Marella is a central Florida native and graduate of the University of South Florida, where she studied mass communication and international studies. She also served as Gamma Phi Beta sorority president and philanthropy chair and interned for Fox 13 in Tampa. Following graduation she moved over 2,000 miles across the country to Casper, Wyoming to … Read more
Brendan Kirby is a 25-year veteran journalist who previously has worked for newspapers, including the Mobile Press-Register and AL.com. For three years, he also covered politics for a national news website. A graduate of American University in Washington, D.C., he lives in Daphne with his wife and two children. Brendan has lived on the Gulf Coast … Read more
Ashlyn Irons joined the Fox 10 News team in December of 2018 as our morning reporter covering Baldwin County. Ashlyn moved to Gulf Shores from Evansville, IN, where she worked as a reporter for Eyewitness News WEHT/WTVW for the last two years. She is a proud graduate of the University of Alabama (Roll Tide!) where she graduated … Read more
Michael Warrick joined the FOX10 News team as a Baldwin County reporter in September 2018. Before living and working on the Eastern Shore, Michael spent two years as an anchor and reporter in Macon, Georgia. He is a one-man-band reporter for FOX10 News; shooting, writing and editing his own stories. A metro Atlanta native (Marietta), … Read more
Tyler Fingert joined the FOX10 News team in July 2018 as a Multimedia Journalist. Prior to moving to Mobile, he spent a year working at the CBS Affiliate in Phoenix, as a freelance producer and news writer. He grew up in a suburb of Fort Lauderdale, so he’s no stranger to afternoon thunderstorms and humidity. … Read more
“Shelby is excited to return home to Alabama to join the FOX 10 team as an investigative journalist and weekend anchor. Originally from Thomasville, Alabama, Shelby attended college at the University of South Alabama where she studied broadcast journalism and sociology. After college, Shelby started her career at WXXV News 25 in Biloxi, Mississippi as … Read more
Toi Thornton was born and raised in The Big Easy, New Orleans, Louisiana. He received his undergraduate degree from Dillard University in Mass Communication with a concentration in Broadcast Journalism in 2014. While pursuing his undergraduate studies, Toi began his news career in New Orleans as an intern at WDSU (NBC) and a production assistant … Read more
My love for sports started when I was a young girl thanks to a very competitive family. Growing up in Florida we spent our Fall seasons on a football field watching my two older brothers and our Springs and Summers at the ball park and lacrosse field trying to add to our trophy collection. My … Read more
Asha Staples joined the FOX10 News team in January 2016. She serves as both FOX10’s weekend morning anchor and reporter. Raised in Johns Creek, Georgia, Asha idolized her award-winning newspaper writing and reporting mother, Gracie Bonds Staples. Growing up around and being exposed to journalism at a young age, she fell in love with story-telling. … Read more
Lee joined the FOX10 News team in June of 2015. He’s a Louisiana native and graduate of LSU. Lee got his start at stations in Baton Rouge and Lake Charles. Six months after returning home to Lake Charles, Hurricane Rita hit. Lee, along with the rest of the news team, evacuated to a nearby hospital, … Read more