Mycah Hatfield
She is so glad to be back in Houston! Mycah grew up in the Spring area but has spent almost the last decade outside of Texas.
Previously, she reported in Tulsa, Okla. and Lafayette, La. Mycah covered countless natural disasters, the Baton Rouge Police Officer shooting, the Grande Theater shooting and all nine days of the historic Oklahoma Teacher Walk Out.
She has been part of Emmy-winning coverage of the August 2017 tornado in Oklahoma and won first place awards from the Associated Press and Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists for a story highlighting athletes battle with opioids. Mycah was also given the Golden Heart Award from the Louisiana Humane Society for her work with animal cruelty cases. Most recently, she was given the Oklahoma Governor's Disability Employment Excellence Award for a series of stories highlighting adults with disabilities in her area.
Reporting is a passion for Mycah. She loves to be in the know and the first one to know. More importantly, she loves the chance to meet people in her community she otherwise might not cross paths with.
She is a proud University of Oklahoma graduate and a member of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority.
Even though she was away from the great state of Texas for years, she always made it a point to come back for the Houston Rodeo. Rodeo season is her favorite time of the year.
In her spare time, Mycah loves to watch Sooner Football, lounge by the pool and host dinner parties.
Mycah would love to hear from you, whether it is a simple "hello" or an idea for a story.
Mycah's Stories
Downtown restaurant closes its doors after 22 years, citing 'changing climate of our city'
In a Facebook post, the owner of Sambuca said Houston's changing climate, with rising homelessness and crime, contributed to the restaurant's closing after 22 years in business.
Activists want HPD officer fired after he was seen roughing up an inmate while working at jail
Activists are questioning HPD's hiring practices. "We do not need the Harris County Jail and all the violence there coming out onto the streets of Houston," a civil rights attorney said.
17-year-old shot in attempted carjacking at public park in north Harris County, deputies say
The Harris County Sheriff's Office said a 17-year-old is undergoing surgery after being shot during an attempted carjacking at Gerber Park on Gaston Street.
San Jacinto County Jail remains closed from Hurricane Beryl damage, some say for political reasons
San Jacinto County inmates are being housed in other counties, some out of state, while jail repairs from Beryl are still underway. Some say small-town politics is playing a role in why it hasn't reopened already.
Investigation into how HPD hired ex-detention officer at center of several investigations continues
The investigation into how the Houston Police Department hired a former Harris County detention officer at the center of several investigations continues.
HCSO searching for hit-and-run driver who killed 2-year-old girl in Channelview
Initially, HCSO believed the neighbor in a red SUV hit and killed the girl, but throughout the course of their investigation, deputies determined that was not the case.
Video shows inmate emerging from dumpster near Harris County Jail hours after escaping custody
ABC13 obtained video of the moments a runaway inmate was leaping out of a dumpster and being re-arrested more than three hours after escaping police custody inside the Harris County Jail's sallyport.
18-year-old arrested and charged after 37-year-old killed during meet up for PlayStation 5 sale
"He got his head blown off for a PlayStation 5," the victim's mother told ABC13. She wants others to be highly alert when buying or selling anything online.
Hit-and-run suspect arrested at IAH after allegedly killing bicyclist on Airtex Blvd, officials say
Nyla Gamboa was arrested at IAH while trying to board a flight out of state amid a search for her, authorities say. She is accused of being behind the wheel of a hit-and-run crash that killed a bicyclist on Airtex Boulevard.
Texas A&M senior turns to TikTok to document cancer journey, garnering millions of supporters
Breeze Hunter said it started as a headache that wouldn't disappear, and extensive bloodwork showed something more serious. Now she's showing her journey to combat the disease.