Fact Piles

Pete Sack is an American journalist and meteorologist. He serves as a fill-in weathercaster at NBC5 newscasts and enjoys talking to area grade school students about the science of weather. Sack came to the NBC5 weather team in December 2002. He grew up in north suburban Deerfield and is used to Chicago weather. 

Rob Stafford (Full name: Robert R. Stafford) is an American journalist and television anchor. Currently, he anchors at NBC5 WMAQ-TV 5 p.m., 6 p.m., and 10 p.m. newscasts. Stafford joined WMAQ-TV in Chicago as a weekend anchor and general assignment reporter on September 23, 2007. He became the main anchor position in July 2009.

Michelle Relerford (Full name: Michelle Relerford Okafor) is an American journalist and anchor. Currently, she serves as the Weekday Morning Co-Anchor of News Today at NBC 5 based in Chicago. Michelle is also a reporter and fill-in anchor who joined NBC 5 in September 2011. She was an intern at NBC Chicago’s investigative unit while in college. Michelle started her reporting job at WNDU in South Bend, Ind., followed by WEWS in Ohio, Cleveland. She served as a reporter at both stations.

Charlie Wojciechowski Bio | Wiki Charlie Wojciechowski is an American award-winning journalist and reporter. Currently, he is working at NBC5 Chicago news channel as a […]

Lauren Petty is an American Journalist and reporter, and anchor. She works at NBC 5 WMAQ based in Chicago as a reporter and fill-in anchor on weekdays from 4-7 a.m. Lauren joined NBC 5 in January 2012. She is renowned for anchoring several hours of a marathon show in August 2011. It was a 27-hour coverage of the tropical storm that hit Connecticut’s shores know as Irene. The coverage was so dramatic and outstanding and received an Emmy award in Chicago.

Allie Wagner is an American journalist and reporter. Currently, she works as a reporter for Good Morning San Diego at KUSI-TV in San Diego, California. Allie is excited to work in her hometown of San Diego. In 2008, she joined KUSI as a field producer on the Prep Pigskin Report. Allie continued to serve in sports and on weekend mornings and later joined the Good Morning San Diego weekday team in 2017.

Brant Miller is an American journalist and meteorologist. He is currently serving at NBC WMAQ-TV based in Chicago as the chief meteorologist. Brant joined NBC5 News in 1991 and reports NBC 5 weather News at 5 p.m., 6 p.m., and 10 p.m. In addition to weather casting on television, he has been working as a DJ on WLS-AM/ WLS-FM for over 20 years. Brant also forecasts weather Monday to Friday mornings on WZZN-FM (94.7), from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Alex Maragos is an American journalist and anchor-based in Chicago working as a wweekend anchor and reporter for NBC since January 2023. He was previously working as the Weekend Evening Anchor at NBC 5 and a Reporter at 10 pm news three days a week. Alex moved to evenings in August 2020. Previously, he served as an Anchor of NBC 5 News Today and the NBC 5 News at 11 am for four years. Alex began at NBC 5 as a general assignment reporter in August 2015.

Siafa Lewis is an American journalist and sports anchor. He serves as a sports anchor and reporter at NBC 5 based in Chicago, Illinois. In August 2020 Siafa started co-anchoring the Sunday morning newscasts. He joined the NBC 5 sports team in May 2014 working as Weekend Anchor and Reporter and has since been named Lead Sports Anchor. 

Alicia Roman is an American journalist and meteorologist. Currently, she serves as a meteorologist at NBC based in Chicago. Alicia is famous for her accurate explanations of the weather forecasts of areas that she covers. Previously, she worked in the WHIZ-TV as well as in WISH-TV.