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 911 delay: City committee holds closed door session
For two hours, Milwaukee city committee members met with department heads and attorneys to talk outside of public view about a delayed 911 response for a 99-year-old woman beaten in her home.
Milwaukee police shooting, suspect killed identified
Milwaukee police said a suspect was killed in an exchange of gunfire with an officer. Now, the medical examiner's office has identified that suspect.
Milwaukee fatal hit-and-run sparks calls to address reckless driving
People who live along one of Milwaukee’s main north-south thoroughfares say the city and elected leaders need to do more to address reckless driving on their stretch of roadway, which has again taken the life of one person, and injured another who came to their aid.
Historic 1890s Milwaukee building being demolished after collapse
It will take nearly a month for a demolition contractor to take down a turn-of-the-century building, with a history that harkens back to Milwaukee’s booming brewing industry, that started to collapse earlier this week.
Milwaukee 911 delay, victim's attorney considering lawsuit
An attorney for a 99-year-old woman severely beaten by a drunk man who broke into her Milwaukee home says the previously fiercely independent woman was nearly beaten to death, and he isn’t ruling out lawsuits over the mishandling of 911 calls that left the woman waiting for hours for help.
Milwaukee murder: Teens charged as adults, headed to trial
The second of two Milwaukee teens charged as adults with shooting and killing a man who asked for a ride during a spring rainstorm is headed to trial.
Milwaukee homicides, 3 killed; jail privileges revoked for man accused
A judge has revoked nearly all jail communication privileges for a man charged with shooting and killing three people earlier this month, after prosecutors say he tried to tamper or intimidate witnesses in the case.
Milwaukee school resource officers return to MPS for 2nd year
The Milwaukee Police Department says it hopes to build relationships with Milwaukee Public Schools students and families, as the department is set to start its second full-year with officers in the district, required under the recent shared revenue law.
Milwaukee 911 delay: Questions remain despite completed investigation
The Milwaukee Department of Emergency Communications completed its investigation into the handling of a 911 call and delayed emergency response.
Milwaukee homicides, 3 killed; man accused heading to trial
The man charged with shooting and killing three people in less than 30 minutes in two different parts of Milwaukee is heading to trial as prosecutors are now accusing him of witness tampering.