Natalie Bomke
Natalie Bomke is an anchor and reporter at FOX 32.
Bomke is a proud University of Illinois graduate and Fighting Illini "super" fan.
"I've worked my entire career to get to Chicago. When I saw the city skyline, for the first time as a Chicago resident, I was sitting in the back of a taxi cab. The driver must have thought I was nuts because I had tears in my eyes," she said.
Bomke's broadcast career began in Central Illinois as a morning anchor and reporter for WICD-TV in Champaign and WICS-TV in her hometown of Springfield.
She also co-anchored FOX40 Live Morning News in Sacramento, California and FOX26 Morning News in Houston, Texas.
Bomke is proud of her efforts to highlight the needs of California's homeless.
In Sacramento, Bomke invited former NBA player and city mayor, Kevin Johnson, to camp with a group of homeless citizens. The mayor's overnight visit made national headlines and put the need for transitional housing on the city agenda. She was selected to conduct a one-on-one interview with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger during state budget negotiations.
In Texas, Bomke worked with veterans drawing attention to the high rate of suicide and lack of mental health treatment for our military men and women. She also produced a one hour special featuring Houston doctors who extracted stem cells from a baby's umbilical cord to treat cancer.
Bomke is a certified fitness instructor. She has two feline friends adopted from the SPCA and Humane Society.
The latest from Natalie Bomke
Maine West commencement speaker talks about overcoming challenges
Maine West students graduated in virtual ceremony on Sunday, and one of their commencement speakers really knows you don't need perfect sight to have a vision. Anahi Sosa is an above-average teenager who happens to be legally blind.
Chicago teens invent board game that's becoming wildly popular
The young makers of a local board game are working to keep you entertained during the stay-at-home order.
'Blessings in a Backpack' provides food to Chicago students amid coronavirus pandemic
The program is currently operating at eight locations throughout Chicago, feeding 3,000 kids.
7-year-old suburban girl donating masks to anyone she can
A little girl with a big dream is making sure everyone who cannot afford a mask to cover up is getting one.
Indiana teen working to open youth center to help those in despair
At a time when many people are feeling lost, a Gary, Indiana teen is sharing her personal journey for finding hope. At a young age, she lost both of her brothers to gun violence.
UIC student becomes full-time EMT in Chicago amid coronavirus pandemic
She is a full-time college student and a full-time EMT in the city of Chicago. As you can imagine, the on-the-job training she is getting right now, as a medical student during a pandemic, is priceless.
Mundelein woman says IRS sent her dead mother-in-law a stimulus check
A suburban woman is one of many Americans reporting that a dead relative has gotten a stimulus check.
Chicago hospital successfully treats struggling COVID-19 patient with plasma from virus survivor
There is a medical breakthrough in the fight against the coronavirus at an Uptown hospital.
Aurora man who is deaf files lawsuit for his right to donate blood
An Aurora man is suing for his right to donate blood.
FOX 32 Exclusive: Marni Yang's first jailhouse interview since murder conviction
The woman serving a double life sentence for murdering the pregnant girlfriend of former Chicago Bear Shaun Gayle in 2007 spoke for the first time since her arrest to FOX 32's Natalie Bomke.