Charly Edsitty
From wildfires to snow storms to serial shootings, Charly has covered all the major breaking news stories coming out of Arizona. She shoots, writes and edits all of her stories and enjoys working both in front and behind the camera.
During her time working at the station's northern Arizona bureau in Flagstaff, Charly was in the middle of some of the state's largest snow storms and wildfires. She also provided leading coverage of the deadly campus shooting at Northern Arizona University and the murder of American humanitarian Kayla Mueller by ISIS.
While in Phoenix, Charly dug into documents surrounding the deadly "serial street shooter" and broke several major developments in an ongoing sexual assault investigation involving a prominent high school football team.
As a proud member of the Navajo Nation, one of the largest Native American tribes in the country, Charly also shined a light onto the many overlooked issues affecting tribal communities, including a piece focused on missing and murdered Indigenous women.
Charly graduated from Baylor University with a degree in print journalism and is also a former White House Intern. She is a member of the Native American Journalists Association and is happy to be back in the great state of Texas. Sic 'Em Bears!
Charly's Stories
CrowdStrike outage 'extremely concerning' after airports, hospitals affected: Cybersecurity expert
A cybersecurity expert called the global technology outage "extremely concerning" after it impacted many systems and businesses across the Houston area.
HPD officer run over by fleeing armed robbery suspects at CVS in Washington Corridor, police say
According to HPD, the injured officer was chasing the suspects as they tried to get into a getaway car before he was run over. They are still at large.
New CenterPoint map gives estimated date for Beryl-related restoration
The map has eight color codes, including a restoration date of July 19, which would be 11 days after Beryl made landfall. Meanwhile, the company now expects 85% of impacted customers to be restored by this weekend's end.
'CenterPointless' graffiti on I-10 sums up customers' feelings with over 1M still without power
In an update on Wednesday evening, CenterPoint said approximately 400,000 customers will be in the dark past Sunday. See the latest restoration data here.
1 woman and 2 men killed in span of 6 hours in violent night across Houston area, police say
A man who died in what police believe was a drive-by shooting near some food trucks on Richmond Avenue was among the three people killed overnight.
Community invited to funeral services for 12-year-old murder victim Jocelyn Nungaray
The public is invited to attend both a funeral service and a celebration of life happening on Thursday for 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray.
High tide and storm surge causes flooding in Surfside as Tropical Storm Alberto moves inland
Some residents were caught off guard by the amount of water brought by Tropical Storm Alberto, the first named storm of what is expected to be a busy hurricane season.
Driver flees after crashing SUV into Alvin home of family of 5, officials say
An Alvin family of five had a frightening wake-up call when an SUV slammed into their home. ABC13 spoke to the shaken homeowner, who said he was jolted awake from the commotion.
Pedestrian hit and killed by METRO bus in downtown Houston identified as city employee
Police said the victim was in the crosswalk at the intersection of Rusk and Smith and had the right-of-way before the bus fatally hit her.
Houston Area Women's Center to provide training for HPD following suspended cases investigation
The training comes in response to the police department's investigation into the more than 260,000 cases that were suspended due to lack of staffing. Thousands of those were sexual assault reports.