Meet The Team

Looking back to when I was a kid in Cleveland, Ohio, it was clear to my parents that I was interested in the news at a young age. When we got cable TV in the 1980s, I used to sit and watch CNN and I was fixated on everything from how the news was gathered to how it was presented.

An Emmy award-winning journalist who has been anchoring and reporting across the country for more than 15 years, Erin Connolly joined WFSB (CBS), Connecticut’s most watched television station in 2014 and can be seen weekdays anchoring Eyewitness News at 4, 5, 6 and 11 p.m.

Wendell Edwards co-anchors Channel 3’s Eyewitness News this morning.Prior to moving to Connecticut, he anchored mornings and reported at ABC 3340 News in Birmingham, Alabama and at KOCO 5 News in Oklahoma City.

Nicole Nalepa is the anchor of Connecticut’s #1 morning newscast, “Eyewitness News This Morning", and the co-host of WFSB's newest lifestyle T.V. show--"Great Day at 9A."

Caitlin Francis is an award winning anchor, and joined WFSB in November, 2019. She is thrilled to be part of the dynamic WFSB Morning Team as an anchor/traffic reporter.

Irene O'Connor is well known to viewers in Connecticut as a favorite news personality, a mom and an active supporter of her community and charitable causes.

Kara Sundlun is a two-time Emmy-award winning journalist. You can catch her live every weekday as the co-host of Great Day Connecticut with Scot Haney at 3 p.m. on Channel 3. She also anchors Eyewitness News at Noon

Eric Parker began working at Channel 3 in 2004, first as an Investigative Reporter and later spending a decade as the anchor of Eyewitness News This Morning. Since February 2021, he has been the host of the station’s Sunday public affairs program.

Caitlin is an award-winning Reporter and Anchor who joined the WFSB team in 2017 as the Weekend Morning Anchor.

Del Rio previously worked as a reporter and anchor at WPIX in New York from 2005 until 2009 and at its sister station KTLA in Los Angeles in the same role from 1999 until 2005. She began her career in Palm Springs, California.

Dylan is a Quinnipiac University alumnus with a journalism master's degree.

Ayah Galal joined Channel 3 Eyewitness News in December 2018. She loves being out in the field reporting as an MMJ, in addition to working behind the scenes as a producer.

Marcy Jones joined the WFSB Channel 3 News team in September 2021 as a reporter and fill-in anchor.

Eliza Kruczynski is from Boston and now reports news closer to home.

Matt is a Connecticut native, and excited to be back home reporting and telling stories in the place he grew up.

Hector Molina is a multimedia journalist/reporter who joined Eyewitness News in February of 2023. A Meriden native and UConn graduate, Hector is thrilled to be reporting in his home state!

Susan Raff is our Chief Capitol Reporter. She has covered four Connecticut Governors and numerous legislative sessions. She spends most of her time at the State Capitol. In 2018, Susan was on the campaign trail and gave us in-depth reporting on one of the most hotly contested Governor’s races.

Bryant Reed joined WFSB in October of 2022 as the Weekend Evening Anchor and reports in the field during weekdays.

I graduated from Quinnipiac in December 2020. During my time at Quinnipiac, I interned at News8, WPIX11 in NYC, NBC CT & the weekend edition of the TODAY Show.

Stephanie Simoni has been working as a journalist in Connecticut for more than a decade and proudly joined Channel 3 Eyewitness News in May of 2022.

Roger Susanin joined Channel 3 Eyewitness News in 2015 but his association with breaking news began while he was still in diapers. Roger had just turned two when his family appeared on the news after being trapped on the New Jersey coastline. Roger recalls enjoying the experience greatly!

Cassidy Williams is the consumer investigative reporter for WFSB Channel 3. She joined the team in January 2023. Cassidy is excited to be back on the East Coast for the first time since graduating high school. She was born and raised in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.