Mike Flannery, political editor at WFLD Chicago, known as Fox 32, has retired. He spent 13 years at the Fox-owned station and hosted Flannery Fired Up. He signed off June 30.
Flannery, 72, covered politics at the Chicago Sun-Times before shifting to television in 1980. He spent 30 years at WBBM Chicago before he came to WFLD. Flannery’s first day on the job at Fox 32, in 2010, saw him cover the corruption trial of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
