Sheeka Strickland

Reporter

Sheeka Strickland is living her dream. She loves meeting and talking to new people. She's honored people give her the opportunity to explain what's going in the community.

Sheeka joined the FOX8 Family in June 2008 as a reporter/fill-in anchor. Before coming to FOX8, she was the weekend anchor/reporter for WMAZ in Macon, GA.

While Sheeka was at WMAZ, she won an Associated Press award for an investigative story about undercover sheriff's deputies that had sexual relations with prostitutes on the job.

Sheeka is one of the founding members, and current President of the Triad Association of Black Journalists, a professional affiliate chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists.

Go dawgs! Sheeka earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia, where she majored in broadcast news.

Sheeka loves basketball and tennis. She also enjoys theater, traveling and brushing up on her American Sign Language skills.

If you've got a story idea, Sheeka would love to hear it! Send her an e-mail at sstrickland@wghp.com.

Recent Articles

  • Family goes on vacation, returns to foreclosed home

    Posted on: 3:05 pm, July 9, 2012, by , updated on: 10:01am, July 10, 2012

    GREENSBORO, N.C. — After vacationing in Myrtle Beach, Brooke Thomas came home with her husband and two young children to...
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  • Businesses targeted in Oak Ridge break-ins, suspects sought

    Posted on: 3:10 pm, July 6, 2012, by and , updated on: 11:04pm, July 6, 2012

    OAK RIDGE, N.C. — The Guilford County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after deputies said several businesses were broken into late...
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    Surveillance images from the Domino's Pizza that was broken into on N.C. Highway 68 in Oak Ridge late Thursday night or early Friday morning. (Photos courtesy: Guilford County Sheriff's Office)
  • Level Cross boy happy his military parents are home

    Posted on: 4:28 pm, July 5, 2012, by , updated on: 08:57pm, July 5, 2012

    LEVEL CROSS, N.C. – After a one-year deployment, a military mom and dad spent their first day at home catching...
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  • UPDATE: Infant found abandoned in Greensboro is doing well

    Posted on: 10:42 pm, July 2, 2012, by , and , updated on: 07:05pm, July 3, 2012

    GREENSBORO, N.C. — Police say a baby boy is doing well after someone abandoned him at the backdoor of a...
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  • Keeping Cool in the Heat

    Posted on: 4:04 pm, June 29, 2012, by , updated on: 06:58pm, June 29, 2012

    Fox 8′s Sheeka Strickland visits local hot spots to find out how folks in the Piedmont-Triad are keeping cool in...
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  • Thieves break air conditioner at summer camp

    Posted on: 4:17 pm, June 28, 2012, by , updated on: 06:39pm, June 28, 2012

    GREENSBORO, N.C. — An indoor summer camp is the perfect place for children to stay cool, but after thieves destroyed...
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  • Burlington cleans up junk cars

    Posted on: 5:21 pm, June 27, 2012, by , updated on: 01:37am, June 28, 2012

    BURLINGTON, N.C. — Neighbors who are fed up with junk cars have a new outlet that could get the eyesores...
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  • How to detect warning signs to keep children safe

    Posted on: 8:26 pm, June 20, 2012, by , updated on: 08:40pm, June 20, 2012

    GREENSBORO, N.C. — Knowing the signs is the best protection against inappropriate behavior with children says body language expert, Blanca...
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  • Criminal Interdiction Team fights drug trafficking

    Posted on: 6:30 pm, June 19, 2012, by , updated on: 06:32pm, June 19, 2012

    GREENSBORO, N.C. — A new unit within the Greensboro police department can take credit for the stop and eventual arrest...
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  • Alamance-Burlington schools prepare for significant budget cuts

    Posted on: 8:42 pm, June 12, 2012, by , updated on: 09:16pm, June 12, 2012

    ALAMANCE COUNTY, N.C. – The Alamance-Burlington School Board may have to make tough decisions before the upcoming school year. Nothing...
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  • Catalytic converter thefts on the rise

    Posted on: 5:16 pm, June 7, 2012, by , updated on: 07:15pm, June 7, 2012

    GREENSBORO, N.C. — Police warn car owners that thieves are making rounds to area parking lots and are scrapping parts...
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  • Deputies arrest husband and wife for growing marijuana

    Posted on: 6:44 pm, June 6, 2012, by , updated on: 06:47pm, June 6, 2012

    SUMMERFIELD, N.C. — On the quiet, tree lined neighborhood of Spring Lake Farms in Summerfield, sheriffs deputies say they found an...
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