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13 hours ago
- Climate
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Rich Tettemer to Retire from WWLP in Massachusetts After 37 Years
WWLP anchor Rich Tettemer is retiring after 37 years at the Springfield, Massachusetts NBC affiliate. He started his career as a videotape editor at WFLA in Tampa, Florida in 1984 and went on to become a weekend sports anchor at KODE in Joplin, Missouri. Tettemer joined WWLP on Patriots Day, April 18, 1988 with the with both the Boston Marathon and the Red Sox morning game. He was named a morning anchor on October 16, 2006, after 18 and a half years on the sports desk and has been the morning news anchor for another 18 and a half years. Below, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey, along with his colleagues said goodbye to Tettemer. Tettemer will be replaced by reporter Julia O'Keefe. She'll join Kaelee Collins on Monday. Last week, weather reporter Jack Wu said he was leaving the station for a job in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Sport
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Massachusetts Station Announces Morning Anchor Lineup Changes
Springfield, Massachusetts NBC affiliate WWLP will soon have a different look on its morning newscasts. The station will have a new morning anchor team after Taylor Knight (pictured right) announced she was leaving the station after nearly seven years, while Rich Tettemer (left) said he will retire on June 6 after 37 years at WWLP-22News. Knight, who said she was leaving to 'be closer to family,' joined the station in 2018 as a multimedia journalist. She worked as a reporter for FiOS1 News in New Jersey, before that. Tettemer joined the station on April 18, 1988, which was Patriot's Day with both the Boston Marathon and the Red Sox morning game. He moved to morning anchor in 2006, after more than 18 years on the sports desk. He started his broadcasting career in 1984 as a videotape editor at WFLA in Tampa, Florida. He then went on to become a weekend sports anchor at KODE in Joplin, Missouri. The station said Kaelee Collins will replace Knight on Thursday, April 24. She started working at the station in 2018 as the weekday morning reporter before being promoted to weekday morning anchor in 2019. Tettemer will be replaced by reporter Julia O'Keefe.
Yahoo
19-04-2025
- Yahoo
Mayor: Spring breakers are turning to violence, not the Lord
(NewsNation) — For years, beach towns courted spring breakers, but rowdy behavior and rising violence now have some declaring the party over. Stuart Tettemer, the mayor of Panama City Beach, Florida, says the town has changed, but young people are still being sold a 'decadeold' version of spring break by 'short-term slumlords' and 'outdated club promoters.' Popular Florida city 'no longer a spring break town' 'We're a family-friendly destination and small town,' Tettemer told NewsNation's Leland Vittert in an 'On Balance' interview. But many spring breakers still see the area as party central — a misconception that, according to Tettemer, has led to a 'change in the security environment' as more young people flock to town. Miami Beach, other popular spring break destinations issue new rules 'Instead of turning to the Lord, they're turning to violence,' the mayor said. 'That party environment draws predators,' Tettemer continued. 'They quite frankly don't know how to act in public.' Tettemer issued a warning to anyone set on coming to town and breaking the law: 'We will find you, we will arrest you, and we will put you in jail.'Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
