This hometown Journalist is glad to get back to her roots. After watching the nightly news for years as a child, Aisha often wondered how do those people on television know everything? That curiosity turned into action leading her family to give her the nickname Rona Barrett, after the first Hollywood Entertainment Reporter.Early on Aisha knew anything that had to do with talking and asking questions would be the perfect fit. So the Flint native headed to Michigan State University to earn a Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism.After graduating from Michigan State, the proud Spartan headed to the big city of Atlanta, GA where she worked as an Assignment Editor. After following the big stories of the day for other reporters Aisha knew it was her turn to get in front of the camera. Aisha landed her first on-air job at WCTI-12 in New Bern, North Carolina. After a year’s time Aisha worked her way up from one-man-band weekend reporter to weekend evening anchor.

Now the anchor/reporter has found her way back home and is ready to deliver the news over the same airwaves she grew up watching.Aisha is excited to get out and meet new people as well as running into a few familiar faces. With her outgoing personality, Aisha has never met a stranger. So be sure to say hello! And watch out for her…she has to get used to driving in the snow again.

Amy feels extremely blessed to work just a short distance away from her mom, sister and brother... who live in suburbs of Detroit. She was born in Indiana but considers Michigan her home.

Before becoming a journalist, Amy attended Indiana University with aspirations of becoming an orthopedic surgeon. After three years pre-med, she realized her true calling was news.

Amy moved to Michigan to attend Specs Howard School of Broadcast Arts where she graduated with honors. Upon graduation she worked as a weekend sports anchor for WSYM in Lansing, Michigan.

Amy then decided to return to school at Oakland University. She graduated Cum Laude with a bachelor's degree in print and broadcast journalism. While attending classes full-time, she worked with the Detroit Lions.

After working as a news anchor/reporter for television stations in Grand Junction, CO, Laughlin, NV and San Luis Obispo, CA, Amy is delighted to be back home in the Great Lakes State.

While in California, Amy made an appearance on the silver screen. She had small part in the 2007 Lindsey Lohan thriller "I Know Who Killed Me." Amy played a persistent reporter hounding the local sheriff for a story.

During her time in Nevada, Amy graduated from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Citizen's Academy.

She is an avid football and hockey fan and never misses a chance to watch her favorite teams play.

You can catch Amy co-anchoring TV 5 news at 6 and 11 and TV5 news on FOX 66 at 10 on the weekends.

When she's not at the anchor desk, Amy's busy reporting stories impacting our community.

Born and raised on the east side of St. Paul, Bill studied broadcast journalism at the University of Minnesota, and started his career as an intern and auto racing show producer at KFAN sports radio. After three years as weekend sports anchor at KTTC-TV in Rochester, Bill switched over to news reporting.

He comes to us from WFRV-TV in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Away from the legions of rabid Packer fans, Bill now feels safe to say publicly that he's a Vikings fan.

Bill has covered sports pros and preps, heroes and goats, interviewed state governors and city councils. But Bill says his favorite story was about two single moms that couldn't get help from their local Salvation Army-- they lived just outside the city limits. After some media attention (pressure), the Salvation Army amended their rules. The two moms got the help they needed, and later told Bill that he saved Christmas for their families.

When he's reporting the news, Bill loves sand volleyball, and is looking for a league around here.

He's really good at Call of Duty 4 on Xbox 360 and Wii bowling, but is probably too old to be playing video games all the time. His favorite TV show is "The Wire" on HBO, with "The Office" and "Nip/Tuck" tied for second. Bill's rotisserie baseball team, the Milkmen of Doom, is always the favorite to win the league championship.

Brian Wood is a native of Detroit, Michigan. Before he came to WNEM TV 5, he worked for a television station in Midland/Odessa, Texas.

Brian is a graduate of Wayne State University where he received a degree in Communications.

Does he like his job? You bet! He likes being able to tell stories about all of the people who live here in Mid-Michigan and he likes being able to share those stories with our viewers.

When he's not working, Brian likes to do three things...read, read and read!

He likes living here because he's closer to his Detroit area family and because of the beautiful weather in the spring, summer and the fall. Brian also says the people here are the friendliest folks he's ever met.

