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Meet the Heartland News Team

Heartland News Anchors

Mary-Ann Maloney

Emmy award winner Mary-Ann Maloney anchors Heartland News at 6 and 10. She's had a big impact on KFVS12 and the community since her arrival here in 1988.

Jeff Cunningham

Jeff Cunningham anchors Heartland News at 5, 6 and 10.  Jeff was the morning and noon anchor at KOCO-TV prior to joining Heartland News.

Kathy Sweeney

Kathy Sweeney anchors Heartland News at 5 and 6. Kathy has been at KFVS12 since June of 1994, when she started as a reporter in our Southern Illinois Newsroom.

Jim Burns

For 27 years people in the Heartland have been waking up to Jim Burns on The Breakfast Show.

Lauren Keith

Lauren Keith anchors the Breakfast Show with Jim Burns.  She also reports for the popular Does it Work Wednesday segment.

Heartland News Reporters

Crystal Britt

Crystal joined KFVS12 in June of 2006 as a Weekend Anchor/Reporter. She comes to the Heartland from KWWL-TV.

Julia Bruck

Julia is a reporter in our Southern Illinois Newsroom for KFVS12. She came to the Heartland from the Raycom Media TV station in Lubbock.

Stephanie Byars

Stephanie is the Health Reporter for Heartland News and pulls double duty behind the cameras.

C.J. Cassidy

C.J. Cassidy is a general assignment reporter for Heartland News.  She hails from Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Carly O'Keefe

Carly is the Weekend Breakfast Show Anchor and one of three Southern Illinois Reporters based in the Heartland News Carterville Newsroom.

Zakk Gammon

Zakk pulls double-duty as a producer and reporter for Heartland News. He comes to the Heartland from WXIX-TV in Cincinnati.

Tyler Profilet

Tyler is a local product who has found a home at Heartland News.

Arnold Wyrick

Arnold Wyrick is a general assignment reporter in the Southern Illinois Newsroom.  He joins our Heartland News team after working as the weekend anchor/reporter in Lubbock, Texas.

StormTeam Weather

Bob Reeves

Bob Reeves likes all four seasons we have here in the Heartland, although summer is special to him, probably because he enjoyed being out of school as a kid. Click for more on the StormTeam's senior meteorologist.

Brian Alworth

The earliest waking television forecaster in the area, Brian starts his day at 2:00am when most of the Heartland is fast asleep.

John Dissauer

John Dissauer is native to the Midwest, growing up in central Indiana. His love for weather started at an early age.  Click the picture to find out about John's storm chasing pastime.

Laura Wibbenmeyer

A Heartland girl with lots of "worldly" experience, Laura is thrilled to be back home. With a college nickname like "Weather Wibbs," she has to be a first rate forecaster.

Heartland Sports

Todd Richards

Todd Richards brings plenty of experience and enthusiasm to his position as Sports Director for Heartland News.

Chad Fryman

Chad Fryman is the weekend sports anchor for Heartland News.

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