Professional Experience

2021 - present: WINK News morning anchor
2019 - 2021: WINK News weekend anchor/reporter
2018 - 2019: WINK News reporter
Previously worked as a weekend anchor and reporter at KMIZ in Columbia, Missouri.

Awards and Recognition

2019 Suncoast Regional Emmy Award nomination for reporting on a "Bomb Squad Search at a Home in Cape Coral."
Two Heart of America Gold Awards from the Kansas City Press Club for a special report on "Surviving a Mass Shooting" and for several reports on human and sex trafficking in mid-Missouri.

News Philosophy

Be a voice for the voiceless.

Education

Ohio University, E.W. Scripps School of Journalism

Hometown

Canonsburg, PA

Hobbies and Interests & Community Involvement

I love soaking up the sun. You can find me relaxing at the beach or at the pool with a good murder mystery book. I enjoy working out and recently became a certified Les Mills Body Pump instructor. Being just a short flight away from so many beautiful countries and territories in the Caribbean, I love exploring new areas and cultures. Animals are my favorite. I am a volunteer at the Gulf Coast Humane Society and help other rescue organizations with events and fundraisers. I also volunteer with Best Buddies Southwest Florida and the Children's Advocacy Center.

Family and Pets

My husband and I are proud parents to two black cats named Isaac and Cleo.

Likes best about Southwest Florida:

The weather and beaches. We live where people vacation.

 

Cape Coral woman’s bank account drained after check is swiped from the mail

A Cape Coral woman says someone wiped out her checking account. She thinks, somehow someone got a hold of a check she mailed and doctored it. Kathleen Reedenhauer woke up Thursday morning to an alert from her bank saying, “It was a shock this morning. I’m still kind of jittery about it.” And it didn’t […]

Beware of scam offering to send you a copy of your property deed for a fee

Cape Coral police are warning residents of a scam being mailed to people offering to mail residents a copy of their home deed for a payment. The letter states that it’s from County Records, LLC and asks for an $89 payment for your property deed. To receive a copy of your deed, please visit the […]

Judge appears skeptical of the Sievers’ witness list

How many witnesses are too many? On Tuesday, Judge Bruce Kyle heard five motions from Mark Sievers’ attorney as well as from the state. It covered everything from allowing an accountant to have access to Sievers in jail to a list of more than 100 names on his witness list. Mark Sievers is accused of […]

Scene where the suspect may have sprayed pepper spray. (Credit: WINK News)

State Attorney drops pepper spray charges against 14-year-old girl

Jayden Bonitatis, 9 years old, ended her school dance on a stretcher. She and nine other students went to the hospital. It was a chaotic night as a result of pepper spray released into the air. The State Attorney’s Office dropped the charges against the 14-year-old girl accused of doing it. The girl’s father said […]

Failing septic tanks let human waste into Lee County waterways

The City of Cape Coral’s Utilities Extension Project costs homeowners thousands of dollars and causes headaches because of the mess. But the switch from septic to sewer is something experts say needs to happen in all of Lee County to help fight the water crisis. A recent study by Florida Atlantic University found moderate to […]

Dr. Teresa Sievers. (Credit: WINK News)

Attorney’s in Sievers murder trial seek extensive background checks of jurors

Lawyers for two men on trial for Dr. Teresa Sievers’ murder want to know everything about you before you even step in the courtroom. If you get called for jury duty in this high profiles case, you could get an extensive background check before you are chosen. One attorney said this would help streamline picking […]

Lee County ceremony honors the lives of fallen law enforcement. (Credit: WINK News)

Lee County ceremony honors the lives of fallen law enforcement

Remembering those who paid the ultimate price. Tuesday’s ceremony honored 20 law enforcement officers from Southwest Florida. But some of those emotions are still fresh as people remembered the three local officers who have died in the last year. “They were someone’s son, someone’s father, someone’s wife, someone’s husband,” said Lt. Greg Bueno, of the […]

Cape Coral to cement plan for benches at bus stops

A city has proposed a plan to meet the crucial need for overall bus stop safety around the city where children wait to go to school. This all comes after two young girls were killed at their bus stops by hit-and-run drivers in the early months of 2019. The City of Cape Coral, Lee County […]

Judge orders Cape Coral man mental evaluation after bomb threat

There are still many questions surrounding what motivated a man in Cape Coral to threaten a judge. A judge ordered William Seyfried to have a mental evaluation Wednesday. This comes after Seyfried threatened a judge on Facebook Live, which then lead a bomb squad to search his home. “I didn’t think it was going to […]

Mugshot of William Daniel Seyfried. (Credit: LCSO)

Bail set at $465K for Cape Coral man accused of threatening a judge

A Cape Coral man accused of making threats towards a judge and leading police on a chase made his first appearance in court Wednesday. Bail was set at $465,000 for William Seyfried, 43, with additional stipulations, including a GPS monitor, avoidance of drugs and alcohol, and to stay away from the courthouse unless his appearance […]