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Nathan Lehota
Nathan Lehota joined WKBN in 2014 as a video journalist. He is excited to investigate, shoot video, edit and produce stories that matter. Nathan served for six years in the United States Navy and in...
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James Santelli
James Santelli is a multi-platform journalist for WKBN 27 First News. He joined the WKBN team in December 2014. James is an award-winning journalist who has covered marquee events around the world,...
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Lauren Wood
Lauren Wood is an anchor/reporter on WKBN 27 First News. She began working here in October of 2013, after marrying her high school sweetheart and moving to northeast Ohio. Prior to joining the WKBN...
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Ryan Allison
Ryan Allison has been at WKBN since July of 1998. He joined the First News Sports Department in October of 2001 and now serves as the Sports Director for WKBN, WYFX and WYTV. Allison was born in...
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Chad Krispinsky
Chad serves as a sports anchor and as executive producer of Game of the Week. He performs play-by-play duties for the High School Football and Basketball Game of the Week. He also calls all of the...
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Nadine Grimley
Nadine Grimley became a part of the WKBN 27 First News Team in 2014 as a video journalist. She is a 2011 graduate of Lyndon State College in Lyndonville, Vermont, with a degree in television studies...
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Alex George
Alex George is the weekend weather anchor and reporter on WKBN 27 First News. Alex graduated from Ohio University in May of 2015 with her Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism with a meteorology minor....
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Christina Mullen
Christina Mullen is a Multi-Media Journalist on WKBN 27 First News, joining the WKBN team in 2014 as a Promotions Producer. Christina is a 2013 honors graduate of Youngstown State University with a...
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Stan Boney
Stan Boney is a veteran of television news in Youngstown, joining the WKBN-27 First News family in 2015 after 36 years with 33-WYTV. He was born and raised in Findlay, Ohio and was a graduate of Ohio...
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Molly Reed
Molly Reed is a Multi-Media Journalist on WKBN 27 First News. Before joining the WKBN 27 First News team, Molly interned at both WKMG and WESH in Orlando, Florida. She also reported on Florida State...
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Tyler Trill
Tyler Trill began working as a multi-media journalism at WKBN in December 2015. Tyler graduated from Kent State University in December 2015 (Go Flashes). While attending Kent State, he was a member of...
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Josh Frketic
Josh came to the Valley from Bluefield, West Virginia where he was the weekend anchor for nearly two years. Here in Youngstown, Josh started as a VJ, but became the weekend weatherman for several...
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Abbie Schrader
Abbie Schrader joined the WKBN-27 First News team in March 2016, taking on the roles of anchor and reporter for the WKBN-27 First News Saturday Morning and WKBN-27 First News Sunday Morning shows. A...
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Matt Jones
Matt Jones became a part of the WKBN 27 First News Team in May 2016 as a weekend Meteorologist. Matt graduated from North Carolina State in 2016 and also attended Darton State College. He earned his...
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Lindsey Watson
Lindsey Watson joined the WKBN 27 First News team in April of 2016 as a multi-media journalist. She comes to the Valley after having spent three years Anchoring, Reporting and Producing at WDTV in...
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Cameron O’Brien
Cameron O’Brien became a part of the WKBN-27 First News team in 2016 as a multi-media journalist. She will be responsible for reporting on stories that matter to the community. Cameron was born in...
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Mental Health and Recovery Board members take oath
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – Two boards in Mahoning County helping those with mental illness and addiction services have merged. The merger has been nine months in the making and it was made official on...
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Mandy Noell
Mandy Noell joined the WKBN 27 First News team as evening co-anchor in October 2016. A native of Beaver County, PA, just across the Ohio border, she was thrilled to come back home to work in The...
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Jason Aubry
Jason Aubry joined WKBN as a Multi-media Journalist in May of 2017. This award winning journalist has spent ten years in the industry uncovering the truth and giving voice to the voiceless. Jason began...
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Chelsea Spears
Chelsea Spears is the morning co-anchor of WKBN 27 First News This Morning and anchor of WKBN 27 First News at Noon. She joined the team in October 2017, which (to Chelsea’s excitement) brought her...
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