Longtime local journalist Tom Williams, seen at the podium, has been named the new morning anchor for Eyewitness News WBRE/WYOU-TV, <a href=

Longtime local journalist Tom Williams, seen at the podium, has been named the new morning anchor for Eyewitness News WBRE/WYOU-TV, the station announced this afternoon.

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WILKES-BARRE — Longtime local journalist Tom Williams has been named the new morning anchor for Eyewitness News WBRE/WYOU-TV, the station announced this afternoon.

Williams will join the morning team with Kelly, Logan and Sydney weekday mornings on Eyewitness News starting at 4:30 a.m., the station’s report said.

In March 2022, Williams left his post as Newswatch 16 This Morning anchor, after nearly 30 years. His career at WNEP began when he interned at the station in the summer of 1987.

After briefly leaving the area, Williams returned to Newswatch 16 as a reporter in 1992, as a beat reporter in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre before becoming the weekend anchor.

Williams moved to weekday mornings in 1996.

Williams and his wife, Colleen, have lived in Mountain Top for 31 years where they raised three children.

Williams is the son of Harry and Carolee Williams and he has a sister and two brothers. A native of Kingston, he is a graduate of Wyoming Valley West High School and he graduated from Penn State University with a degree in broadcast journalism.

See more in Thursday’s edition of the Times Leader.

Reach Bill O’Boyle at 570-991-6118 or on Twitter @TLBillOBoyle.