What Happened To Kelly Ogle? Stroke And Illness Update – Where Is he Now?
Kelly Ogle is an American TV personality. He has been with the KWTV-News 9 since the 1990s.
Previously, he worked as a news department worker at WKY radio in Oklahoma City in 1984 as his first post-college broadcasting job. Four years later at WKY, he took up a place as a reporter for the 1988 Oklahoma News Report of the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA). Following that, in 1984, he was appointed as an assignment reporter at KTVY.
Additionally, he was honored with the Arkansas Associated Press first place reporting award for the documentary The Family Farm: An Endangered Tradition, the Oklahoma Associated Press first place reporting award for the feature report Windmill Man, and the Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalism first-place reporting award for the feature On the Edge of Nowhere, and in 1998 was also nominated for an Emmy for his feature report Power of Prayer.
Likewise, Kelly also earned accolades for the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters Outstanding Achievement Award in 2004 for Best Feature on his report Survivor’s Story. He was also awarded as Chairman’s Team Award in 2004 for the station’s presidential election coverage by The New York Times Company- the former parent company of KFOR-TV, now owned by Tribune Broadcasting.
Further, he is best known for the “My 2 Cents,” an op-ed segment.
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What Happened To Kelly Ogle? Stroke And Illness Update
After his disappearance from the News desk, people have been wondering what had happened to Kelly Ogle.
Although he seemed to be fine right now, the anchor in the past went through serious health problems. He infact updated his fans about his accident through his Facebook page where he mentioned that he was in the hospital because of the accident. He also mentioned that he went through 4-hour surgery to repair his hip socket.
Further, back in 2020, he also went live again to inform his well-wishers about the illness where he state that he was diagnosed with COVID-19 after his return from the vacation.
Where Is He Now?
Legion of Kelly Ogle’s fans has been wondering where he is right now after he has been missing from the News desk.
On January 19, 2022, it was confirmed that legendary OKC newsman Kelly Ogle will be departing from News 9 desk after 20+ years of service, according to the source.
The reports claimed that Kelly is simply being put out to pasture. Although his final broadcast from the anchor desk was set on January 20, 2022, it was reported that he will be hanging around the station filing the occasional “special report” while Karl Torp takes control of anchor duties each night at 5 pm, 6 pm, and 10 pm.
