(FB) I have some news for those of you who have shared the past decade-plus with me at KING 5. Her return to broadcasting the evening news was met with scores of "Welcome back, Kathi!" (Photo: Travis Schneider), Jim Nabor passed away on November 30, 2017. After she earned a BS in meteorology from Mississippi State University online, she upgraded from weather anchor to meteorologist. She was a member of the Omega chapter of Alpha Chi Omega sorority, and served as an anchor/reporter for the student-produced newscast at KWSU-TV. Wilkerson got the weather anchor position at KING 5 when the couple settled in Seattle in 2017. Atlanta business titan John C. Portman Jr. passed away on December 29, 2017 at the age of 93. :)". A series of surgeries left her unable to anchor. You helped Kathi fight a valiant fight, please know that it mattered deeply to her that you were there, she said. Enersen seemed to flourish in the local celebrityhood. He also won a regional Emmy award for his work in 2010.. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Churchill Downs). He serves in the U.S .Navy. 41,249 talking about this. Im SAM News is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. (Lyons) took his job very seriously. Reporter. And he ALWAYS loved putting everyone around him . The king five news anchor has been with king five since 2001 and was best known for his coverage of the oso landslide in 2014. He was 66 (Photo by Jonathan Leibson/Getty Images for J/P HRO), LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 16: Hugh Hefner poses at Playboy's 60th Anniversary special event on January 16, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. SEATTLE KING 5 Investigative Photojournalist Adam Thompson has died. She anchors the KING 5 Morning News, the top-rated morning newscast in the Northwest region. Seattle. A man who called 911 after Augustin was shot told investigators that he was driving around smoking cannabis with her when he spotted Moses walking along a road. Jean Stanislaw Enersen (born June 16, 1944) is an American journalist who worked for 48 years at KING-TV in Seattle and was the first female news anchor in the country. Berry is receiving a Lifetime Achievement in Music Award. ATLANTA Local television news anchor Amanda Davis died Wednesday after she was hospitalized Tuesday due to a "massive stroke," Atlanta's CBS News . She found a job at WCSC-TV and worked there until Robert was transferred to Washington again for his final tour. KING 5 News anchor, Jon Humbert, died on Wednesday at the age of 56. Jessica Janner Castro, a KING 5 news anchor, said the station's legacy of female . Body camera footage released by the sheriff's office shows Moses apparently resisting arrest. Tomorrow is my last day on the air here. But that didn't work either, since KOMO had longtime sportscaster Bruce King. Prior to joining the station, she worked at CBS 4 in Miami in Florida where she served as a news anchor and reporter. US rock legend Chuck Berry gestures as he arrives for the Golden Camera Awards ceremony in Berlin February 6, 2008. A fan of the band, Slocum traveled to England for the project and returned to Abbey Road studios on vacation in 2005. However, she changed her career goals after witnessing a dog necropsy, and then aspired to become a journalist, enrolling at Washington State University. Join Joyce Taylor and me for my last show tomorrow (Friday) at 3 p.m. on KING 5. He loved the community, telling the stories of people, reporting on the news, and he was just passionate about what he did.. The station says shell still be a presence at KING 5, including doing her HealthLink coverage, specials on Northwest Newsmakers, political coverage and major news events. He died on Jan. 15, 2017. Martin Landau attends the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2017. She was 90. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images), Christopher 'Big Black' Boykin passed away on May 9, 2017. Local News and Information for Seattle, Washington and surrounding areas. "I've been to Herald Squareand Jerusalem --The River Jordan --Sea of Galilee --Golgatha. Joyce has worked at the station for more than 3 decades. Police found the journalists who had been shot being helped by a news crew from another station, WFTV. MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - All of us here at WMC send heartfelt condolences to the family of our former colleague, Donna Davis. Goertzen married Rick Jewett, a KOMO-TV account executive (formerly a sales executive, and previously a KOMO photographer), in 1993. Example video title will go here for this video. The gunman, a former reporter for the TV station, killed himself hours later. Thompson and KING 5 Reporter Sebastian Robertson were also nominated for a Northwest Regional Emmy Award for the piece Turning to TikTok University, examining how social media influencers are teaching financial literacy to younger generations. I suppose theres no perfect time to leave, Enersen said. He was 90 ((Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images), Boston, circa 1976, from left: Sib Hashian, Fran Sheehan, Barry Goudreau, Tom Scholz and Brad Delp. [3] Treatment went quickly for the first occurrence, and she returned to KOMO News on January 3, 1999. "I had to learn digital everything," he said, crediting the mentoring of morning