Rob Hughes
"Rob is a skilled and experienced anchor as well as a versatile reporter who has covered everything from big sports stories to politics," said ABC7's news director at the time.
Hughes joins ABC 7 from Atlanta News First, the CBS station in Atlanta where he first served as weekend morning anchor/reporter and was quickly promoted to weekday morning anchor/reporter. He covered numerous major stories including Georgia's transition from red state to swing state, an Atlanta Braves World Series, and the impact of tropical storm Hurricane Zeta, for which the news team won an Emmy® Award for Best Morning Newscast.
From 2016 to 2020, Hughes served as an anchor/reporter at WCNC in Charlotte, North Carolina, after transitioning from the sports anchor desk. Prior to that, he worked as a sports director at WLFI in West Lafayette, Indiana, and began his broadcast career as a sports reporter/anchor at Kansas First News.
He graduated from Purdue University in Indiana with a Bachelor of Science in economics and earned a Master of Arts in sports journalism from Indiana University.
Rob's Stories
16-year-old girl shot, killed in Avalon Park worked with 'Englewood First Responders,' friends say
A 16-year-old girl who was killed in a Fourth of July shooting on the city's South Side is being remembered by the community organization she worked with, hoping to diminish gun violence by performing acts of service.
Massive pothole damages dozens of vehicles on I-294: Illinois State Police
A large pothole left at least 30 vehicles stranded on the Tri-State Tollway on Monday morning.
U.S. reps. denied access to Broadview immigration facility; Speaker Johnson tours Chicago ICE office
For the second straight day, Illinois U.S. representatives attempted to enter a federally-operated facility, but said they were denied access. Meanwhile, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson visited the Chicago ICE Field Office downtown.
U.S. Reps. Krishnamoorthi, Jackson denied tour of South Loop immigration check-in facility
A pair of Illinois congressmen showed up Tuesday at a South Loop facility used to monitor immigrants living in the U.S. without legal authorization; they were turned away.
Video shows federal agents rip Elgin man without criminal record from pickup truck, his partner says
Video that has been shared hundreds of times and is circulating on social media shows federal agents ripping a man out of a pickup truck on a residential street in Elgin before putting him in handcuffs and taking him away.
Indiana woman stranded for 6 days in wrecked car leaves hospital after 13 surgeries
Indiana woman Brieonna Cassell spent almost a week in a ditch, suffering from serious injuries, while an entire community searched for her. She was recently discharged from the hospital after more than a dozen surgeries to save her life and her legs.
7 injured in Joliet apartment building fire; young family rescued from balcony: officials
Seven people were injured in a Joliet apartment building fire Tuesday morning, fire officials said.
Suspect charged with murder in Streamwood stabbing of 2 sisters, police say
A suspect has been charged with murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of his two sisters in Streamwood last week, police said.
Nearly 300 lose jobs after company announces abrupt closure of IL facility
On Monday, nearly 300 people were let go from their job after a facility closed its doors. The mayor said he only a 15 minute heads up from the company.
Chicago's Navy Pier Marina to open to boat traffic next month
Navy Pier announced that its marina is set to open to boat traffic in June.