Christian Piekos
Joining Chicago's number one news station gave Piekos a welcome and exciting opportunity to return to his roots. He was born in Evanston, raised on the North Shore, and even grew up watching ABC 7.
Prior to ABC 7, Piekos served reporter and fill-in anchor at KSLA-TV in Shreveport, Louisiana Piekos also worked as an anchor and reporter at KPLC-TV in Lake Charles, Louisiana as well as a broadcast associate at CBS News in New York, where he helped coordinate logistics for guests appearing on "CBS This Morning."
Christian is no stranger to the dangerous elements of reporting, as he has extensively covered multiple natural disasters and severe weather events including Hurricane Ida in New Orleans and hurricane Harvey in southwest Louisiana.
A graduate of New Trier Township High School in 2012, Piekos went on to graduate from the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
While in Columbia, Missouri, Piekos worked at KOMU-TV, both anchoring the weekend evenings and producing several weekday newscasts. He also served as an Army ROTC Cadet from 2015-2016 and the Vice President of the Missouri-Columbia chapter of RTDNA. In 2015, Piekos interned at CNN in Atlanta, Georgia.
Piekos now resides in Chicago with his wife, Mary, who serves an OBGYN resident at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge. They are grateful to be back in "Sweet Home Chicago" and enjoy spending time walking their golden retriever, Finn.
Christian's Stories
Chicago police investigating at least 6 overnight business break-ins, possible burglaries
Chicago police are investigating at least six business break-ins and possible burglaries that took place early Friday morning across the city.
Family says final goodbyes at funeral for Marko Niketic, teen killed in Glenview crash
Hundreds showed to pay their respects and honor 17-year-old Marko Niketic.
Man shot, killed while getting into car in Bridgeview, police say
A 39-year-old Bridgeview man was shot and killed while getting into his car early Wednesday morning, police said.
Man killed, 2 critically injured in Englewood grocery store parking lot shooting: Chicago police
Since Tuesday night, at least six people were injured in gun violence, in addition to the man who was killed, Chicago police said.
Evanston residents line up at Hewn Bakery to grab delicious Mother's Day treats
The owners of Hewn Bakery say this labor of love takes months of planning.
Thousands of volunteers participate in clean-up for 32nd Chicago River Day
Saturday marked the 32nd Chicago River Day, organized by Friends of the Chicago River, a nonprofit dedicated to keeping our waterways clean.
Armed robbers target restaurants, liquor stores on North, NW sides, Chicago police say
Armed robbers targeted several fast food restaurants and liquor stores on the North Side Thursday night and shots were exchanged in one of the incidents, Chicago police said.
Lockport Township man accused of shooting neighbor charged with hate crime, ordered held in custody
A Lockport Township man accused of shooting his neighbor appeared in court on multiple felony charges, including attempted murder and hate crime.
Lockport Township man accused of shooting neighbor charged with hate crime, ordered held in custody
A Lockport Township man accused of shooting his neighbor appeared in court on multiple felony charges, including attempted murder and hate crime.
Passerby killed in 'street takeover' shooting in Gage Park, Chicago police searching for suspects
"Wrong place at the wrong time," the victim's family said. Guillermo Caballero was driving through an intersection when he was fatally shot on Sunday.