Bill Miston
Bill Miston is an award-winning journalist, currently working for WITI-TV FOX6 in Milwaukee. He has more than ten years of journalism and reporting experience, having worked for Chicago, Champaign, Ill., Rockford, Ill., Green Bay, Wis., and Oklahoma City news operations.
Bill came to WITI from its Oklahoma City sister station, KFOR-TV, in April 2019 where he spent more than two years covering wildfires, state politics, crime, and local and federal courts. He also served as a fill-in anchor.
If Bill looks familiar to FOX6 viewers, that’s because he is. He previously worked as a reporter and fill-in anchor at WLUK-TV Fox 11 News in Green Bay for four-plus years, covering business/municipal development, crime, state and federal politics, and features reporting.
In 2016, Bill won the award for Best Sports Reporting Award in the state from the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association for the story of a high school athlete and college recruit forced to quit football because of concussions, and the effects that continued to impact his life.
Bill’s work as been featured on NBC, CNN, FOX News, The Associated Press and other television stations across the country.
Before arriving in Green Bay in 2011, he spent more than three years as a multimedia journalist, producer and fill-in sports anchor at Rockford’s NBC affiliate, WREX-TV. Bill also spent time working as a field producer, writer, editor and photographer in Chicago and Champaign, Ill. television newsrooms.
A native of Chicago’s south suburbs, he received a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2008, specializing in political science and speech communication.
Bill’s journalism career began at the University of Illinois, starting as a reporter with Illini Media Company — the independent, student-run media organization — in 2004.
Bill is excited to be back in Wisconsin. When he’s not working, you can usually find him hiking, camping, downhill skiing, or on an area body of water with (or without) one or two skis strapped to his feet. Bill is a show skier, 3-event competitive water skier, and certified ski instructor.
The latest from Bill Miston
Milwaukee fatal shooting, 51st and Locust; 12-year-old remains in custody
Prosecutors are reviewing whether to charge a 12-year-old boy with shooting and killing a man. It happened several days ago – and on Wednesday, Dec. 18, the boy was back in court.
Milwaukee fatal shooting; child arrested, remains in juvenile custody
A judge ruled that a 12-year-old boy arrested for shooting and killing a man over the weekend will remain in juvenile custody for now.
Milwaukee firefighter, brother charged with beating accused burglar
A Milwaukee firefighter and his brother are accused of severely beating a man. The victim, who is also charged, has a history of breaking into homes.
Green Lake kayaker faked death; warrants detail investigation
Now-sealed search warrants show how investigators tracked down Ryan Borgwardt, the Wisconsin kayaker accused of faking his own death.
48th and Lloyd homicide; wanted Milwaukee man arrested
A manhunt for a man wanted in a Milwaukee homicide is over. The shooting happened near 48th and Lloyd on April 23.
Kidnapping, robbery, attempted sexual assault; Milwaukee man accused
A woman, saved by an Uber driver. Prosecutors say she was attacked and dragged into a downtown alley. The man charged in the case was out on bond awaiting trial in one case, and on extended supervision in another.
Milwaukee prostitution ring; 6 men charged, search warrants unsealed
There is new information about an investigation into a prostitution ring.
Sade Robinson homicide; Maxwell Anderson trial delayed
The trial of Maxwell Anderson has been pushed back from Dec. 9 to May 2025. That change was made in a pretrial hearing on Monday, Dec. 2.
Black Friday kicks off holiday shopping; Wauwatosa shop owners stoked
With Thanksgiving behind us, the focus is now on the holiday shopping season – and Black Friday is just the start.
Greenfield child death cold case; Ronald Schroeder sentenced to prison
Ronald Schroeder, the man convicted in the 1991 cold case death of his infant daughter, will be sentenced on Monday, Nov. 25.