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Veronica Ortega joined CBS News Detroit in September 2024.
She is very familiar with the region because, for more than three years, Veronica worked as a reporter and weekend morning/noon anchor at WZZM 13 ON YOU SIDE in Grand Rapids, Michigan. That's where she earned a Michigan Association of Broadcasters "Best in Sports" award for her story, "Sparta-Rock Rugby."
Veronica comes to the Motor City with 10 years of broadcast journalism experience. Before moving to Michigan, she also worked as an anchor and reporter at the ABC News affiliate in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Plus, reporting stints in South Bend, Indiana and Lincoln, Nebraska.
She has covered everything from breaking news, court cases, two historic floods, tornadoes and more. Her favorite stories to tell are human interest pieces. Veronica is a passionate animal welfare advocate and has spent years promoting adoption, fostering, and rescue efforts in every community she has lived in.
Veronica is originally from Chicago, the city, not the suburbs, and holds a master's degree in journalism and a bachelor's degree in history from DePaul University. In 2014, she was an intern at WGN News in Chicago.
When she's not at work, you can find her spending time together with her rescue dog Jingles, binge-watching Netflix, reading as many books as possible and exploring new restaurants around Detroit.
Service organizations in Metro Detroit are banding together to help feed people in need.
With the government shutdown and the pause on SNAP benefits, more people are in need, and they don't always know where to find them.
SNAP recipients can visit the Green Boots Veteran Community Horticulture Marketplace for fresh produce.
The Trump administration will use contingency funds to issue partial Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments for the more than 40 million people.
The attorney of one of the Michigan individuals suspected by the Federal Bureau of Investigation of being involved in planning an attack over Halloween weekend is pushing back against law enforcement allegations.
Two sisters from Oxford started the Little Friendsgiving Food Drive in 2019 as a way to help people in the community. They collected three tons of food this year, their highest total ever.
In September, the Greater Detroit Agency for the Blind and Visually Impaired announced it would be closing next month due to the lack of funding. Since then, the organization has changed course.
All residents at a senior living facility in Southgate, Michigan, have been accounted for after a massive fire at the complex Friday night, according to police.
A man suspected of hitting another man with an SUV in Dearborn appeared in court alongside his defense attorney.
The new high school is expected to open in fall 2027.
The need for affordable housing continues to be a top priority for Detroit residents.
Anyone looking to help in an emergency can take advantage of an opportunity in Detroit to become a member of the Community Emergency Response Team.
Authorities say the mother admitted to investigators that she gave her daughter the knife for protection.
Dawud Walid, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations Michigan chapter, says it's a promising sight.
Families with children who spent time in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the Detroit Medical Center's Sinai-Grace Hospital reunited with the doctors and nurses who cared for them on Saturday.