Toni Yates
Toni started her career in Savannah, Georgia, first as a reporter at WTOC, then with WSAV as weekend co-anchor. She has twice returned to her hometown where she was a reporter for WTLV, and during a second stint reporter weekend co-anchor for WJXT.
She also held two jobs in Norfolk Virginia, delivering morning news while working a second job as Communications Director for the March Of Dimes.
Toni moved farther up the east coast, landing a General Assignment reporter job at WGAL in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She came to WABC after spending several years at WB 17 in Philadelphia, where she was promoted from weekend anchor-medical reporter to weekday anchor.
Toni has three children, Austyn, Alexis, and Gabriel. She lives in New Jersey, and is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists. Through most of her career, Toni has been involved with the Girl Scouts.
Toni's Stories
Historic heat then freezing temperatures this spring had devastating impact on peach crop in NJ
After a combination of freezing and historic warming, a peach crop for the fourth largest peach producer in the U.S. has been damaged in New Jersey.
Community rallies against construction of giant data center in small NJ town
It seems a lot of residents had no idea what was being constructed at the old Merk Pharmaceuticals site on Galloping Hill Road near the Garden State Parkway.
Suspect arrested in rash of car break-ins in Mount Olive, New Jersey
Mount Olive Police say they got more than nine calls from people reporting car break-ins.
Bear lured out of tree in Elizabeth, NJ neighborhood with donuts and sweets
The bear had been spotted roaming the neighborhood before it climbed about 40 feet up into a tree.
Family sues Oceanport adult day program after son with autism falls from window to his death
Justin McCafferty, 22, who has autism, fell from a third-floor window in the building where the Fort Monmouth Day Program is located.
New Jersey family searches for dog mssing a month after escaping pet sitter's yard
A family from New Jersey is desperate to find their beloved dog, named 'Trouble,' after it escaped from a pet sitter's fenced-in yard a month ago.
Son speaks out after mother killed by pickup truck at Newark laundromat
A man is speaking out after his mother was killed when a pickup truck and another car smashed into a laundromat in Newark on Monday.
Police searching for driver after cars smash into Newark laundromat, killing woman
Essex County officials said a pickup truck struck a parked vehicle outside the Ivy Hill Laundromat on Irvington Avenue around 2:30 p.m., causing both cars to crash into the front of the business.
NJ high school teen accused of creating AI-generated nude photos of classmates
A 17-year-old student is no longer sitting in classrooms with fellow classmates at Montgomery High School after allegedly creating and sharing nude AI images of his fellow classmates.
NJ parents, students devastated after redistricting plan will reorganize several elementary schools
Officials in Old Bridge are moving forward with a long-discussed plan to reorganize schools, reassigning every student to other buildings starting this fall.