FOX Carolina 21Cody Alcorn

Cody Alcorn is the co-anchor of Lauren Elise and Margaret Burnquist on The Morning News weekdays from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m.

Cody grew up in Sikeston, Mo., and went to school at The University of Tennessee at Martin, where he graduated with a bachelor's of arts degree in communications.

Before moving to Greenville in July 2006, Cody worked in Jackson, Tenn., where he was a co-anchor on "Good Morning West Tennessee" at WBBJ-TV. Cody was moved to The Morning News in January 2010.

Since joining the morning team Cody has helped create and grow the Town Takeover series. Each show has a live audience made up of people from each community and the surrounding area. "It's a chance to show off all the unique towns and cities, and gives us a chance to get out of the studio and interact with our viewers," Alcorn said.

Cody's newest series on The Ten O'clock News, called "Inside the Investigation," takes viewers inside open, unsolved homicide cases across the Carolinas.

Cody has reported on some of the Upstate's biggest stories since joining the FOX Carolina News team. He reported from Columbia when musician Travis Barker and DJ AM's airplane crashed during take off. He also reported live from the scene of a 13 hour standoff at a Madison, Ga., motel which stemmed from an Amber Alert in South Carolina. Cody was also part of the FOX Carolina team that reported live from Washington, D.C., during President Barack Obama's historic inauguration.

Cody has also taken viewers along as deputies raided Upstate drug houses, took down prostitutes in the act and busted men accused of trying to meet up with Upstate children for sex.

"This isn't an eight-to-five job," Cody said. "When stories break, we stay on the scene until we gather all the information we can to bring our viewers a fair, accurate report about what's happening."

Most recently, Cody was the first reporter on scene of an attempted bank robbery and hostage situation in Greenville. It was his day off. Cody provided live reports from the scene along side his colleagues until Greenville police were able to bring the situation to an end.

"It's in my blood," Cody said. "I've come to admit that I'm a news junkie."

Email: cody.alcorn@foxcarolina.com

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Awards/Recognitions:

• Southeast Emmy Award Outstanding Achievement Television News Gathering Excellence "Feature News Report."
• Associated Press Award for Series for his reports on "Operation Rolling Thunder"
• Associated Press Award for Investigative Reporting for his reports on "Online Prostitution"

Hobbies: Before news consumed my life, I team-roped, calf-roped and just enjoyed taking an afternoon ride on my horses back home.

Most memorable story: I would have to say the search for 4-year-old Javeion Mayes near downtown Greenville in 2007 really sticks out in my mind. For two days, in 100 degree temperatures, I was out there, along with my colleagues, as hundreds of law enforcement and citizens searched for Javeion. I was actually in the woods filming search crews when they found his body less than a few hundred feet from where I was standing. I won't forget the screams as law enforcement officers yelled, "We found the body!" To see a mother learn her baby has been found dead is unforgettable. No parent should ever have to endure that. It's hard to separate yourself from stories when it involves innocent children who have their whole lives ahead of them. I just remember standing there and thinking how could anyone have killed this little guy. It's a story I will certainly never forget.