for help in finding teens headed to ISIS territory

LONDON (CBS News)- British police appealed for help from the public Friday to find three east London school girls they believe are attempting to make their way to territory in Syria controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The Metropolitan Police said the three girls, Shamima Begum, 15, Kadiza Sultana, 16, and […]

Teen catches 1,058 pound Marlin

KAAIWI POINT, Hawaii (CNN)- A York City teenager made the biggest catch of his life when he reeled in a 1,058-pound blue marlin off the coast of Hawaii. Kai Rizzuto’s catch came in about 300 pounds short of the International Game Fish Association’s 1982 world record for blue marlin, which was caught in nearby Kaaiwi […]

MN: Suspect arrested after reportedly shooting officer

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Minneapolis police say they’ve arrested a 43-year-old man after the early morning wounding of an officer who investigators believe was shot because he was a member of the police force. The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports that the man was arrested Saturday on suspicion of violating his probation, burglary and aggravated domestic […]

Thousands of inmates riot in Texas prison

RAYMONDVILLE, Texas (AP) – As many as 2,800 federal prisoners will be moved to other institutions after inmates seized control of part of a prison in South Texas, causing damage that made the facility “uninhabitable,” an official said Saturday. Ed Ross, a spokesman for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, said the inmates who had taken […]

Deputies investigate death in Lehigh Acres

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. – Lee County Sheriff’s deputies combed a neighborhood Saturday morning searching for evidence. Deputies were called to the 4900 block of Centennial Boulevard around 12:50 a.m. Saturday, according to our partners at the News Press. When deputies arrived, they found a man with serious injuries. He was taken to Lee Memorial Hospital […]