Another enjoyment...spending time with his beautiful nieces and his nephew.

Carrie Sharp is an Emmy award winning journalist and comes to Mid-Michigan via Louisville, Kentucky.

Carrie was actually born in Texas but spent most of her childhood and adult life in the "Bluegrass State." Since middle school, Carrie knew she wanted to be in the news business. A college internship got her hooked for life. For 12 years, Carrie worked at WAVE TV the NBC affiliate in Louisville. Most of that time she anchored the "Sunrise" morning show and hit the streets daily as a reporter.

That's how Carrie met her husband, Doug Sharp, a Bat City native living in Louisville at the time.

Doug competed in the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City winning a bronze medal in the 4-man Bobsled. Carrie first met Doug while interviewing him for a story.

The two married in 2008 and decided to head north in 2010.

In her free time, Carrie loves to cook, garden, water ski and workout. She also has a cocker spaniel, Sally, which she spoils rotten!

Catherine is a small town girl from the Upper Peninsula and is thrilled to be working in her home state. Her interest in weather sprouts from her experiences with stormy winters and summers spent on the shores of Lake Superior. Catherine is armed with a Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology as well as a Bachelor of Applied Arts in Broadcast and Cinematic Arts from Central Michigan University. During her final year at CMU, she worked as a meteorologist for 9&10 News in Northern Michigan. So Catherine is no stranger to forecasting weather below the bridge. Catherine is fond of spending time outdoors with family and friends and embraces the long winters. She enjoys cross country skiing and rides her bike year round. When summer arrives her hobbies include sailing, kayaking and hiking.

Craig joined the TV5 news team in January 2003 from KAYU, in Spokane, Washington. He also worked at KSL in Salt Lake City, Utah and KKTV and KRDO in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Craig was also the primary anchor for King Broadcasting's Northwest Cable News in Seattle, Washington.

Craig is dedicated to literacy programs and is a board member of the Literacy Council of Bay County.

In his spare time Craig loves to go ballroom dancing with his wife Crystal.

Darrin Bradley was born and raised in Minnesota, the Land of 10,000 Lakes (actually 11,842...but who's counting).

Darrin attended Concordia College in Moorhead, MN and St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, MN. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology from SCSU in 1993.

He still has nightmares involving differential equations.

After graduating, Darrin worked (using the term loosely) at KTTC in Rochester, MN and EarthWatch Communications in Minnetonka, MN.

Darrin enjoys the climate in Michigan (primarily winter), and all of the wonderful people he has met here.

Hobbies include camping, fishing, reading, computer games, and spending time with friends. And you can bet Darrin is counting the days until winter returns.

Ever wonder why Eric Jylha got into broadcasting? One factor may be that both his parents were into broadcasting as well. Born in Battle Creek and raised in Bay Cityhttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/mag-glass_10x10.gif, Eric has held jobs in Phoenix and East Lansing before ending up right here at home. The Delta College and MSU graduate enjoys his job because of the variety...there's something different every single day. Eric's hobby is photography and he makes this area home because of the wide variety of activities and events that occur here throughout the year.

Jason is happy to be back in Mid-Michigan! He joined the TV5 sports team in November, 2006.

Jason began his career at WBKB-TV in Alpena, spending just over a year on the sunrise side, first as the weekend sports anchor/weekday sports reporter, then as the sports director.

Prior to that, he held internships at 1) WTOP Radio in Washington, D.C. where he covered major league baseball, especially the Orioles and Nationals; 2) WEYI-TV 25 in Clio, where he mostly worked in news; 3) WKTV 2 in Utica, NY where he covered sports; and 4) WSTM-TV NBC 3 in Syracuse, NY where he covered sports.

Jason grew up in the small town of Deerfield, Michigan, and received a B.A. from Saginaw Valley State University where he double majored in Communication and Political Science. He then went on to graduate school at the prestigious S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in Syracuse, NY where he received a Master of Science in Broadcast Journalism.

