Jerimiah Pinkins

08/16/2024

I love producing fun things like this! I hope you guys had as much fun watching this as I had putting it together!

08/16/2024

EAST PEORIA, Ill (WMBD) — Late Thursday evening, a car rolled over on off of main street into the side of a Hardee’s restaurant. One person was taken out of the car be East Peoria firef…

06/25/2024

Today was my last day working with the beautiful human being that is Kyreon Lee. I appreciate you more than you know. You taught me so much about the world of journalism, not just how to put on a cohesive show, but how to navigate in a market and company where there’s only a handful of people that look like us. I am eternally grateful for the time we’ve had together and I wish you nothing but the best up in Madison. I know you’ll light up the newsroom there just like you did here.

(P.S. if you thought that was sappy, wait till you see what I wrote in the card I’m gonna give you 😉)

Kyreon Lee shares a message on her last day at WMBD/WYZZ.

06/24/2024

Excited for Alex Menke to join the WMBD morning team again! This will be fun!

06/18/2024

It was an honor and pleasure producing for you this last year and a half. Best of luck wherever you go next, I know you’ll do great!

Onward and upward. 🥹🙏🏽 Central Illinois, from the bottom of my heart THANK YOU! After three wonderful years at WMBD, my last day will be next Tuesday, June 25. I will be moving on to pursue a new opportunity as a morning anchor in another city. I’ll share more about where in the coming days! ✨

This decision wasn’t made lightly, but it truly is an amazing opportunity and advancement for myself and my family.

Thank you for embracing change and allowing me into your home since June 2021. It truly has been my pleasure to serve this community. I’m grateful for the supporters I’ve met out in the community and ones who have interacted consistently here on Facebook. To the small business owners, thank you for allowing me to share your stories. And to everyone that I have met along the way, you all are amazing! I have made so many genuine connections from the community to church and beyond.

This place will forever hold a special place in the heart of my husband and I. This has been home for three years! Our oldest daughter, Mahlani moved here when she was only nine months old and she is now 3.5 years old! We have watched her hit so many milestones and grow here. Same for our second daughter Harmoni. This is where she was born just last year. Peoria truly is where they got their roots.

I will miss working with the multi-talented WMBD team and especially my morning crew. Special thanks to my management team and general manager Shaun Newell who gave this small town Missouri girl a chance at living out her dream. It has played an integral role in my next stop!

We still have five morning shows together, so I hope you all continue to tune in with Sheridan Hurtig, Nathan Kitchens and I and follow me on my next journey. Again, thank you. 💗

06/15/2024

Black excellence ✨

Honored to be in the EXCLUSIVE group of black journalist of Peoria, past, present and future. ✊🏾

06/02/2024

So proud of you!!

05/23/2024

Excited to finally share this!

When I started this job I didn’t know the first thing about journalism. Fast forward a year and a half and I’m now an Executive Producer!

I’m grateful to WMBD for taking a chance on a producer who was just looking to get his foot in the door of the world of television.

Here’s to another few years of putting on a captivating morning show to start your day!

04/17/2024

AEW on TV is making its Peoria Debut this Saturday. Adam Edge Copeland and Will Ospreay joined us on WMBD this morning tell us what we can expect!

PEORIA, Ill, (WMBD) — On Saturday, April 20, All Elite Wrestling is set to make their Peoria debut at the Peoria Civic Center with a special double-taping of their shows “Rampage”…

04/16/2024

I haven't posted on this account in a while, but I definitely haven't forgotten about it!

I’ve had some really cool interviews the past few days. I’ve been a wrestling fan since I was a kid, so it was awesome to not only meet one of my childhood heroes but to also meet one of the hottest wrestlers of today.

I can’t wait for you all to see these interviews tomorrow on WMBD This Morning!