WGN reporter Winnie Dortch is sharing her survival story after a domestic violence attack last year.
On Oct. 7, 2024, an incident in Cleveland almost kept Dortch from returning home to Chicago. Growing up in the city’s East Garfield Park neighborhood, she dreamed of working at WGN. Later in life, a reconnection with her high school sweetheart and the birth of a baby followed.
Then the relationship took a turn…