Elizabeth Matthews
Elizabeth Matthews is a reporter at FOX 32 and joined the team in July of 2015.
Matthews is happy to be back in Chicago after working her way through the Midwest.
“Chicago is home for us and it always will be,” she said. “We are so thankful to be back in the Windy City and to finally settle down after a whirlwind of career moves.”
Matthews is a Columbia College graduate who grew up in a small town downstate. She comes to FOX 32 from St. Louis where she was a Multimedia Journalist at KSDK-TV. Before that, her career took her to KTUL-TV in Tulsa, Oklahoma and KOAM-TV in Joplin, Missouri. She is an awarding winning journalist and was on the ground reporting in chaos when the riots in Ferguson, Missouri first broke out. She spent countless nights on the streets in Ferguson reporting on the civil unrest and protests.
Covering the Joplin tornado was an experience she will never forget as Joplin was where she started her career.
Matthews enjoys ballet, running and hiking. She loves spending time with her friends and family. She and her husband have a son, and one fur baby -- a kitty named Stinker.
She also loves telling your story! Email her with your story idea.
The latest from Elizabeth Matthews
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Chicago Bears spread holiday cheer at annual 'Bears Bearing Gifts' event
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Oak Park gathers to honor slain detective Allan Reddins: 'We will not be the same'
Oak Park Detective Allan Reddins, who was killed in the line of duty last week, was honored at a candlelight vigil Friday night outside Village Hall.
Lurie Children’s Radiothon raises over $1 million for kids in need
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Calumet City Council meets outside, votes to drop lawsuit against clerk amid tensions with mayor
On a freezing night, Calumet City council members gathered on the steps of City Hall for a brief but controversial meeting.
Driver airlifted after semi-truck crashes into south suburban home: officials
A semi-truck slammed into a south suburban home late Wednesday afternoon, prompting a large police response.
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One local animal rescue has more than 1,000 volunteers helping at any given time and hundreds more foster parents.
Illinois police urge consumers to check VINs amid rise in stolen cars sold online
More than 1 million cars are stolen in the U.S. a year, and consumers may buy one of those cars without even knowing.
Mug shot released of Will County woman arrested after toddler dies in possible overdose
A mug shot has been released of a Homer Glen woman arrested in connection with the possible overdose death of her 2-year-old daughter.