Frank McCaffrey signed off from his role as evening anchor at NBC 23 KVEO on January 6, 2026, closing a chapter in a career that has been deeply rooted in the Rio Grande Valley.
He had been with NBC 23 KVEO since March 2023, where he also hosted "Inside Valley Politics."
McCaffrey first arrived in the Valley in 2016 as a reporter and anchor at KRGV 5 and quickly discovered it was where he wanted to stay.
His career eventually took him to the national stage at Fox News Channel in Washington, where he produced for Special Report.
He later held leadership and anchoring roles across the country, including serving as news director and anchor at KXLF in southwest Montana and as managing editor and lead anchor at WICZ in Binghamton, New York. McCaffrey has also contributed reporting to national outlets, including RFD-TV and NEWSnet.
A native of the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area—specifically Gaithersburg, Maryland—McCaffrey began working in television at a young age.
McCaffrey holds a bachelor’s degree in communications and journalism from Loyola University Maryland and a master’s degree in government from Johns Hopkins University.
Ruben Juarez has apparently departed his role as sports director at NBC 23 KVEO and CBS 4 in the Rio Grande Valley, as his biography has been removed from the stations’ combined website.
Juarez joined KVEO and CBS 4 as sports director in January 2022, returning to a market.
A Grand Rapids, Michigan native, Juarez previously spent four years in the Rio Grande Valley as a bilingual sports anchor and reporter for KRGV Channel 5 News.
Before rejoining the Valley stations, Juarez worked at WOOD-TV, the NBC affiliate in his hometown of Grand Rapids, where he served as a general assignment reporter. During his tenure there, he became the station’s first reporter to regularly produce Spanish-language stories.
He also served as a sports reporter at WLFI in Lafayette, Indiana.
Juarez discovered his passion for sports journalism at an early age, inspired by a conversation with his second-grade teacher in the late 1990s. While still in high school, he landed his first job in the field as a sports clerk at The Grand Rapids Press, answering phones and taking stats.
Juarez is a graduate of Grand Valley State University, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in 2011. He also interned at KFOR News 4 in Oklahoma City and at WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids.
NBC 5 Chicago WMAQ announced veteran, award-winning multimedia journalist and newsroom leader Vince Lattanzio will join the station as News Director, effective Monday, January 12.
The announcement was made by Sally Ramirez, Senior Vice President of News at NBC 5 Chicago/Telemundo Chicago.
In his new role, Lattanzio will oversee NBC 5 Chicago’s day-to-day newsroom operations, including the station’s primary franchises (NBC 5 Investigates, NBC 5 Responds, and Decision 2026). He will also work closely with the station’s digital team on cross‑platform news integration initiatives and collaborate closely with Telemundo Chicago (WSNS-TV) leadership to maximize duopoly coverage and editorial impact across both stations.
“Vince has distinguished himself as one of our industry’s most respected multimedia leaders, backed by a proven record of success and national recognition,” said Ramirez. “His leadership, strategic vision, and energy will be a tremendous asset to the NBC 5 Chicago newsroom team.”
Lattanzio, who joins NBC 5 Chicago with nearly two decades of experience in multimedia content creation, on‑air journalism, and newsroom leadership, most recently served as Director of Digital Media for NBC4 Washington (WRC‑TV) and Telemundo 44 Washington (WZDC‑TV) from 2021–2025, overseeing strategic content development and execution across more than 15 multimedia platforms, including linear television, streaming (FAST and OTT), news apps, social media, and station websites.
Prior to his tenure in Washington, D.C., Lattanzio spent 13 years (2008–2021) with NBCU Local Philadelphia’s NBC 10 (WCAU‑TV) and Telemundo 62 (WWSI‑TV), where he excelled in multiple roles, including linear and digital on‑air reporting, newscast producing, and digital leadership. In that capacity, Lattanzio helped define NBC 10’s digital vision, shaping the tone and presentation of written, video, and graphic content across the station’s digital platforms. Lattanzio was also the first multiplatform journalist in NBCU Local’s coast‑to‑coast group, covering both linear and digital platforms daily.
From an industry honors standpoint, Lattanzio’s work has been recognized by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS), the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA), and the Associated Press (AP), among others. In addition to numerous local industry honors, including a Livingston Awards reporting finalist designation, Lattanzio earned national Edward R. Murrow and Emmy Awards for his acclaimed special report on the heroin epidemic, Generation Addicted.
A native of Philadelphia, Pa., Lattanzio earned his bachelor’s degree in digital design from Philadelphia University (now Thomas Jefferson University).
“Ladies on Late Night” with former “Real Housewives of Dallas” stars LeeAnne Locken, Kameron Westcott, and Cary Deuber debuted on FOX 4 KDFW Dallas-Fort Worth this evening.
Correspondent Stephanie Sy posts that the PBS News Hour West bureau in Phoenix has signed off as of December 2025:
"In the face of budget realities, the NewsHour West bureau is closing today. Some of us are staying with NewsHour, but other positions were sadly eliminated. Since late 2019, the West bureau has provided dozens of PBS stations with an updated version of the news summary contained in every night’s program. Without the 24-7 staffing available to larger commercial networks, it was our way of making sure our stations in the Western time zones had the most up to date news at 6 pm pt when our NewsHour DC folks had already finished their day."
Former KTSM 9 El Paso anchor and Venezuelan national, Oriana Bottaro, joined prime-time anchor Andy Morgan live at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, January 5, 2026 (WATCH BELOW).
Bottaro described the significance of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro’s capture, what happens next, and what her immediate family, still living in the country, is experiencing.
Sarah Duran has been promoted to KENS 5 San Antonio’s 4:30 a.m. news and traffic anchor.
Duran will anchor and deliver weekday morning traffic reports beginning at 4:30 a.m., taking over the role previously held by Jessica Coombs, who departed the station in February 2025.
“Through my work as a reporter and my familiarity with San Antonio, I discovered new interests, including a real passion for transportation journalism,” Duran said. “It’s a blessing to continue my career in my hometown to help viewers move through their morning commute with confidence.”
A two-time Emmy-nominated journalist, Duran joined the KENS 5 news team on November 8, 2021, after spending three years as a reporter with Spectrum News 1. She quickly expanded her role at KENS 5, regularly filling in on the traffic desk before stepping into anchoring duties.
Duran began her career in Victoria, Texas, as a weekend anchor and reporter for Newscenter 25 KAVU.
A graduate of John Marshall High School and Texas State University, Duran completed internships at Goodtaste.TV, News 4 WOAI San Antonio, and Time Warner Cable News Austin. While attending Texas State, she also worked at the university’s radio station, 89.9 KTSW San Marcos.
Born and raised in San Antonio, Duran says journalism runs in her blood. She spent her childhood at her grandparents’ newspaper, La Prensa, San Antonio’s only bilingual weekly. At age 10, she attended a taping of Great Day SA at the KENS 5 studios—an experience that helped spark her ambition to pursue a career in broadcast journalism.
“It’s great to have Sarah at KENS,” KENS 5 news director Jack Acosta added. “She was born and raised here, and she’s been part of this community all her life. She really is San Antonio’s Own.”
The Texas A&M Aggie graduated in the spring of 2023 with a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology.
A warm welcome to our FOX4 weather newest team member Berkeley Taylor! Doing some training today, but she will be eventually be your midday and weekend morning meteorologist. She's an Aggie too so she's definitely at home here in Texas 🥰 pic.twitter.com/eg71yYWx9X
