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 sex assault case, man charged rejects plea deal
Prosecutors are requesting a trial be put back on for a man charged with sexually assaulting two women earlier this year, after he rejected a plea deal of decades in prison and had to be removed from court.
Milwaukee homicides, 3 killed; trial and key dates set
A woman accused of letting her cousin hide at her home, as police sought the man for allegedly shooting and killing three people this summer, will have her case heard before the judge who is set to preside over the man’s homicide trial next week.
Milwaukee County budget adopted with $4.5 million gap
A day after Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley won the race to be Wisconsin’s next governor, some county board supervisors learned of a budget gap on the eve the budget was set to be adopted, despite the funding discrepancy being known for more than two weeks.
Hit-and-run death, Milwaukee man sentenced to prison
A man, who was out on bond in a drug and gun case when he hit and killed a woman crossing the street in Milwaukee, will spend more than a decade in prison.
World Series: 1982 Brewers reflect on pennant, this year's Crew
The Brewers reached the World Series for the first time since 1982, and members of that pennant-winning team reflected on their run.
Milwaukee hit-and-run: Driver charged on release for 2 prior crashes
A Milwaukee man who’s never had a license and previously served prison time for hitting and nearly killing two people is now charged in a recent crash.
Port Washington data center, judge upholds voter approval ordinance
A judge has sided with Port Washington – and a citizen group behind a voter-passed ordinance created in response to a massive controversial data center project – after a regional chamber of commerce group sued to block the ordinance requiring voter approval for future development projects.
Milwaukee boy charged in school beating, appears in juvenile court
A 13-year-old boy appeared in juvenile court Friday after Milwaukee police said he beat and seriously injured another child at school the previous day.
New Wisconsin youth correctional center to open in Milwaukee
The state’s newest youth correctional center on the city’s northwest side will open in November, as a part of a plan to replace the troubled Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake facilities in northern Wisconsin.
Milwaukee police shooting, child sex crimes; man sentenced to prison
A man convicted of abducting and sexually assaulting an Illinois boy, who was later shot by Milwaukee police after pointing a gun at officers, was sentenced.