Jason has volunteered for the MDA, co-hosting the entire local portion of the Jerry Lewis Telethon at WBKB. He also has been the keynote speaker at various SVSU Scholarship Recognition Programs, and also was the celebrity auctioneer at the Cardinal Cabaret, a spring fundraiser for the SVSU Athletic Department.

Jason is a founding member of the Upsilon Delta Chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon at SVSU, and a member of the Alpha Chi National College Honor Society.

While at TV5, Jason has developed a series of sports stories called "Fielder's Choice." In them, he takes on sports challenges from viewers. He won a 2008 Michigan AP Award for best feature story for his "Fielder's Choice" story wherein he was challenged by a young female archer.

In his spare time, Jason likes to hang out with friends and family, sing in his rock band, and meet new people.

Jonathan is excited to be in the "Great Lakes state", his first ever opportunity to live outside of his homestate of North Carolina. He brings a lot southern hospitality and charm with him to Mid-Michigan. He spent four years with News 14 Carolina. Jonathan first worked with the 24-local cable news channel as a reporter/producer in the station's Greensboro, NC newsroom. He was later promoted to full reporter status in December 2008 in the News 14 Carolina "Charlotte" newsroom. While there he was awarded "2008 Rookie of the Year" by the North Carolina Associated Press. Before his time with News 14, Jonathan "got his foot in the door" to the broadcast industry as an assignment editor at WFMY News 2 in Greensboro, NC. Jonathan is a native of Charlotte, NC, the home of the Carolina Panthers and Charlotte Bobcats. He's a proud cum laude honors graduate of North Carolina A&T State University, where he worked as student production director for the university's radio station, WNAA 90.1 FM. Aggie Pride! Jonathan likes to call himself a news junkie and you'll likely find him plugged into some news outlet. But he also enjoys volunteering, especially in the schools. And he's an active member of the National Association of Black Journalists. Jonathan is looking forward to finding and telling stories that are important to the people of the Mid-Michigan area.

She joined the TV5 news team in 1996 and calls mid-Michigan home. Katie has anchored breaking news coverage for major events including the tragic shooting death of first grader Kayla Rolland and the quick moving fire and deadly explosion that leveled The Clara Barton Nursing Home. She is also an Emmy award winning reporter. Katie won an Emmy for her poignant depiction of Rose Michelle Joseph, a Haitian infant whose life was saved by a mid-Michigan missionary. Katie has also received several A.P. and M.A.B honors.

Before joining WNEM, Katie anchored the morning and noon newscasts at KFOR-TV in Oklahoma City, OK. During her time at KFOR-TV, Katie anchored several breaking news stories on the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building.

Katie has also worked as a morning anchor and reporter at WWTV in Cadillac, Michigan and at WPBN-TV in Traverse City, Michigan.

Katie is actively involved with many charitable organizations. She serves as a board member for the “Just for Kids” foundation. It’s an organization that gives back to children in the tri-county area. Katie also volunteers her time with “The Toni & Trish House.” It’s a true charity for the terminally ill in mid-Michigan. Katie loves all children and volunteers her time with the Saginaw County Child Abuse & Neglect Council, Special Olympics, MDA, The Saginaw Community Foundation and The Turn-Around Achievement awards.

Katie has emceed hundreds of events all over mid-Michigan. She has co-emceed events with former New York mayor, Rudy Giuliani, General Colin Powell, James Carville and Mary Matalin. Katie was even asked to host The Great Lakes Loons home opener with Tommy Lasorda.

Katie and her husband have four children and are grateful and happy to be a part of the mid-Michigan community.

Liz is a journalist with a passion for storytelling. No stranger to the Great Lakes State, she was born and raised in Michigan. She grew up in Metro Detroit. Liz is thankful for the opportunity to continue her career in Michigan and she is excited to live in the Tri-Cities area. Before coming to Saginaw Liz spent time at WLNS in Lansing as a video journalist. She learned a lot during her time in the state's capital city. Liz covered everything from the legislature to Michigan State University and Lansing’s two General Motors plants. Liz also lived in Missouri for several years. She worked at KOMU in Columbia, Missouri, as a reporter. One of her most memorable stories was about an ice storm so severe it knocked out power to parts of southeast Missouri for more than two weeks. Liz is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism. She has a degree in Journalism and a minor in Political Science. During college she also spent time as an intern at WDIV in Detroit. In her spare time she enjoys exercising, baking, and catching up with family and friends. Like any native Michiganian, she loves a good hockey game. Go Wings!

