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
Clarendon Hills residents concerned their city may have to share firetruck with another town
Some community members are upset at the thought that the Clarendon Hills Fire Department wouldn’t have its own ladder truck, fearing response times would be longer.
19-year-old with Down syndrome sings National Anthem at White Sox game
A 19-year-old woman inspired everyone Wednesday night at Guaranteed Rate Field when she took the microphone for the National Anthem.
St. Charles extends outdoor dining program through winter
The igloos are coming back at the First Street Plaza in downtown St. Charles.
Family of Chicago firefighter wounded in mass shooting speaks out
"I hear everybody running and screaming, and it was blood gushing out of his face," Chicago Firefighter Timothy Eiland's sister said.
New details about Chicago mass shooting, victims were leaving birthday party
The search continues for the gunmen behind a mass shooting outside a birthday party in Chicago over the weekend.
Strong storms leave behind damage in Minooka
Strong winds and heavy rain pushed through the Chicago area Tuesday afternoon, causing damage in Minooka — about 55 miles southwest of Chicago.
Man shot on Chicago's Lakefront Trail
BREAKING: Chicago police are looking for a gunman who fired shots Monday night, striking a man in the buttocks along the populated Lakefront Trail.
PAWS Chicago rescues 40 animals displaced by Hurricane Ida, seeks fosters
Chicago is helping provide some relief to the south by taking animals off the hands of shelters impacted by Hurricane Ida.
700+ Crown Point students put into quarantine; school district now requiring masks
Students in Crown Point were initially allowed to decide whether they wanted to wear a mask or not. But starting Wednesday, the school district has mandated masks be worn by everyone.
Chicago police officer who grabbed Black woman walking her dog is placed on desk duty
Chicago's police oversight agency on Monday recommended Supt. David Brown either relieve an officer of his police powers or place him on administrative duties after he was seen on viral video grabbing a woman walking her dog, and the police department announced that he was placed on desk duty.