co-host Manda Factor, with whom he was initially paired, and the help of afternoon co-host Lisa Brooks and Yeend for getting him through. It strengthened and encouraged her. [12], Kathi Goertzen goes back to late nights on KOMO/4, "Brain surgery went 'better than expected' for Kathi Goertzen", "Kathi Goertzen feeling well; returns on Sept. 2", "Kathi Goertzen returns to air on Monday", "KOMO's Goertzen returns to air on Monday", "Kathi Goertzen returns to the anchor desk", "Kathi Goertzen dies after long battle with brain tumors", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kathi_Goertzen&oldid=1058385282, This page was last edited on 3 December 2021, at 05:36. The man then went to a nearby home where he fatally shot Tyonna Major and critically wounded the girl's mother. When Mimi Jung and I get to the anchor desk together, we are constantly researching, writing and delivering the news until 9 a.m. That's my favorite time of the day at work; when you get to sit next to such a great friend just laugh and enjoy working together every morning. In surgery for more than 10 hours her doctors reported that they were going to be more aggressive this time and remove all the tumor. A poem collection "New Words" was printed in 1996 as a fund-raiser for Children's Hospital and to support pediatric AIDS research. In this Sept. 5, 2008, file photo, musician Chris Cornell performs on stage during Conde Nast's Fashion Rocks show in New York. With an associates degree from a Florida community college, she enrolled in the University of Washington, Tacoma, in 2013, and graduated with a degree in communications. Capt. Life is good in Oly. Its with great sadness that king five announces the death of our dear friend and colleague, Jon Humbert. During her time working at the station, she has been the primary morning LIVE reporter Super Bowl 48 in NYC and Super bowl 49 in Arizona and coordinated interviews for morning show content. But KOMO already had a Dan -- anchorman Dan Lewis so Slocum volunteered to use his middle name, Bruce. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images). He was 87. Jons passing is not just our loss it is also yours.. (Photo: NBC/NBCU via Getty Images), Lil Peep passed away at the age of 21.. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images), NEW YORK - JUNE 01: Liz Smith attends the premiere of 'Smash His Camera' at The Museum of Modern Art on June 1, 2010 in New York City. She will be missed dearly, Smothers said. He serves in the U.S .Navy. In 2015, Virginia reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward were shot and killed during their live TV broadcast for CBS affiliate WDBJ7. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images), Actor Brad Bufanda committed suicide on Nov. 1, 2017. The duo got married in 1992 at a private wedding. He started his television career in Medford, Oregon as a production assistant. By BY CASEY MCNERTHNEY, SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF. After deputies take him to the ground, Moses repeatedly yells that he can't breathe and that deputies are killing him, according to the video. Filling the anchor chair at KING for 42 years, Enersen was also the longest-standing local female anchor. "They taught me to do radio again.". The king five news anchor died at 56 on Wednesday, June 16th after a long battle with cancer. He was 69. (Photo by Mike Windle/Getty Images for dcp), Musician Walter Becker of Steely Dan died at the age of 67. Prior to joining the station, she worked at CBS 4 in Miami in Florida where she served as a news anchor and reporter. Eric was a part of the KOMO News team for 16 years, starting in . After taking a buyout from the TV station, Slocum soon wound up back at KOMO, this time on the radio side, when the station landed the Mariners contract and switched to a news format. Joyce has however not shared more information concerning her exact year of birth. KOMO Vice President of News, Holly Gauntt, said the support from everyone in the community meant the world to Goertzen. Slocum grew up in Dallas where he worked on his high school newspaper and the yearbook. Kathi Goertzen (April 30, 1958 August 13, 2012) was a longtime co-news anchor of Seattle ABC affiliate KOMO-TV along with Dan Lewis (the 6PM edition) and also the 5PM edition with Eric Johnson. Our co-worker, our angel, our precious friend, Kathi Goertzen, died today, surrounded by her loving family. Joyce suffered from metabolic disorders leading to excessive weight. Please know that your love enveloped her. January 23, 2023. She was the first local reporter to travel with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to Africa, in which the station produced a documentary. Goertzen was a familiar face to TV news viewers in Western Washington. Reporter. This is what you need to know about Mimi Jung, an American News reporter currently working for KING 5 Mornings from 4:30-7 a.m. as co-anchor alongside Jake Whittenberg. Goertzen is survived by her husband, Rick Jewett, her two daughters, Alexa and Andrea, and her parents. When she couldn't work on camera, Goertzen continued to work off-camera, behind the scenes at KOMO. Deputies first went to the Pine Hills area, just northwest of Orlando, at around 11 a.m. Wednesday following reports that a woman had been shot. She is an addicted reader of self-help