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
Chicago mayoral candidate says he'll fire city's top cop if he's elected
Chicago mayoral candidates are still working to convince undecided voters. One frontrunner, Paul Vallas, stopped in Chinatown on Wednesday to discuss crime and getting rid of the current top cop.
Shorewood residents hit the slopes after snowfall blankets Chicago area
Painful for some commuters but the sledders were celebrating, and more snow could be on the way.
Mother of Chicago mass shooting victim speaks out, believes attack was hate crime: 'they all played dead'
The mother of one of the victims who survived a mass shooting this week is speaking out.
5 shot, 2 fatally, during targeted home invasion on Chicago's South Side
Two people were killed and three others were injured in a shooting Monday afternoon in the South Shore neighborhood.
1 shot after off-duty Chicago cop interrupts apparent robbery in Brainerd
An off-duty Chicago cop was involved in a shooting in Brainerd Wednesday afternoon and part of the incident was captured on camera.
West Town residents fed up with crime speak out: 'I want to move out of here'
A Tuesday night community meeting brought together Chicago police, aldermen and the public.
CTU demands Lightfoot follow up on promise of more parental leave for teachers
The Chicago Teachers Union is demanding Mayor Lori Lightfoot do something after they say she broke her promise when it comes to parental leave.
Locals take interest in chicken coops as egg prices skyrocket
In November, the cost of a dozen eggs was $3.59, compared to a year ago it was only $1.72.
Pilot makes emergency landing on Veterans Memorial Tollway near Bolingbrook
A pilot was uninjured when a small plane made an emergency landing Tuesday afternoon on the Veterans Memorial Tollway in Will County.
'She didn't deserve this at all': Family of woman found fatally shot in car in Joliet pleads for answers
Maya Smith, 24, was found just after midnight. Neighbors called in a parking complaint in an alley near Clement Street and Ingalls Avenue.