Noah McKinney left his KTAB Abilene weekend anchor role at the end of December 2025.
McKinney, Cisco native, started with the station as a production assistant later moving to spot news photographer and eventually senior reporter/weekend anchor.
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Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Monday, March 30, 2026
PJ Heussner joins Dolcefino Media from FOX 44 KWKT
PJ Heussner joined Dolcefino Media as an investigative reporter in October 2025.
The Houston native came from FOX 44 KWKT Waco/Temple/Killeen, where she had been a multimedia journalist (MMJ) and weekend anchor since April 2022.
The Sam Houston State University grad worked for the student-run KSHU Cable Channel 7 news as the main anchor. She received the ‘Best Student Newscast’ award at the Heatwave Film Festival.
Sunday, March 29, 2026
Texas meteorologist captures meteor live on air
WFAA 8 Dallas - Fort Worth meteorologist Mariel Ruiz caught a meteor over Texas breaking apart while live on air last week, but didn't realize it until later.
Remember Michelle Merhar from FOX 26 Houston KRIV?
Remember former FOX 26 Houston KRIV morning anchor Michelle Merhar?
Morning co-anchor Melissa Wilson just emceed an event with her.
According to Merhar's Facebook page, she is now a stay-at-home mom with three little ones.
Merhar left FOX 26 in 2016. She previously worked for 740 KTRH.
Saturday, March 28, 2026
Re'Chelle Turner is pregnant
Re'Chelle Turner announced she is pregnant.
Here is what the KPRC 2 Houston reporter announced in a social video filmed at the McGovern Centennial Gardens to the soundtrack of Beyoncé's "II HANDS II HEAVEN:"
"We’ve been keeping a little secret…and I can’t hide it anymore!
Our baby girl is on the way.
Coming September 2026 our biggest blessing yet."
Turner was married to Faison Echols on September 4, 2021, in Birmingham, Alabama.
The couple met at the University of Alabama in a Mass Communications class, and after a seven-year-long-distance relationship while living in five different states, Turner and Echols are now expecting in Houston.
Turner joined KPRC 2 from KARK 4 in Little Rock back in 2020.
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Jordan Darensbourg leaves KVUE Austin
Jordan Darensbourg announced he is leaving his KVUE Austin meteorologist position.
Here is a portion of what Darensbourg posted on social:
"My time at KVUE is coming to an end, but I owe a debt of gratitude to a lot of people.
To our GM Byron Wilkinson and our News Director Travis Sattiewhite, THANK YOU. Your wisdom and guidance were very helpful and I continued my career at this great station.
To former GM Kristie Gonzales and former News Director Christina Ginn, THANK YOU for taking a chance in 2022 on a guy who was only in Texas for 16 months prior to KVUE.
To every reporter, producer, anchor and editor I’ve worked with here, THANK YOU. I’m grateful that I had the pleasure of working with some of the most amazing people in our industry.
To my chief meteorologist Hunter Williams, THANK YOU. Your wisdom and advice is second to none of any chief I’ve had in this business."
Darensbourg joined the KVUE Austin Storm Team in April 2022 from TEGNA sister station KCEN 6 in Waco/Temple/Killeen, where he had been part of the weather team since November 2020.
He began his career in December 2018 at WDTV 5 in Clarksburg, West Virginia, serving as a morning meteorologist.
Darensbourg holds a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology from Jackson State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Communications with a broadcast emphasis from Mississippi State University. While at Mississippi State, he worked as a meteorologist and multimedia journalist for the school’s Take 30 News on MSTV.
He is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists' Weather & Climate Task Force and the American Meteorological Society.
According to his bio, Darensbourg has Asperger’s, a form of autism, and uses his diagnosis to inspire others to pursue their goals.
Friday, March 27, 2026
Texas CBS News correspondent reportedly laid off
I recently received an email tip that said Houston-based national reporter for CBS News, Karen Hua, was no longer with the network. That was followed by news in the New York Post and The U.S. Sun that Hua and Dallas-based correspondent Omar Villafranca were part of the recent job cuts made by owner Paramount.
Hua joined CBS News in February 2025, relocating to Houston from NBC10 Philadelphia (WCAU), where she had spent three years as a reporter. Prior to that, she worked at KGET 17 News in Bakersfield, California, and began her journalism career through NBCUniversal’s East Coast Page Program, gaining experience with NBC New York, CNBC, and The TODAY Show.
A first-generation Chinese American, Hua is fluent in Mandarin. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Michigan, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Honors English and Psychology in just three years.
The reported layoffs follow other recent staffing changes at CBS News, including the departure of longtime Houston network correspondent Janet Shamlian in late 2025.
According to the same reports, Villafranca was also affected by the Paramount cuts. He joined CBS News in 2014 as a Newspath correspondent. Before that, he worked at NBC 5 KXAS in Dallas-Fort Worth, News On 6 KOTV in Tulsa, and KSWO 7News in Lawton, Oklahoma.
Villafranca, a San Antonio native, holds a degree in broadcast journalism from Texas Christian University.
Brayel Brown joins WREG Memphis
Brayel Brown left her weekend anchor role at News Channel 6 KAUZ in Wichita Falls, Texas, for News Channel 3 WREG in Memphis, Tennessee, in December 2025.
Brown has been with KAUZ since July 2023.
The Stephen F. Austin State University graduate served as an anchor and MMJ for the student newscast JackTV and hosted segments on the AXE 90.1 radio station. Brayel also interned at NBC 5 KXAS in Dallas-Fort Worth.
Thursday, March 26, 2026
Wayne Dolcefino profiled by Houston Chronicle
In the first of an occasional series spotlighting influential Houstonians, the Houston Chronicle's housing reporter Rebecca Schuetz profiles Wayne Dolcefino.
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