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Growing up, Ayron knew that news would always play an important role in his life. He grew up eating dinner and watching the news every night as a child but never imagined it would lead him here.

You can catch Ian Reitz on WVTM 13’s evening newscasts Monday through Friday. Ian moved to Alabama from Tampa, Florida where he anchored the morning and noon newscasts at WTSP.

Carla Wade is a two-time Emmy Award winning journalist who comes to WVTM 13 from the ABC affiliate in Las Vegas. There she covered the city’s booming real estate market, education, issues related to the legalization of recreational marijuana in Nevada as well as the tragic mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip.

Lisa Crane is thrilled to be back home in Alabama. She grew up in Gardendale and attended the University of Alabama.

Jeff began his television career 30 years ago in Brownsville, Texas. Since then, he has worked as an anchor and reporter in cities including Shreveport, Dallas, Austin and Cleveland.

Patsy Douglas joins WTVM 13 from News 15 in Lafayette, LA. Her media journey began as a little girl in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, when her father would collect camcorders and record videos of her.

Jason Simpson cannot tell you when he started loving weather because he has no memory of a time when it failed to fascinate and intrigue him. He grew up in a small, rural North-Central Alabama community, Holly Pond, where he realized a strong faith in God, graduated from high school and learned from hard-working people around him how to follow a dream.

WVTM spoke to the Rev. Kelley Hudlow with the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama, who confirmed that multiple people were shot and injured.

Kari Osep joined WVTM 13 in November of 2021 as a sports anchor and reporter. A Sun Devil at heart, she’s still more than excited to call SEC Country home.

Mattie Davis joined the WVTM 13 News team as a reporter in March of 2022. She is no stranger to Alabama, having grown up in a town outside Montgomery called Pike Town.