Lori Tucker Biography
Lori Tucker is a renowned American Journalist working as a weekday anchor for WATE-TV Newscast in Knoxville, Tennessee, at 4 pm, 5 pm, and 6 pm. She joined the station in 1993 and has been with the WATE Team for over three decades.
Lori Tucker Age
Tucker celebrates her birthday on March 10 every year. However, she manages to keep information regarding her year of birth away from the limelight. Judging from her appearance, she might be in her 50s.
Lori Tucker Height
Tucker is of average body stature, standing approximately 5 feet 6 inches tall, which is equivalent to 167.64 cm.
Lori Tucker Husband / Children
Tucker is married to her best friend, Steve Wiggins, who works as a sideline reporter for most SEC football, basketball games, and gymnastics competitions for ESPN. Together, they have 2 daughters, Kelsey Dry and Sarah Reed, two sons-in-law, and two granddaughters, Riley and Blakely. Tucker wished her daughter Kelsey, who got married on October 7, 2024, a Happy Birthday on her Instagram account on July 24, 2025, captioning ‘Happy happy birthday to our beautiful daughter Kelsey.’
Lori Tucker Family
Tucker was born and raised in her hometown of Little Rock by her parents alongside her two sisters. However, her parents passed away as she stated in one of her posts on her Instagram account, which she posted on June 16, 2024. She captioned ‘This is the first Father’s Day without my sweet dad. I know he’s having a grand time in heaven with my mom.’ Information about her siblings is, however, not known to the public.
Lori Tucker Education
Tucker attended the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, where she graduated in 1978 with a degree in Radio, TV, and Film. She also pursued Early Childhood Education at Arkansas State University. Additionally, Tucker is a 1998 graduate of Leadership Knoxville and a member of the Executive Women’s Association of Knoxville.
Lori Tucker Career
Tucker works as a weekday anchor for the WATE evening newscast at 4 pm, 5 pm, and 6 pm. She joined the station in 1993 and has been with the WATE Team for over three decades. She also hosts a weekly segment on legal issues where she provides a weekly feature profiling heroes in the community, and a weekly feature called “Positively TN. Tucker joined the team as a weeknight news anchor and later got her promotion to work as a weekday evening anchor in June 1993. Before coming to Knoxville, Tucker worked as a weeknight news anchor for KHTV News Channel 9 in Houston, Texas.
Tucker began her journalism career in July 1980 as a reporter at KATV in Little Rock, Arkansas. She later moved to KMOL in San Antonio, Texas, where she also worked as a weeknight anchor. Throughout her career as a journalist, Tucker has received several accolades, including the Best Television Anchor award, which she was awarded by the Society of Professional Journalists for her credible work. Additionally, Tucker received the “Caught Doing Right for Kids” award after she founded WATE’s annual “Project Grad Telethon,” which helps high school graduates with college or trade school expenses.
Furthermore, Tucker has also received the Edward R. Murrow Award, a team award for the evening newscast, the Joy Dirksen Baker Award for her work in educating the public about cancer, and additionally, the Russell Cecil Award for her medical reporting.
Lori Tucker Salary
Tucker receives an annual income ranging between $30,000 and $90,000.
Lori Tucker Net Worth
Through Tucker’s career as a Journalist, she has been able to accumulate a net worth that ranges between $1 million and $ 5 million.
Lori Tucker WATE-TV
Tucker works with WATE-TV where she serves alongside her fellow anchors, reporters, and meteorologists, such as;
- Tearsa Smith
- Stan Smith
- Bo Williams
- Ella Wales
- Ken Weathers
- Matt Condon
Lori Tucker Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
Tucker is active on her social media accounts. She has about 11.6K followers on her Twitter account @newstucker, and around 3.1K followers on her Instagram account @newslori.