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Doug Proffitt

Doug Proffitt

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News Anchor, WHAS-TV (Louisville, KY)

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Total articles 284

  • From mass shooting to reclaiming the fateful day, Maryanne Elliott wants you to rethink grief

    By Doug Proffitt Verified| WHAS-TV (Louisville, KY) Verified LOUISVILLE, Ky. — “It’s still an aching loneliness. The house is very quiet.” In her first interview since the Old National Bank mass shooting two years ago that killed her husband and four others, Maryanne Elliott shares why she’s finally able to talk publicly. That day, April 10, 2023, she remembers what she was doing at 8:38 a.m., the exact time of the shooting.

    By Doug Proffitt Verified · WHAS-TV (Louisville, KY)

    Apr. 03, 2025

  • He's covered the world's biggest stories. Why was a CNN anchor in a Louisville news station's basement?

    By Doug Proffitt Verified| WHAS-TV (Louisville, KY) Verified LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The son of a woman who broke barriers in the journalism industry visited the WHAS11 archives on Monday, and it took him down memory lane. Jim Sciutto's mother, Liz Sciutto, worked at WHAS-TV in 1951. The station hired her right out of school, and she became the first female film editor in Louisville. The late Milton Metz, of WHAS-TV & Radio, also believed she was the first female film editor in the country at that time.

    By Doug Proffitt Verified · WHAS-TV (Louisville, KY)

    Nov. 27, 2024

  • From mass shooting to reclaiming the fateful day, Maryanne Elliott wants you to rethink grief

    By Doug Proffitt Verified| WHAS-TV (Louisville, KY) Verified LOUISVILLE, Ky. — “It’s still an aching loneliness. The house is very quiet.” In her first interview since the Old National Bank mass shooting two years ago that killed her husband and four others, Maryanne Elliott shares why she’s finally able to talk publicly. That day, April 10, 2023, she remembers what she was doing at 8:38 a.m., the exact time of the shooting.

    By Doug Proffitt Verified · WHAS-TV (Louisville, KY)

    Apr. 03, 2025

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WHAS-TV (Louisville, KY)

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

+1 502-582-7711