Kelsey Souto
Weekend Anchor, Reporter
Huntington, WV
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Kelsey Souto is a weekend anchor and investigative reporter for WSAZ. She joined the team in Huntington, WV. December of 2019 after spending several years as a reporter and evening anchor in southern Idaho.
Kelsey was born and raised in the sunshine state and is a graduate of the University of South Florida.
She enjoys consumer reporting, crunching numbers and meeting the people who make every story unique.
In her spare time you can catch her hiking the outdoors, playing with animals or reading a new book.
Updated: Dec. 31, 2022 at 9:52 PM EST
|By Kelsey Souto
It's a Christmas miracle for two pups who were rescued during eastern Kentucky flooding.
Updated: Dec. 6, 2022 at 5:40 PM EST
|By Kelsey Souto
Kentucky has seen 664 deadly crashes around the state this year and could be on pace to reduce traffic fatalities on roads this year.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 5:25 PM EST
|By Kelsey Souto
However, the measure has had trouble getting to the governor’s desk in a Republican dominated legislature.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 11:38 AM EST
|By Kelsey Souto
A stretch of road is shut down in both directions due to a hazmat situation in Garrard County.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2022 at 4:20 PM EST
|By Kelsey Souto
A week before the Magoffin County Bus Crash, 15-year-old Angelica Faith Rife was killed in a UTV crash along with 4-year-old Branston Hill, off Ky Route 7.
Updated: Oct. 5, 2022 at 10:59 AM EDT
|By India Jones and Kelsey Souto
Roy Howard is suing Hemp XR, alleging employees there sold him a delta-8 vape pen without telling him what it was, leading him to crash into a Lextran bus.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 5:09 PM EDT
|By Kelsey Souto
A woman from Mt. Sterling was in Florida when Hurricane Ian hit last week, but was able to travel two hours away just in time.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 4:22 PM EDT
|By Kelsey Souto
Yellow Freight has begun collecting supplies to send down to Ft. Myers later this week.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2022 at 4:41 PM EDT
|By Kelsey Souto
Floridian Jan Sprenger is temporarily calling Kentucky home this week while the Sunshine State awaits Ian’s wrath.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2022 at 5:38 PM EDT
|By Kelsey Souto
Wildcat fans are celebrating another weekend win and starting the season 4-0, but sometimes the excitement gets out of hand and turns criminal.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2022 at 4:58 PM EDT
|By Kelsey Souto
Its workface is made up of mostly those in substance use recovery, and now they’re celebrating their milestone.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2022 at 5:34 PM EDT
|By Kelsey Souto
Weeks after deadly floods ripped through eastern Kentucky, a group of neighbors are now filing suit alleging negligence against an area mining company.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2022 at 4:47 PM EDT
|By Kelsey Souto
Senator Mitch McConnell was asked Monday what is being done for flood victims.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2022 at 4:49 PM EDT
|By Kelsey Souto
At least 18 eastern Kentucky school districts were impacted by historic flooding last month.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2022 at 3:28 PM EDT
|By Kelsey Souto
Six lawyers with Dinsmore in Lexington will be in Letcher County on Friday working with flood victims who are faced with one of those FEMA denial letters.
Updated: Aug. 15, 2022 at 5:18 PM EDT
|By Kelsey Souto
Lawyers from around the region are volunteering their time to help flood victims through the appeal process.
Updated: Jul. 25, 2022 at 5:15 PM EDT
|By Kelsey Souto
Moore, 24, of Catlettsburg, Kentucky, died March 19 in a military aircraft crash while on active duty with the U.S. Marine Corps in Norway.
Updated: Apr. 4, 2022 at 11:39 AM EDT
|By WSAZ News Staff, Emily Bennett and Kelsey Souto
Family, friends and members of the community gathered Monday morning to say a final farewell to a U.S. Marine who was killed during a NATO military training exercise in Norway last month.