Lindy Thackston Biography
Lindy Thackston is an American TV reporter and anchor who has worked for various television stations throughout her career. Since October 2016, she has co-anchored the morning newscast on Fox affiliate WXIN alongside Scott Jones.
Lindy Thackston Age
Thackston is 41 years old as of 2021. She was born in 1980 in Frankfort, Indiana, United States. She celebrates her birthday every November 29th.
Lindy Thackston Height
Thackston stands at an average height. However, her exact height measurements are not known. We will update this section as soon as we have this information.
Lindy Thackston Family
Thackston has one brother. She is from Frankfort, Indiana. There is no available information about her parents. We will update this information soonest possible.
Lindy Thackston Husband
Thackston has been married to Christian Hogue since January 2014. Hogue worked in January 2014 as a crew member for various IndyCar teams like Ed Carpenter Racing.
Lindy Thackston Children
Thackston and Hogue had a son in October 2015. However, we do not know his exact name but we will update this section.
Lindy Thackston Education
Thackston attended Frankfort High School. Later, she moved to Frankfort Christian Heritage School after completing her sophomore year. She then graduated in 1999. She attended Purdue University and graduated in 2002 with a degree in broadcast journalism.
Lindy Thackston Career
In May 2001, she served as an Indy 500 Princess. She has also worked for Southern Illinois television station WSIL-TV for a couple of years. Later, she worked for First Coast News in Jacksonville, Florida. While there, she stated that her favorite news item was about a series in 2006, of date-rape drugs. The series won her two awards; the Edward R. Murrow awards and a Gannett Award.
In October 2007, she hosted a program on the United States’ sailing cup competition known as Quest for the Cup on HDNet. In March 2009, she worked as a trackside and pit lane reporter for “Versus” coverage of the IndyCar Series. She also worked as Versus’ college football sideline reporter but Later relocated to Indianapolis for the start of the 2011 IndyCar Series
In 2012, she left the channel. She went to perform social media work for Ed Carpenter Racing which is an American racing team based in Speedway, Indiana. She has served as Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s trackside reporter for the public announcement system. Since October 2013, she has been involved with the morning newscast on Fox affiliate WXIN. On October 10, 2016, she became the co-anchor working alongside Scott Jones. She replaced the outgoing Kristin Kane.
Lindy Thackston Salary and Net Worth
Thackston earns most of her salary from her career as a news anchor. The exact figure of her salary is still under review. She has a net worth of between 1 million and 5 million US dollars Lindy
