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WHEREAS, born in Shreveport, LA and raised in Anderson, Indiana, Stacy Smith is widely known and respected as the News Anchor at CBS. KDKA-TV, and after a 50 year broadcasting career, is about to step away from KDKA where he spent most of his career; and,
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WHEREAS, Stacy Smith will be retiring on May 31, 2021. He began his career at WLBC-AM in Muncie,IN and then in Louisville, Indianapolis and Kansas City before coming to KDKA as a News Anchor in 1983; and,
WHEREAS, Stacy has been the constant presence during breaking news situations as well as having made a name for himself in election coverage, reporting all the way through the 2020 election. Career highlights included the Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award for courage of the 1994 USAir Flight 427 crash, coverage of the Tree of Life shooting, the dispute between UPMC and Highmark and an award for a report on organ transplants and Dr Thomas Starzl. He received the the Golden Quill Award for a special on Pittsburgh Bishop Donald Wuerl that he co-produced and anchored. He worked on the Emmy winning special, "After the Miracle", another accolade for Generation X and for "Maazel" as well as having anchored newscasts that have honored him with awards from Associated Press and United Press International. Stacy was a recipient of the Vector's Man of the Year Award and the Life Time Achievement Award by the Pittsburgh Radio and Television Club; and,
WHEREAS, in 2006, Stacy Smith was nominated for a Regional Emmy for writing, producing and anchoring a half hour special on the 50th Anniversary of Dr. Jonas Salk discovering the polio vaccine in Pittsburgh. As a 6 month old in the spring of 1949, Stacy contracted polio. Initially completely paralyzed, he got better but didn't walk until he was 3 or 4. He wore leg braces as a child and sustained a lifelong weakness to his left leg but never allowed his limp to interfere or hinder his ambitions or his remarkable work; and,
WHEREAS, Stacy is active in the community, havi...
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