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
Several female Northwestern faculty members plan to protest promotion of athletics department employee
Several female Northwestern faculty members are planning to protest the promotion of an athletics department employee tied to controversy.
Florida woman makes a difference to local survivors of domestic abuse - one tube of lipstick at a time
Sheryl Kurland and her volunteers have donated 65,000 tubes of lipstick to shelters across the U.S. including four here in Illinois.
Illinois lawmakers want to ban hair discrimination in schools
The State Senate is considering legislation that would protect the rights of students to wear their hair in styles historically associated with race, ethnicity and hair texture like braids, dreadlocks or twists.
Adventure park in suburban Chicago accommodates those with physical limitations, sensory issues
A suburban adventure park can now accommodate those with disabilities on a zipline, their rock climbing wall, kayaks and canoes!
Former Blackhawks player Daniel Carcillo says magic mushrooms saved his life
A traumatic brain injury left a champion Chicago Blackhawks player with a life he wanted to escape. When his thoughts turned to suicide, he got the help he needed in an unlikely place: magic mushrooms.
Footage released of shooting that wounded Chicago cop, killed suspect in Brighton Park
New video released Friday shows the perspective of a Chicago police officer who was shot while chasing a shoplifting suspect in Brighton Park.
Come and get it: Chicago now has enough vaccine to meet demand
For the first time, Chicago now has enough vaccine for anyone who wants it.
Suburban teenager hoping for kidney transplant
YOU CAN SAVE A LIFE! Share this story about 18-year-old Brian McIntyre's need for a kidney transplant. He has Type O blood. Right now, he has to get dialysis three days a week. You can change his life by sharing this story.
Chicago woman issues warning about pet sitting apps after her dog goes missing
"I want people to be aware of the type of people who can be on sites like this," she said.
Downers Grove nonprofit changing lives with new wave of therapy
For 20 years, the nonprofit Diveheart has been changing lives by introducing a new wave of therapy.