Lloyd Sowers
Lloyd Sowers is a co-anchor for the FOX 13 News weekend editions, and he covers many stories for other FOX 13 newscasts.
Lloyd joined FOX 13 in February of 1987. He has covered many major stories, including hurricanes Andrew, Hugo, Opal, Elena, and Charley.
Lloyd has won many honors, including two Emmy awards and the Florida Bar Association Award for reporting legal issues. He has also received AP, UPI and SPJ awards.
Lloyd earned his degree in Journalism from West Virginia University and graduated Magna Cum Laude. He minored in Speech Communication and English.
Before joining the FOX 13 news team, Lloyd worked at WINK-TV in Ft. Myers, Florida; WDTV in Clarksburg, West Virginia; WCLG in Morgantown, West Virginia and WMSG in Oakland, Maryland.
In his spare time, Lloyd enjoys scuba diving, travel, history and old radios. He, his wife Kim and sons Jack and Gray, live in Tampa.
If you would like to contact lloyd, you can email him at Lloyd.Sowers@foxtv.com. You can also connect with him on Facebook and follow him on Twitter @LloydSowers.
The latest from Lloyd Sowers
14 years later, Winter the Dolphin reunited with fisherman who found her
When Jim Savage helped save Winter the Dolphin 14 years ago, he had no way to know that he'd also be helping his grandniece, who wasn't even born yet.
Medical school boom brings top technology, talent to Tampa Bay area
The new Nova Southeastern University Florida, Dr. Kiran Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine is open, just on the Clearwater side of the Courtney Campbell Causeway. And the new University of South Florida medical school will open in downtown Tampa early next year.
Commissioners agree to pause development in southern Hillsborough
County commissioners on Wednesday unanimously passed a 270-day moratorium on zoning changes that typically allow neighborhoods to be built on rural land.
98-year-old Pearl Harbor survivor recalls attack: 'We were just doing our jobs'
Saturday is the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor in which nearly 2,500 Americans were killed. Now, 78 years later, a Bay Area man is one of the few survivors who remembers December 7, 1941.
Piece of Tampa history could still be part of city's future – or your future
In the early 1900’s, thousands of people worked in Tampa cigar factories. At one time, there were 200 of them here. Now, one of the only remaining factories is up for sale.
For first time ever, four reunited siblings will be together for Thanksgiving
Four siblings will be together for the first time ever this Thanksgiving after a happy reunion took place at Tampa International Airport. It was all thanks to DNA testing.
Bay Area stores embrace demand for sustainable products
Sustainable is the new local when it comes to trends in shopping and many Bay Area stores hope to cash in on consumers' demand for both.
Big Cat Rescue takes in 3 tigers rescued from circus in Guatemala
Some tigers activists say three tigers were used and abused as part of traveling circuses in Central America -- and they arrived at Tampa's Big Cat Rescue Monday.
Body camera video shows suspect pulled from Walmart ceiling
The Pasco County Sheriff's Office released body cam video of deputies chasing a suspect yesterday above the drop ceiling of a Walmart in New Port Richey.
Blue Angels will return to headline MacDill AirFest in March 2020
They fly hundreds of miles an hour, thousands of feet in the air, with as little as 18 inches separating their jets: The U.S. Navy's Blue Angels precision flying team will return to MacDill AirFest in late March 2020 to headline the event.