Richard Ransom

Back onto Facebook (FINALLY) after months and months of trying to convince this platform that I no longer had the cell phone it kept sending my verification code to!

BREAKING NEWS! My wife the wonderful opportunity to work at her company in Orlando. So I have decided to do what she’s done for me by following me around for my entire career & moving to the Sunshine State! This will get us closer to our daughter and her beautiful family in St. Augustine as well as my mom in the Tampa area and many of my wife’s relatives, too.

We’re very excited for this new chapter. Please DM if you’re ever in the area or might know someone there who’s hiring! Lol.

More to come including my thoughts on leaving the Mid-South after first moving here in 1995

BREAKING NEWS! 🎤📣

I’m excited to let y’all know that soon, I am leaving TV news to start a new chapter in my career —one that I couldn’t be more thrilled about!

While an official announcement is coming soon, I wanted to thank all of you who’ve supported my dedication to and passion for good journalism. Thank you for trusting me to tell your stories — it has been my greatest honor to inform and connect with this incredible community. Your unwavering loyalty and trust over the years has meant everything to me.

More than 30 years in this business has allowed me to tell heartwarming stories, cover hurricanes, expose corruption, and even interview a sitting president in the White House. I helped Memphians to Pass It On and told owners of dirty restaurants to CLEAN UP! What a ride it’s been and I am full of gratitude. 

I’ve also had the honor of working with some of the best in the business. True professionals committed to the standards good journalism demands who often don’t get enough credit for delivering the news to you despite the many challenges facing local news.

Thank you for inviting me into your homes every night. I’ll still be on ABC 24 through most of next month, and then it’s on to my next adventure. It’s time.

Stay tuned — I can’t wait to share what’s next!