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Ed Bloodsworth is an African American in the meteorologist field who works for WKRG as a chief meteorologist for the News 5 First Alert Storm Team. He reports on weekdays at 5:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m., 6:30 p.m., and 10:00 p.m. on WKRG and at 9:00 p.m. on the Gulf Coast CW. Ed travels to the Gulf Coast via Tampa, Florida’s sister station, WFLA, which WKRG owns. Ed is from Tampa, by the way.
Drexel Gilbert is an American in the journalism field who works for WKRG as a reporter for “On the Road” on Friday nights on WKRG News 5 at 5 p.m. She moved to South Florida to co-anchor a popular entertainment magazine program at WPEC-TV in West Palm Beach but knew she had to return to the Gulf Coast.
Cherish Lombard is an American in the journalism field who works for WKRG as an anchor on the weeknights at WKRG News 5 at 4:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. and on WKRG News 5 at 9:00 p.m. on the Gulf Coast CW. Prior to coming on board in November 2014, Cherish was an anchor for WALA FOX 10.
Dana Winter is an American in the journalism field who works for WKRG as a weekend evening anchor and a multi-media journalist. In 2018, she started working for WKRG News 5. Prior to working for the station, Dana relocated to Northwest Arkansas, where she worked as a morning reporter for Fox 24 News in Fayetteville and KNWA.
Chad Petri is an American in the journalism field who works for WKRG as a weekend morning anchor and digital journalist at News 5. He is always prepared to cover news while on the go, with a suitcase packed. Since moving to the Gulf Coast in 2007, Chad has covered some of the most significant stories Alabama has ever seen.
Devon Walsh is an American in the journalism field who works for WKRG as a news anchor. She anchors News 5 at 9:00, News 5 at noon, and News 5 at 5:00 every weekday. Devon was thrilled to contribute an additional thirty minutes of news to Gulf Coast viewers in March 2015 as part of WKRG’s new nine o’clock program. Along with joining Peter Albrecht at the desk for News 5 at 5, she has continued to host News 5 at Noon.