{"id":444618,"date":"2026-09-23T01:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T01:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/444618\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T01:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T01:10:09","slug":"chicago-native-departs-fox-4-after-two-years-of-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/444618\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago native departs Fox 4 after two years of service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fort Worth<\/p>\n<p>A Fox 4 reporter is departing the Dallas-based station after two years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/person\/m\/payton-may?page=1\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Payton May<\/a> announced via social media that her last day at the station (KDFW-TV) is Tuesday, Sept. 22. She had been a reporter on the \u201cGood Day\u201d team since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/news\/new-good-day-fox-4-reporter-payton-may\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">joining Fox 4 in September 2024.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the moment I crossed the Red River two years ago, I knew this place would be special,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DdlpGcRSehS\/\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May wrote online.<\/a> \u201cEvery single 2am alarm was worth it to spend the morning with the most talented team of journalists. Being a part of the \u2018Good Day\u2019 family is an honor I will never take for granted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Payton May leaves Fox 4<\/p>\n<p>May grew up in Chicago and is named after Bears legend Walter Payton, according to her Fox 4 bio.<\/p>\n<p>She graduated from Syracuse University and interned at a couple of news radio stations in the area. After college, May worked as an anchor\/reporter in Traverse City, Michigan, and later as a reporter in Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n<p>Some of May\u2019s final pieces at Fox 4 were about the Ross Fire in Palo Pinto County and the Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfac In case you missed it: <\/p>\n<p>May\u2019s Fox 4 colleague Steve Noviello <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DdluSvAlkrq\/\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">took to social media<\/a> about her departure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the short time she has been here she has made a huge impact, not only as a colleague, but as a friend,\u201d he wrote. \u201cOn the air, she had us all belly laughing in moments of joy and was a steady voice of comfort and objectivity in moments of sadness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>May hasn\u2019t announced what\u2019s next for her.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/259144728\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790125809_226_BraydenHeadshot.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Brayden Garcia\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/259144728\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brayden Garcia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Brayden Garcia is the entertainment reporter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, where he mainly writes about how the film and TV industry impacts North Texas, from Taylor Sheridan shows to the Fort Worth Film Commission and everything in between.\n            <\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fort Worth A Fox 4 reporter is departing the Dallas-based station after two years. 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