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
Chicago to close 3 migrant shelters by end of October, city says
The city said it currently has more than 5,000 unused beds in the new arrivals system and is re-evaluating the needs of migrants for the rest of this year.
3 shot, including 2 employees, after armed suspects chase man into gas station: Chicago police
Three people were wounded in a shooting inside a Brighton Park gas station Tuesday night, Chicago police said.
Driver killed, another seriously injured in wrong-way crash in Arlington Heights: police
ABC7 spoke with a neighbor who heard the whole thing and was on the scene right after the crash happened.
At least 7 North Side businesses targeted in hours-long smash-and-grab burglary spree: VIDEO
Video shows the offenders getting in and out of a Ravenswood business in less than two minutes.
Keeping pets safe during Chicago heat wave
As temperatures soar, veterinarians are putting out the warning to pet owners.
Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters march on DNC near United Center, rally in Union Park
Thousands marched on the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night. The group planned to travel to Park 578 near the United Center, but they were turned away by Chicago police and funneled back to Union Park.
Crews add new fencing around United Center after breach during DNC; 13 arrested in protests
Security remains a top priority at the Democratic National Convention after a fence outside the United Center was breached Monday.
Protesters breach fence line near United Center on 1st day of DNC; at least 4 arrested
Protesters breached a fence line outside the United Center Monday evening, on the first day of the Democratic National Convention.
Mural celebrating Chicago appears on busy West Loop street ahead of DNC
The mural makes nods to the Bean, our iconic "L" train, the beaches along Lake Michigan, and a Chicagoan's love for mustard on hot dogs, or more likely, their historic disdain for ketchup.
Law enforcement 'overwhelmed' by scope of online child exploitation, Sheriff Dart says
Since its inception in 1998, the CyberTipline says it has received more than 180 million reports of suspected child sexual exploitation. A fifth of those reports came just last year.