books, fiction, and journals. It was not clear if Moses knew that two of the victims were journalists and Mina noted that their vehicle didn't look like a typical news van or feature the station's logo. (Photo by Stuart Wilson/Getty Images), Nicky Hayden of USA and Red Bull Honda World Superbike team passed away on May 22, 2017. king tv segment. He will be missed dearly by all of the king five news staff. Actor Robert Guillaume arrives at the red carpet opening night of 'The Phantom of the Opera' at the Pantages Theatre on June 17, 2015 in Hollywood, California. [CLICK to make a donation to the Kathi Goertzen Foundation]. Information from former P-I columnist and reporter Bill Virgin is included in this report. The award-winning chief reporter and anchor has covered local . To my KING 5 colleagues, Im so proud of the work weve done together, especially over the past two years. But every one of our shows is No. Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images, Seattle police addressing ongoing staffing crisis with new program, Sea-Tac Airport receives $16 million to shorten security lines, Western Washington could see snow showers through Tuesday. He loved what he did, said Spectrum Sports 360 reporter and friend Josh Miller. A key member of the KING 5 Investigators, Thompson was the person behind the scenes shooting video and editing the stories that brought injustices to light and helped to enact change for the better in our community. SEATTLE - Former longtime KOMO-TV sports anchor Bruce King, who retired in 1999 after 31 years with the station, has died. The driver called 911. Also a former KING-TV reporter, Compton died . The king 5 news anchor has been with king 5 since 2001 and was best known for his coverage of the Oso landslide in 2014. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for IEBA), Actress Della Reese died at the age of 86. She had surgery and returned to work within a month, but the tumor re-grew in 2005. He was 42. No one at any other station or in any other newsroom in our city can claim that status.. Moses climbed into the backseat, behind Augustin, and about 30 seconds later the driver said he heard a loud bang and saw blood on Augustins face. [4] When she returned to the program, her co-anchor, Dan Lewis, said, "Kathi, don't ever leave me like that again. Actress Barbara Hale arrives at the Nineteenth Annual Golden Boot Awards August11, 2001 in Beverly Hills, Calif. Actor Mike Connors the television show 'Pioneers of Television' speaks during the PBS portion of the 2010 Summer TCA Press Tour at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on August 4, 2010 in Beverly Hills, California, Actress Mary Tyler Moore passed away on Jan. 25, 2017 (Getty Images), Allman Brothers drummer Butch Trucks died on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. Thats helped my constitution quite a bit. This individuals only adult offense was a possession of marijuana, 4.6 grams of marijuana, that my office did not charge because when you have a quantity that low, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement does not test the substance, and that means the states attorneys office cannot prove the case, she said. Rachel Lyons, the reporters older sister, is raising money for his funeral via GoFundMe. Fox News Channel founder and former executive Roger Ailes died Thursday morning at the age of 77. [11], On January 26, 2012, Kathi posted on her Facebook page: "Doctor saw some tumor growth so wants to do surgeryagain! In 2015, Virginia reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward were shot and killed during their live TV broadcast for CBS affiliate WDBJ7. 93.3 KUBE Stunting; Format Change Coming. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Playboy), Jake LaMotta, the former middleweight champion whose life in and out of the ring was depicted in the film "Raging Bull," for which Robert De Niro won an Academy Award died Sept. 19, 2017 He was 95. Example video title will go here for this video. She's pictured in 1999. She will be long remembered in Seattle for her accomplishments at the anchor desk, as well as her grace in the face of adversity. Mina said Walden has been talking to investigators while being treated at a hospital. Joyce is still alive and currently works at King 5 television in Seattle, Washington in the Columbian district. After applying to many places, Wilkerson got an internship with Seattles ABC affiliate, KOMO-TV. (Calif. Dept of Corrections and Rehabilitation via Getty), Earle Hyman is Russell Huxtable, left, in a scene from 'Cosby Show'. Really appreciate your good thoughts and prayers. She is a six-time award-winning American journalist currently working at King 5 television in Seattle, Washington in the Columbian district. Gene Cernan, the last man to stand on the moon, points to a picture of his younger self while helping Audi introduce new automobiles at the North American International Auto Show on Jan.11, 2016 in Detroit. We here at KING5 are saddened by this tragedy and offer our deepest condolences to his family and friends.. The phrase constitutional carry refers to the view that the right to bear arms guaranteed by the Second Amendment negates any need for a permit or license to carry a gun in public, either openly or concealed. 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