Laurie Jennings leaves WPLG this week; Nicole Perez to take her place (for now)

Jennings has been in South Florida for 21 years. She worked as an morning anchor at WHDH-Channel 7 in Boston before heading to sister station WSVN-Ch. 7 in North Bay Village. In 2004, she began working at WPLG where she co-anchored with Dwight Lauderdale and then Charles Perez. For the past decade, she and Calvin Hughes have been the station’s lead team anchoring the 4, 5, 6 and 11 p.m. weekday newscasts.