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: 23 hours ago
|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.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 5:00 PM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
Harrison School District 2 in Colorado Springs announced it’s expecting a bulk order of Narcan this fall, with doses expected to go into middle and high schools.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 6:28 PM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
A man accused of going to the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs’ campus in May committing an alleged Venmo scam is said to be back on the streets, according to police.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 5:05 AM MDT
|By Tony Keith and Melissa Henry
The El Paso County Coroner’s Office confirmed with 11 News that Alexandra Paz was identified as the female shooting victim following a horrific scene Sunday night in El Paso County.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 10:04 PM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
Naloxone, commonly known by brand name Narcan, will be in more District 11 middle schools for the new school year as one of many tools in the district’s toolbox to combat the fentanyl crisis.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 5:32 AM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
Fentanyl continues to take lives in Southern Colorado, and family members of those passed fear they’re not the last family to experience the tragedy.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2022 at 6:10 AM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
One of Colorado Springs’ largest school districts, D11, is going to all lengths to get new teachers into their schools less than three weeks before the start of the new school year.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2022 at 12:29 PM MDT
|By Tony Keith and Melissa Henry
Colorado Springs City Council has formally approved a new wildfire evacuation plan.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2022 at 5:37 AM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
Colorado’s Lieutenant Governor, Dianne Primavera, was in Colorado Springs Monday signing a proclamation highlighting what she describes as a landmark piece of U.S. legislation.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2022 at 6:08 AM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
Motorcycle deaths are on the rise in El Paso County, which has both local police and the state’s department of transportation concerned.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2022 at 3:34 PM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
People are dying on Colorado Springs roads more than in 2021, and possibly as much as during the deadliest year ever.
Updated: Jul. 6, 2022 at 7:51 AM MDT
|By Melissa Henry and Lindsey Grewe
But Colorado Springs police say it was still too many.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2022 at 5:56 PM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
An alarming trend shows water related deaths are rising on Colorado’s lakes, reservoirs, and rivers... but not all of those happen while boating.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2022 at 5:39 PM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers say, despite many people thinking other summer holidays would be the most popular time to go boating... Father’s Day is actually the state’s busiest boating weekend.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2022 at 5:07 PM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
Every June 15th marks World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, and victim advocates want people to recognize the signs of abuse to know when to make a report.
Updated: Jun. 14, 2022 at 5:41 PM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
The El Paso County coroner’s office released it’s annual deaths report for 2021, and a record breaking 7,000 deaths were investigated.
Updated: May. 31, 2022 at 5:27 AM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
A southern Colorado man says his 8 year old cousin is “a little hero” after last week’s mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, TX.
Updated: May. 14, 2022 at 3:14 PM MDT
|By Aaron Vitatoe and Melissa Henry
Crews responding to fire near COS Airport
Updated: Apr. 27, 2022 at 8:41 AM MDT
|By Melissa Henry and Lindsey Grewe
The entire study can be read inside this article.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2022 at 11:07 AM MDT
|By Lindsey Grewe and Melissa Henry
It’s official: longtime law enforcement veteran Adrian Vasquez is the new chief of police for Colorado Springs.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2022 at 5:55 AM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
If you’ve seen trash alongside the roads in Colorado Springs, you’re not alone.
Updated: Apr. 15, 2022 at 10:47 AM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
Future firefighters for the Colorado Springs Fire Department are in the midst of a five month academy, and those who graduate with this class will do so in one of the hottest and driest times of the year.
Updated: Apr. 11, 2022 at 6:10 PM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
A fire in Pueblo burned nearly 20 acres on Sunday, prompting pre-evacuations for several hours.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2022 at 6:02 PM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
Colorado’s Department of Agriculture has recorded 12 cases of the highly contagious H5N1 avian influenza strain in the state, including five cases in El Paso County.
Updated: Mar. 31, 2022 at 7:35 AM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
A grant foundation in southern Colorado wrapped up their largest grant cycle of the year, sending out $4.5 million to non-profits in El Paso and Teller counties.
Updated: Mar. 29, 2022 at 12:33 PM MDT
|By Melissa Henry
A citizen board that reviews police practices and has power to suggest changes will hear from an interim chief soon on two topics that have received news coverage recently.
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