Evelyn Holmes
Holmes has worked in Chicago broadcasting for the past 13 years. She started at CLTV as a traffic reporter in June 1996, and while there served as a weathercaster, worked as a general assignment reporter, and fill-in news anchor, as well as a weekend news anchor.
Before moving to television, Holmes was a part of both the Bob Collins and the Spike O'Dell shows on WGN Radio. Recently, she has served as a fill-in show host on WVON-AM Radio.
Holmes is a Chicago native and a graduate of Northwestern University. She is a member of the Chicago Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Black Journalists.
Holmes is involved in numerous charitable and community projects.
Evelyn's Stories
Woman dead after being pulled from Lake Michigan near Monroe Harbor identified
A 34-year-old suburban woman who died after being pulled from Lake Michigan near downtown Chicago on Friday night has now been identified, officials said.
First Tunnel to Towers Chicago Tower Climb honors 9/11 victims, raises funds for charity
First responders, military veterans, and everyday people gathered to climb 50 floors to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice on Sept. 11, 2001.
Chicago-area communities mark 25 years since Sept. 11 with ceremonies, remembrance, calls for unity
Remembrances took place across the Chicago area Friday as the nation marked 25 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Man shot, killed by officer 'armed with an electric hedge trimmer,' Des Plaines police say
Des Plaines police said the 21-year-old man fatally shot by police Wednesday afternoon was "armed with an electric hedge trimmer."
Different school bus driver was at wheel when 6-year-old girl hit, killed in Frankfort: mother
The community in Frankfort is mourning a 6-year-old girl who was hit and killed by a school bus Tuesday afternoon.
Man killed, woman missing after SUV crashes into river on Far South Side, Chicago police say
An SUV lost control and drove into the Little Calumet River in West Pullman Tuesday morning; one man was killed and a woman is missing, Chicago police said.
Chicago Labor Day Parade returns to Southeast Side for first time since 2022
Union members, retirees and labor advocates gathered Saturday for the Chicago Labor Day Parade. The event honors the city's labor movement and the workers who helped shape it.
Chicago weather: Heat Advisory in effect Friday for area with heat index values over 100
The very hot weather for the Chicago area continues Friday.
4 seriously injured in wrong-way crash on DuSable Lake Shore Drive, police say
Four people were injured in a wrong-way crash involving three vehicles on DuSable Lake Shore Drive downtown Thursday, Chicago police said.
Child, 2, killed in Frankfort home; mother hospitalized from self-harm, police say
A two-year-old child died in a domestic homicide in Frankfort and the child's mother was hospitalized after hurting herself Tuesday, police said.