Veteran Montgomery Reporter Bids Farewell to WSFA

By Andrew Gauthier 

Montgomery Advertiser

WSFA reporter Eileen Jones was there when 11 defendants in the electronic bingo scandal were first indicted, but she will not be there with her microphone and stylish heels when the final verdicts are read.

And that thought, that one of the biggest news stories in Alabama’s history will unfold without her, is nagging away at her as she finishes her final weeks as a news reporter.

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“It’s tearing me apart. It’s a story with no ending right now. I can’t wait to see how it evolves and what happens — the twists and turns,” Jones, 66, said Friday More…

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