Chad Hedrick
Reporter, weekend anchor
Huntington, West Virginia
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Chad joined the WSAZ team in December 2014 as a part time photojournalist, and has since worked his way up to reporter and weekend evening anchor. You can also catch him occasionally on the WSAZ Now digital news desk.
Chad is from Ashland, Ky. and grew up watching WSAZ. He says it is a dream come true for him to work with people he grew up admiring and aspired to be.
Being a Kentucky boy, Chad says he likes to focus on stories and news that matter to the eastern Kentucky viewers in the WSAZ viewing area.
Prestonsburg police say it happened at Water Gape Road and Route 302 Saturday evening.
A Greenup County, Ky. family's home was destroyed by a fire two days after they moved in.
East Tennesseans could go days without power following widespread outages during frigid temperatures
The Sevier County Electric System did not give an estimated time for power to be restored.
The multi-day operation was conducted by the F.A.D.E Drug Task Force, DEA, Russell Police, and Boyd County Sheriff’s Department Narcotics Unit.
The family of a man who was shot and killed by police in 2019 is suing the Knoxville Police Department.
The furloughs and management layoffs are in addition to 23,500 employees who accepted buyouts, retired early or took long-term leaves of absence.
A teenager from Ashland, Kentucky, is fighting to recover from brain trauma after a freak skateboard accident last week.
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all of our lives in some way, but for Sierra O’Brien, it changed her life forever when her father died from the virus in late March.
Tuesday’s primary will be the first time more than 175,000 ex-cons who live in Kentucky will be able to vote since being incarcerated.
An elderly man is in custody after officials say he shot at Mason County deputies early Sunday morning.
A high bond didn't keep an accused rapist in jail for long in Louisiana, and the victim's father is angry and looking for answers.
The Morristown Police Department have charged two men after a shooting incident in south Morristown Wednesday.
The Smoky Mountain Opry Theater made a $50,000 donation to Creative Theater, the largest donation in the theater's history.
The Fee/Hedrick company is in the process of being purchased by World Choice Investments, LLC.
Knoxville native Chris Blue, winner of The Voice season 12, is on stage at the Smoky Mountain Opry this holiday season.
The Fee/Hedrick Family Entertainment Group has announced plans to convert the Smoky Mountain Opry into a pirate themed dinner show in 2019.
Being a kid these days comes with very grown-up pressure. Balancing sports, school and volunteer work plus competing with kids across the country for limited spots in the college of their dreams.
Do you hear yanny or laurel? The video floating across the nation last week has sparked several theories about why we hear what we hear.
An 8th grade class won the grand prize of a $150,000 technology grant from Samsung.
Two Tennessee women were killed in a Christmas Eve double murder, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
The Casual Pint is known for its craft beer, but soon it'll branch out into science. The beer market plans to host the inaugural Pint of Science: The Half-Life Chronicles.