Melissa Henry
Colorado Springs
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While in North Carolina, she worked as the Jacksonville Bureau Chief, covering a lot of military and coastal news-- Including two hurricanes. She's excited to have made the cross-country move, trading Atlantic beaches for the front range!
Growing up in the Chicago suburbs, Melissa attended her local community college for two years and joined their speech and debate team. In 2016, she received two medals at the Phi Rho Pi National Forensics Organization competition for her informative and persuasive speeches. It was through speech team that Melissa found her love for research, writing, and communicating.
She went onto Illinois State University and graduated in 2018 with a degree in Journalism.
Growing up, Melissa made several trips to Colorado to visit family, doing things from hiking a 14'er to white water rafting. She knew from a young age that she could see herself happily living here one day!
Melissa enjoys the variety of stories she has the opportunity to cover in the Pikes Peak region. Her favorite topics include health, local government, and breaking news.
When she's not at the station, Melissa enjoys going to fitness classes at the gym. A self-proclaimed "foodie", she likes to try new restaurants, cuisines, and recipes in her own kitchen along with her boyfriend, Christian.
If you have a story idea, you can email her at mhenry@kktv.com.
Updated: Mar. 31, 2023 at 5:22 PM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
Election officials in Colorado Springs are preparing for a runoff in the race for the city’s next mayor.
Updated: Mar. 29, 2023 at 4:48 AM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
Colorado Springs City Council held a closed door executive session Monday according to the council’s spokesperson, in which the local leaders reportedly discussed a potential pay out of $175 thousand to a man suing the city’s police department.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2023 at 6:36 AM MST
|By Melissa Henry
Shawn Swisher was previously accused of inappropriately touching at least eight children tied to Kingdom Hall of Jehova’s Witnesses in Woodland Park.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2023 at 12:23 PM MST
|By Tony Keith, Matt Kroschel and Melissa Henry
Colorado Springs Police were called to a high school on Friday after reports a student brought a gun onto campus grounds.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2023 at 12:39 PM MST
|By Melissa Henry
A judge ruled to keep the list of more than 300 charges the suspected Club Q shooter faces, not dropping a single charge.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2023 at 3:11 PM MST
|By Melissa Henry
A person accused of opening fire in a Colorado Springs LGBTQIA+ nightclub, killing five and injuring more than a dozen others, reportedly went to the club six times prior to the shooting, including once hours beforehand.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2023 at 5:59 PM MST
|By Melissa Henry
A civil lawsuit may be brewing.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2023 at 10:49 AM MST
|By Melissa Henry and Lindsey Grewe
The trial is scheduled to last into next week.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 4:08 PM MST
|By Melissa Henry
As many people contemplate how they are going to file their taxes in coming weeks, Colorado announces a second year of free tax filing programs through the state.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2023 at 6:09 PM MST
|By Melissa Henry
20,000 applications have already been submitted, leaders say, while there are about 60,000 eligible children in Colorado.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 3:21 PM MST
|By Melissa Henry
A national law just took effect aimed at helping veterans access mental health care when it’s needed most.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 6:09 PM MST
|By Melissa Henry
Several school districts responded to a report of a threat made to a Colorado Springs area school Monday.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 12:53 PM MST
|By Melissa Henry and Tony Keith
Colorado Springs Police and the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office say there are multiple scenes in and around the city Thursday, all part of one operation.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 at 6:06 PM MST
|By Melissa Henry
Jepsy Amaga Kallungi has not been seen or heard from since 2019, and her mother is fighting to be in Colorado Springs in time for the murder trial for Dane Kallungi.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 at 6:03 AM MST
|By Melissa Henry
The Universal Pre-K website through the state is up and running now. You can get a head start on your application by making an account.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 5:14 PM MST
|By Melissa Henry
Several swearing in ceremonies happened across Colorado Tuesday for people who were elected in November.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 5:19 PM MST
|By Melissa Henry
The Colorado Attorney General’s office released it’s 2022 domestic violence report, which shows 2021 was the deadliest year on record in the state when it comes to domestic violence.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2023 at 5:03 PM MST
|By Melissa Henry
Dane Kallungi is charged with first degree murder. He is accused of killing his wife Jepsy Amaga Kallungi, who went missing in March 2019 and has not been heard from or seen since.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2023 at 6:00 PM MST
|By Melissa Henry
A new law took effect in Colorado as of Jan. 1, 2023, allowing people convicted of DUI to apply for an ignition interlock restricted license immediately upon conviction rather than waiting 30 days.
Updated: Dec. 30, 2022 at 3:40 PM MST
|By Melissa Henry
Many people are familiar with feeling down after the holidays, commonly referred to as post holiday blues and seasonal depression.
Updated: Dec. 30, 2022 at 12:05 PM MST
|By Melissa Henry
Members of their family told 11 News they still don’t know who reported the ATV crash the two lost their lives in, but they want to thank whoever called 911.
