Signing Off in Palm Beach

For more than 4 decades Michael Willams has been reporting the news in South Florida.

He worked in Miami for years, before moving just up I-95 to Palm Beach and WPTV.

Like many Scripps Anchors, Williams has decided to sign off.

Williams worked for three stations in the Miami market and also had a stop at NBC News. In 2010, he returned to Florida, joining the WPTV News team.

After 44 years of journalism, Michael is stepping away from the anchor desk, but not from the stories, the people or the moments that shaped him.

"You are the sum of every experience. And I am the sum of all the wonderful people I've worked with," Williams said. "I wouldn't have this — this career, this life—without the family and colleagues who supported and inspired me. That is my tremendous thanks to all of them, who guided me, laughed with me. I think about those things a lot and that's my treasure."

H/T WPTV