"Enough with the heat, gigantic bugs and protesting at presidential ranches!" was Mike Cameron's plea to come work for TV5 as a meteorologist . Central Texas was his last home, serving as morning meteorologist at KCEN-TV in Waco-Temple, TX, in President Bush's back yard.

Mid-Michigan is territory more familiar to Mike. He was born in Minnesota (this fact made Darrin Bradley jump and cheer) and grew up mainly in metro Boston, Massachusetts and northeastern Connecticut. He then attended college at Lyndon State in Vermont, earning bachelors degrees in math and meteorology, and then went on to earn a master's degree in atmospheric sciences from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.

Out of college, Mike's first job was at WUTR-TV in Utica, NY, a region where lake-effect snows push the average yearly snowfall past 120 inches - prime training ground for a weatherman destined for Michigan.

Though a confessed weather addict, Mike has other hobbies, including running, reading, keeping abreast on politics and lifting weights. Mike's newest hobby is reading and sending emails.

Sam Merill is a familiar face and veteran journalist who brings 17 years of experience to the TV5 anchor desk.

From 1990 to 1999, he was an anchor and reporter at TV5. In 1999, he returned to his boyhood home of Pittsburgh to anchor "Action News This Morning" for WTAE-TV. That program was twice nominated for a Mid-Atlantic Regional Emmy Award, and won the award for "Best Morning News" in 1999.

But he missed Mid-Michigan, TV5 in particular, and returned in 2002.

Sam is very active in the community, serving on the Board of Trustees of the Bridge Center for Racial Harmony, and the Saginaw County Chapter of the American Red Cross. He has also served on the boards of The Disability Network, the Genesee Food Bank, and the Central Michigan University Alumni Advisory Board.

In his spare time, Sam loves reading; particularly books about politics and history. He enjoys golf, tennis and is an avid runner who has competed in several local races.

Scot Johnson considers him self a Mid-Michigan man despite the fact that he was born and raised in California.

Scot arrived in Mid-Michigan in 1996 and has been working in the local media ever since. A true sports fan, Scot pioneered the first Friday Night High school sports shows in the area and has made high school and local sports his passion.

Scot attended Humboldt State University in Arcata, CA. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Communications from HSU in 1988.

Through his 20 plus year broadcasting career Scot has done everything. Sports play-by-play, on location radio and TV shows, news anchoring, AD sales and he has even sold popcorn during half-time. Scot enjoys the Michigan sports scene, watching the Wings win Stanley Cups, Pistons taking home NBA championship trophies and the National Titles won by the UM Football and MSU basketball teams.

When Scot is not trying to sneak into a game, you can find him losing money at the poker table. If he's not there...you'll catch him at the beach with his two sons Andrew and Mathew.

All of my life I have wanted to make a difference, I grew up on Chicago’s Southside, where something big happened all the time. As a little girl, I remember asking questions and writing about what I saw or heard.

My curiosity and thirst for knowledge led me to The Ohio State University, where I received a Bachelor’s degree in English. Before completing undergrad, I secured an assistant producer position with WCMH-TV in Columbus, OH, where I employed for nearly two years. An interesting event happened while I was at that station; a little girl was missing around the holidays and this event showed me the vital role the media can play in getting answers for the public.

Aspiring to be on-air, I decided to attend Point Park University in Pittsburgh, PA, where I received a Master’s in Journalism and Mass Communication. While attending Point Park; I anchored, edited, reported, and produced for the university and The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

After graduation, I landed my first job as an anchor and news reporter at WEYI-TV.

In my spare time, I enjoy mentoring and giving back to the community.

I enjoy traveling, reading, jogging, and spending time with my family.

I’m thrilled to be a part of the WNEM news team. It’s a great honor for me to be able to come into your home every day.