Kerry Kavanaugh
Kerry Kavanaugh joined Channel 2 Action News in September 2010. She started with an early 2 a.m. wake up call on Channel 2 Action News This Morning.
In March 2011, Kerry was promoted to take over the station's Gwinnett County bureau. You can now find Kerry's stories on Channel 2 Action News at 4, 5, and 6 in the afternoon.
Before coming to Channel 2, Kerry was a reporter and anchor at the ABC affiliate in Tampa, Florida. In Tampa Bay, she covered Florida politics and consumer issues. In 2009, the Society of Professional Journalists awarded her first place for consumer reporting in Florida.
Kerry also spent two years at WHO-TV in Des Moines, Iowa. In Iowa, Kerry covered everything from tornadoes to the immigration debate. In 2007, she traveled to Villachuato, Mexico to reconnect with undocumented immigrant workers after their meat packing plant was raided and they were deported.
The Associated Press of Iowa and the Iowa Broadcast News Association honored her series of stories with first place documentary awards. She was also part of the team which earned WHO-TV an Emmy for Best Newscast.
Kerry got her start in TV out west in Bozeman, Montana. She was a one-woman show: shooting, writing and editing all of her own stories.
She is a native of Boston, Massachusetts and attended Boston College. Let’s go Eagles!
She loves her Boston sports teams, but cheers on the Atlanta teams too.
Kerry is fluent in Spanish. She loves traveling and trying new restaurants, so pass along your suggestions.
She lives in Gwinnett County with her husband, Jason, and their dog, Jerry Springer Spaniel, and their cat, Nomar.
You can watch Kerry throughout the day on Channel 2 Action News beginning at 4:30 a.m.
If you have a story you want to tell, e-mail kerry.kavanaugh@wsbtv.com or tweet @ReporterKerry.
Latest from Kerry Kavanaugh
Child molestation case against former scout leader delayed again
Channel 2 Action News has learned the judge presiding over the case against a former Boy Scout leader accused of child molestation has been disqualified. Channel 2’s Kerry Kavanaugh pulled the court file and obtained the order, which was filed on Friday. Last Thursday, Harry Brett Taylor was back in ...
Teen says she's fed up with crime in her neighborhood
A Gwinnett County teenager contacted Channel 2 Action News because she said she's fed up with crime in her neighborhood. She told Channel 2's Kerry Kavanaugh the final straw was the gunshots fired outside her apartment Saturday night. "I heard at least six or seven shots. I called the police ...
Gwinnett police search for men wanted in jewelry theft, assault
Police are searching for two men who broke into the home of a jewelry store owner, assaulted his wife and stole $100,000 in jewelry. Investigators believe the robbers targeted the family because of their business and their ethnicity. "That is very disheartening for any good citizen," said Shiv Aggarwal an ...
Boy Scout leader accused of molestation wants a new judge
A former Boy Scout leader accused of child molestation is arguing that he may not get a fair trial. Harry Brett Taylor of Lawrenceville faces 32 different charges based on allegations made by 12 different children in 2008. He’s still waiting for a trial and now his defense team is ...
Woman warns of thieves posing as workers
A Gwinnett County woman says a pair of thieves managed to steal all of her valuable jewelry while she was at home and she says she's not the only victim. Channel 2's Kerry Kavanaugh talked to police about the trick the men are using to lure people out of houses ...
Gwinnett takes on foreclosure crisis
Gwinnett County's top leader announced a new program Wednesday to rehabilitate neighborhoods hit hard by the foreclosure crisis. Board of Commissioners Chairwoman Charlotte Nash introduced the program during the annual State of the County address. She said while Gwinnett continues to grow and prosper, abandoned and blighted homes are bringing ...
Family of slain mother may be moving out of state
Channel 2 Action News has learned the husband of a Gwinnett County mother killed last summer could be planning to move out of state with his two young daughters. A search party found the body of Nique Leili, 44, in a wooded area near her Lawrenceville home in July. So ...
New details released in court over teen's fatal shooting
Police aren't saying much about the relationship between the six men they say were all involved in a deadly Norcross home invasion last Thursday night. The victim, Nicholas Jackson, 15, was gunned down while playing video games. But for the first time, we are learning more about the roles investigators ...
Gwinnett good Samaritan walking again after crash severed leg
A Gwinnett County good Samaritan is walking again, less than six months after a hit-and-run driver severed his leg in a crash. But getting to this point was nearly a six-month process. "Every single day feels like a month, every single day," Caleb Graves told Channel 2's Kerry Kavanaugh. The ...
Police: Woman steals thousands from autism nonprofit
Channel 2 Action News obtained the arrest warrants for a woman Suwanee police said stole thousands of dollars from a major non-profit while she was executive director. Cynthia Pike, 47, a Lawrenceville resident, ran the Autism Society of America Georgia Chapter since 2007. Pike's attorney called her an innocent and ...
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