Steven Cooper
WKMG News Problem Solver Steven Cooper has a 1998 Emmy, 5 Associated Press Awards and one Edward R. Murrow Award to prove he gets the job done!Steven came to WKMG in 1999 after three years as a consumer and investigative reporter in Phoenix. He has also worked as a general assignment/investigative reporter in Springfield, Massachusetts.Steven grew up in Boston, and says he has always wanted to be a consumer reporter. His love of his work shows with insightful, creative and often entertaining reports.He has traveled around the globe, loves mountain climbing, reading, biking and baseball.Steven is also a published author with two books released in major bookstores in the past two years.Watch Steven Cooper weekdays on Local 6 News.Also, drop Steven a note at: scooper@local6.com. Favorite Restaurant:El Charro - Tuscon, AZ Don Pepe's Cuban Cafe - Altamonte, FL
Favorite Food:Caribbean Cooking and any breakfast food
Favorite Genre Of Music: Classic Rock and Soul/R&B
Favorite Muscial Group: Absolutely, Positively...Stevie Nicks!
Favorite Book: Anything by John Irving
Favorite Web Site:bestfares.com and nicksfix.com
Favorite Sport:Baseball
Favorite Sports Team:Boston Red Sox and Arizona Diamondbacks
Favorite Movie:Sunset Boulevard and Schindler's List
Favorite TV Show: 60 Minutes and Will and Grace
Favorite Actor/Actress:Tom Hanks and Carmen Maura
Favorite Quote: "I have learned silence from the talkative; tolerence from the intolerant and kindness from the unkind. I should not be ungrateful for those teachers!" -- Kahlil Gibran
Place You Would Love To Visit: Africa, for a safari!



Three Disney employees are placed on paid leave pending the investigation into a fatal monorail crash.
Days before Austin Wuennenberg was killed in a monorail crash at Disney, he helped make a 4-year-old boy's dream come true.
A clerk at a pizzeria cut himself and falsely reported an armed robbery to cover up his drug habit, sheriff's deputies say.
A former Central Florida middle school teacher who pleaded guilty to having sex with a student is sentenced to five years in jail.
Officials investigate the first fatal accident in the 38-year history of Walt Disney World's monorail.

Thousands flock to a small church in Limerick, Ireland, to pray at the stump of a recently cut tree that many believe looks like the Virgin Mary.
Since Michael Jackson died June 25, fans from around the world have expressed their grief in flowers, balloons, teddy bears, candles, pictures and handwritten notes left throughout the city.
