By BOB SHRALUKA
WZBD.com
Krista Miller McElhatten is leaving channel 21, WPTA-TV.
She announced on Facebook this evening (Thursday) that her final 21Alive newscast would be at 7 p.m. Friday. She now does the 7 and 11 p.m. newscasts on the Fort Wayne station.
Her departure follows the sudden apparent firing of her husband and co-anchor, Brian, in mid-August.
Neither Krista nor Brian has announced any future plans at this time.
In the FB post, Miller said: “After three and a half years back in Fort Wayne, my time at 21Alive is coming to an end. My last newscast is tomorrow (Friday) at 7 PM.
“It was my dream to anchor the news on 21Alive, and to get to do that alongside my husband was truly a gift.”
“Thank you for welcoming me into your homes, trusting me to share your stories and making this such an adventure.”
Miller started at WPTA in March of 2020, following a couple of years in the news division at KAKE-TV, an ABC station in Wichita.
Her first job in TV was with what is now Fort Wayne’s NBC, channel 33, as a reporter and anchor.
Miller is a Decatur native, the daughter of Adam and Susan Miller of rural Decatur. After graduation from Bellmont High School in 2009, she studied at Butler University, receiving a bachelor’s degree in electronic journalism.
McElhatten began at the Fort Wayne station in Oct. of 2015.
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