News Team - KALB-TV News Channel 5 & CBS 2

  • News Team

  • Dale Hoffman Anchor/Reporter dhoffman@kalb.com Dale was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has degrees in Broadcast Journalism and Aerospace Studies from Oklahoma State University. He also
    Anchor/Reporter

    dhoffman@kalb.com
  • Multimedia Journalist kwitte@kalb.com Kathleen Witte joined the KALB news team in July 2012 as a Multimedia Journalist.  Kathleen comes to Cenla from Nashville, Tennessee, where she was born and raised.
    Anchor/Reporter

    kwitte@kalb.com
  • Anchor/Reporter sdesselle@kalb.comSherman Desselle is a native of Alexandria. He is a graduate of Peabody Magnet High School and later of Northwestern State University in Natchitoches in Vocal Music Performance.
    Anchor/Reporter

    sdesselle@kalb.com
  • Anchor/Reporter sdesselle@kalb.comSherman Desselle is a native of Alexandria. He is a graduate of Peabody Magnet High School and later of Northwestern State University in Natchitoches in Vocal Music Performance.
    Anchor/Reporter

    cwhitman@kalb.com
  • Meteorologist/Multimedia Journalist rpenton@kalb.com Rachael Penton joined the KALB team in February 2012 as a Meteorologist/Multimedia Journalist. She comes to CenLa from Mobile, Alabama where she was
    Weekend Anchor/Reporter/Meteorologist

    rpenton@kalb.com
  • Chief Meteorologist tkonvicka@kalb.com Tom began work at News Channel 5 in November, 1984. He earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics and geosciences in 1981 from Texas Tech University in Lubbock.
    Chief Meteorologist

    tkonvicka@kalb.com
  • Meteorologist dew@kalb.com Dorrell joined the team in June 2010 as the weekend meteorologist. He came to us from WLOX-TV in Biloxi, Mississippi where he was a Back-up Meteorologist and Production
    Meteorologist 

    dew@kalb.com
     
  • Ed Duranczyk Fill-In Meteorologist eddied@kalb.com Ed Duranczyk is a fill-in meteorologistlhere at News Channel 5 and CBS 2 News. Ed has more than 30 years experience forecasting the weather on television. He
    Fill-In Meteorologist

    eddied@kalb.com

     
  • Dale Hoffman Anchor/Reporter dhoffman@kalb.com Dale was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has degrees in Broadcast Journalism and Aerospace Studies from Oklahoma State University. He also
    Multimedia Journalist

    mjordan@kalb.com
  • Sports Director/Anchor-Reporter mcarter@kalb.com Mo Carter joined the News Channel 5 Sports Team in August 2010.He grew up "Down the Bayou" in lovely Assumption Parish. He attended Assumption High School
    Sports Director/Anchor-Reporter

    mcarter@kalb.com
  • Chris Bailey joined the staff of News Channel 5 and CBS 2 in January, 2012. He is right back at home in Cenla having grown up in Leesville and attended Anacoco High School. Chris graduated in December
    Sports Anchor/Reporter

    cbailey@kalb.com
  • Mark Klein Show Host/Features Reporter mklein@kalb.com Mark Klein hosts News Channel 5's "Weekend Drive" travel segment, which airs on Thursdays during Jambalaya and the Midday show, and also on Saturday
    Show Host/Features Reporter

    mklein@kalb.com
  • News Producer bstack@kalb.comBrit Stack joined KALB in September 2012 as the producer of the 6 and 10 PM broadcasts.Brit is originally from southeast Missouri. She decided to move south and graduated in
    Executive Producer

    bstack@kalb.com
  • Bryant Ferguson Assignment Manager bferguson@kalb.com Bryant came to KALB in August of 2005 just before Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast. This wasn't his first experience with hurricanes though.
    Assignment Manager

    bferguson@kalb.com
  • News Director kweiss@kalb.com Keith Weiss is the News Director at KALB News Channel 5 and CBS 2. Keith is no stranger to Louisiana, as he is a former resident of Bossier Parish. During that time, Keith
    News Director

    kweiss@kalb.com
  • General Manager mgodard@kalb.com Michele has worked at KALB-TV since 1993 beginning her career there as the weather anchor for News Channel 5's morning show "Jambalaya". Her experience in the news department
    General Manager

    mgodard@kalb.com
  • Most Popular StoriesMost Popular Stories

  • Monday, May 20 2013 9:38 PM EDT2013-05-21 01:38:09 GMT
    SHAWNEE, OKLA.Neighborhoods are flattened and buildings are on fire after a mile-wide tornado moved through the Oklahoma City area.Television footage on Monday afternoon showed homes and buildings that
    Moore, Okla. (CNN) -- Rescue workers raced against time and the oncoming night Monday looking for survivors after a powerful tornado blasted an area outside of Oklahoma City.
  • Monday, May 20 2013 5:49 PM EDT2013-05-20 21:49:30 GMT
    MOORE, Okla. (AP) - Authorities say an elementary school in an Oklahoma City suburb took a direct hit from a mile-wide tornado. Gary Knight with the Oklahoma City Police Department says there is no word
    MOORE, Okla. (AP) - Authorities say an elementary school in an Oklahoma City suburb took a direct hit from a mile-wide tornado. Gary Knight with the Oklahoma City Police Department says there is no word
  • ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB News Channel 5) - Daniel Aaron Christensen of Dequincy was arrested May 17th by Rapides Parish police in the Kinder area for cyber stalking.
    ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB News Channel 5) - Daniel Aaron Christensen of Dequincy was arrested May 17th by Rapides Parish police in the Kinder area. He was arrested on four counts of felony stalking, 25 counts
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