ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – After more than 45 years, Fox 2’s Elliott Davis is calling it a career, with Davis announcing Monday on his Facebook he is going to retire in August. His last show is set for Aug. 2.
“I’m enjoying the stories I am doing and I’m enjoyed the work, but after 45 years, I just had a feeling of ‘you know what, it’s just time to go,'” Davis told KMOX’s Michael Calhoun on Total Information A.M. “At 72-years-old, I feel like I’ve accomplished a lot with all the help that I have, I believe we have accomplished a lot and I like to spend more time with my granddaughter (whose lives in Atlanta).”
Davis has been a longtime presence in the St. Louis-area, growing up in the area and attending Vashon High School, then started at Fox 2 in May 1980 as a weekend writer/editor. Over the next 45 years, Davis would become a trusted figure in St. Louis, with his signature “You Paid For It” segments and investigations that have seen Davis work to expose government waste of taxpayer’s money over the years.