Updated: Dec. 20, 2022 at 5:53 PM MST
|By Melissa Henry
While it may sound like common sense to lock your car, police say people often don’t, leading to holiday gifts being stolen this time of year.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2022 at 5:21 AM MST
|By Tony Keith and Melissa Henry
A law office released body camera footage tied to an Oct. 9 arrest in Colorado.
Updated: Dec. 7, 2022 at 4:54 PM MST
|By Melissa Henry
A victim’s partner and Colorado’s Lieutenant Governor were among dozens of people at the memorial service for Daniel Aston, one of five people killed in the Club Q mass shooting.
Updated: Dec. 6, 2022 at 5:01 AM MST
|By Melissa Henry and Tony Keith
The woman accused of running a brothel out of a massage parlor in El Paso County was found guilty by a jury on multiple counts Monday.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2022 at 6:03 AM MST
|By Melissa Henry
“Very rarely do we get the item back to the appropriate owner,” said Wesley Wilkerson with Colorado Springs Police. “As the holidays approach, the opportunities for porch pirates to hit houses in our area increases.”
Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 5:36 AM MST
|By Melissa Henry
King was arrested in fall 2022 after an undercover operation into her massage business located in Security-Widefield. She pleaded not guilty.
Updated: Nov. 5, 2022 at 7:33 AM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
Doctors say, cases of respiratory syncytial virus, commonly called RSV, are spiking in children across the United States months before cases normally peak.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2022 at 5:14 AM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
More than 800 thousand Coloradans have turned in their ballots, but Colorado’s Secretary of State says that’s still slightly behind what voter turnout was at this time leading up to the 2018 midterms.
Updated: Nov. 1, 2022 at 6:19 AM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
As parents and guardians get ready to take their ghosts and goblins out for candy, Children’s Hospital Colorado and police are sharing tips on how to keep those little ones safe.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2022 at 12:40 PM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
Three men are accused of taking just “trophy parts” of an elk and a bear while hunting in mid-September near 11 Mile State Park, according to Park County arrest affidavits.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2022 at 6:48 AM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
Health experts across the country have been warning of a “tripledemic,” saying cases of three respiratory viruses in children could spike all at once.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2022 at 4:53 AM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
The home that KKTV showed you Sunday, blanketed in tumbleweeds, is seeing some relief.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2022 at 5:20 PM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials say there’s been a slight rise in poaching lately, in light of a poaching investigation where three men were arrested and two Colorado Springs homes were searched.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2022 at 11:10 AM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
Three men are accused of having ties to an alleged poaching ring in Park County.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2022 at 6:00 AM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
Southern Colorado teen says he’s lucky to be alive after stray bullet struck him near Texas college
Updated: Oct. 12, 2022 at 7:11 PM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
Kira Villalba and Joenny Astacio will be tried together in two cases, according to a judge’s ruling in El Paso County court Wednesday.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2022 at 5:16 AM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
Colorado Springs man accused of espionage heading to trial, will be kept in custody
Updated: Oct. 10, 2022 at 11:56 AM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
A grand jury has indicted Jareh Dalke, the Colorado Springs man and former NSA employee accused of trying to sell U.S. secrets to Russia.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2022 at 6:05 AM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
A Colorado Springs man facing three violations of the espionage act was in court Wednesday for a detention hearing, which is now continued to next week.
Updated: Oct. 5, 2022 at 5:19 AM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
After a CT scan, an MRI, and a biopsy, doctors told her she has a rare kind of brain cancer called Astrocytoma. It’s produced three tumors on her left frontal lobe, the part of the brain controlling speech and movement.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 6:09 PM MDT
|By Lindsey Grewe and Melissa Henry
A 47-year-old man is facing multiple charges after allegedly sexually assaulting a young teen.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2022 at 6:13 PM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
Three people are dead after three separate crashes in Colorado Springs late Tuesday into early Wednesday, prompting police to share a warning for drivers.
City of Colorado Springs approves minimum of $100,000 settlement tied to arrest at a protest in 2020
Updated: Sep. 27, 2022 at 2:31 PM MDT
|By Melissa Henry and Tony Keith
Colorado Springs City Council approved a settlement of at least $100,000 in connection to the arrest of a woman more than two years ago.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 12:34 PM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
Care and Share‘s goal is to get 8 thousand pounds of food and $50 thousand dollars in donations today.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2022 at 5:15 AM MDT
|By Tony Keith and Melissa Henry
A Colorado man convicted of killing his fiancee in 2018 is trying to appeal his guilty verdict.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 6:05 PM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
Firefighters and police are more likely to die by suicide than in the line of duty, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 4:54 AM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
A man facing murder charges in his wife’s disappearance waived his right to a speedy trial in court Monday, pushing his new trial date out four months.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2022 at 8:04 PM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
It may feel like summer still, but Colorado Springs snow plow drivers are getting ready for winter.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 3:15 PM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
Friday morning marked another step in the El Paso County community honoring fallen sheriff’s deputy Andrew Peery.
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