Third Generation reporter Rafer Weigel moved back to his hometown, Chicago along with his wife and son, after Fox32 announced he'll be joining them.
He was previously working for the Fox affiliate station KTVI. His Chicago fans are joyous to find out that the reporter is back home. Let's take a look at his personal life and be up close and personal with the journalist.
Rafer Weigel-Marriage life with Wife
Rafer is certainly happy as returning to your respective hometown makes you feel wonderful and Rafer is also feeling the same. His father and grandfather both made a name for themselves in this state so naturally, he would want to do the same.
The journalist will be moving to his hometown with his lawful wife and child. He has smartly kept his personal life low profile, so not many people know about his conjugal life.
He is one of those people who doesn't want to involve his personal life with professional life. What we do know is that he is a married man. He exchanged vows with his wife, Tiffany, a long time ago.
This was the first marriage for him and his wife. Though we don't know the exact date of their nuptials, we can tell they are together for some time now.
And not once have we heard any rumors of divorce between them. His wife will now have to settle in a different environment after a long time.
Rafer Wiegel-Children with Wife
He is also a proud parent of one child. Despite his busy career, Rafer is a very caring father to his son and whenever he is free he would spend time with his son.
Not many journalists can proudly say that. His son name is Heathcliff. The father son duo is usually playing together and Rafer shares lots of photos of him.
It's happening. A father and son moment that comes once every few hundred years. #SolarEclipse17 pic.twitter.com/lcG4g832Km
— Rafer Weigel (@RaferWeigel) August 21, 2017
Though the captions can be a bit funnier than usual. His son is an avid Football player and often gets lots of bruises during a practice session. The family is the fan of Northwestern Wildcats and Rafer wants his son to go there.
Quick facts about Rafer Weigel
- Born on May 5, 1969 (age 48), in New Haven, CT.
- He is the son of Tim Weigel and grandson of John Jacob Weigel.
- He graduated from Evanston Township High School.
- He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- At first, he decided to become an actor and studied drama.
- He started his career as a broadcast journalist and interned in WLS-TV.
- He worked them as a sports anchor.
- He recently joined the FOX 32 news.
- He currently broadcasts 9 p.m. newscasts in Saturday and Sunday.
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