Chantel Ropp
Multimedia Journalist
Waco, Texas
Hailing from Chicago, Chantel Ropp joins KWTX News 10 as a dayside and weekend morning reporter. She joined the station’s Waco bureau in September of 2022.
Before making her way to Waco, Chantel spent two years teaching English abroad in Madrid, Spain. Between taste-testing tapas and perfecting her Spanish language skills, she developed a love for connecting with her students through sharing their rich, culturally diverse stories. This passion eventually led Chantel to Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, where she completed her Master of Science in Journalism in 2022.
While at Medill, Chantel had the chance to cover a wide variety of stories, ranging from the impact of mask mandates on local schools, to reactions on the potential (and eventual) overturn of Roe vs. Wade, as well as efforts to support those impacted by the Russia-Ukraine war.
In her final quarter of graduate school, she was given the opportunity to intern at CNN in the company’s Atlanta headquarters, where she helped the International Newsource team write and produce content that affiliates around the world used in their newscasts. Chantel looks forward to applying all that she’s learned in these experiences to her new role with KWTX.
Outside of work, Chantel loves to travel (she’s been to 26 countries!), take dance classes, and scope out new restaurants. If you have story ideas or just want to say hi, feel free to email Chantel or connect with her on social media; Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @chantelropp!
Work Phone: 254-741-5835
Email: chantel.ropp@kwtx.com
Central Texans came together Sunday afternoon for a special benefit, all in support of Laura and Jeff Houston and their battles against cancer.
Hundreds of children gathered outside of Walmart in Temple Saturday morning for the 10th annual Back to School Extravaganza, where they picked out $100 worth of school supplies for free.
Renewable energy company Avangrid recently announced the construction of a new solar farm in Falls County that will help power Meta in the region.
Clifton ISD’s board of trustees unanimously approved the hiring of Carmen Moreno as the first school resource officer (SRO) in its history.
The current triple digit temperatures have only escalated the drought Central Texans have been in for years now, with hay farmers especially feeling its impacts.
G.W. Carver Indian Spring Middle School is among the growing list of Central Texas schools implementing new locked cell phone pouch policies in partnership with Yondr for the upcoming school year.
Central Texans got a taste of Polynesian culture Saturday at the Killeen Civic and Conference Center for the Aloha Festival, hosted by the local dance group Pacific Heights Express.
A Waco ISD mother tells KWTX she’s left in a bind after finding out her children’s elementary school is no longer working with the YMCA for after school care, which is the only daycare option that accepts CCS.
Texas A&M Forest Service says the fire is estimated to be 300 acres and is currently 40% contained.
A Central Texas couple has been stuck in Minnesota for over six months now, fighting to regain their rights to their child’s medical decisions after opting to discontinue chemotherapy treatment for their five-year-old son.
With air conditioning units working overtime this week in Central Texas, local repair shops like P&E Mechanical Contractors are already seeing an uptick in calls. Repairing an A/C unit can run thousands of dollars, but there are some more affordable measures you can take before it gets to that point, the most important being a clean filter.
This upcoming fall, La Vega High School’s principal, James Villa, is partnering with a magnetized cell phone pouch company called Yondr to roll out a new program that he hopes will improve classroom engagement by limiting cell phone usage.
At first glance, Waco resident Kaytlin Gordon appears as a normal 26-year-old. But the single mother of two has been battling an undiagnosed and rare spinal problem for over a year now that leaves her in chronic pain.
Saturday marked the Glory Bell church’s 5th year of Serve Day, where they bought down the price of gas to just 99 cents a gallon.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently declared 150 Texas counties as primary natural disaster areas due to qualifying drought, with many of them located in Central Texas.
On Saturday, July 15th, 2023, Central Texas College and Texas A&M University of Central Texas are holding their inaugural Treasure Wars: Collegiate Edition fundraiser, hosted by Ricky and Clint “Bubba” Smith from the popular A&E show, ‘Storage Wars: Texas.’
The Supreme Court’s recent decision to strike down student loan forgiveness in late June has borrowers across the country concerned.
The heat didn’t stop the cheers of excitement in downtown Waco Sunday morning, as over 700 athletes swam across the Brazos river, cycled down M.L.K Jr. Blvd., and ran across the Waco suspension bridge to cross the finish line for TriWaco.
Saturday, July 8th marked the annual Waco C.A.S.T. for Kids fishing event at McLane Stadium’s touchdown alley, and the kids who participated were instantly hooked.
Crews are currently fighting a fire at 1518 Western Oaks Dr in Woodway.
Dozens gathered at the III Armored Corps Headquarters at Fort Cavazos Friday morning for the official Garrison Command Change of Col. Chad Foster to Col. Lakicia Stokes.
The firm is embroiled in an eminent domain battle with The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department after purchasing the property.
Property tax cuts are top of mind for Gov. Greg Abbott in this second special session, according to a proclamation he issued Tuesday detailing plans to both cut and eventually eliminate school district property taxes.
Following Gov. Greg Abbott’s signing of HB 1819 into law, Texas cities and counties will no longer be able to enforce curfews for those 18 year old and younger starting September 1, 2023.
In partnership with anti-human trafficking nonprofit Unbound Now, Judge Gary Coley of the 74th District Court, McLennan County Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth Buice, and Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office Commander Kevin Turner all recently traveled to Poland to share their expertise in anti-human trafficking work to train police, prosecutors, corrections staff, border guards, and social service providers.
Chaparral Rd. has always been a busy street, according to long time Killeen resident Cali Hoban, but ever since its Rosewood Dr. intersection opened up, problems began for her and her family. The Hoban family's fence has been crashed into 16 times.
After weeks of controversary, cheers of excitement echoed across Marlin High’s auditorium as all 38 seniors finally walked the stage Thursday night to receive their diplomas, despite the majority of them being found ineligible to graduate just weeks prior.
With air conditioning units working overtime this week in Central Texas, local repair shops like P&E Mechanical Contractors are already seeing an uptick in calls. Repairing an A/C unit can run thousands of dollars, but there are some more affordable measures you can take before it gets to that point, the most important being a clean filter.
16-year-old Daniel Miller had always been an active kid, involved in multiple sports and the school band at Lorena ISD, but that all changed in 2019 when he was bitten by a tick on family vacation.
“He has proved everyone wrong, and is still holding on.”
Aside from being one of the Ukraine's main exports, sunflowers have become a global symbol of resistance, unity and hope, especially since the war started there against Russia in 2022.
Ahead of Women’s Veterans Day on Monday, over a dozen Central Texas women veterans and active-duty service members enjoyed the beauty of the great outdoors for an art and nature workshop Saturday morning at Green Trees Farm in Troy.
The state is exploring using eminent domain and condemnation to seize ownership of Fairfield Lake State Park after it was unable to negotiate the purchase of the property from a private developer, Todd Interests.
McGregor and Waco city officials met again Wednesday to discuss and ultimately approve the rezoning of an 88-acre lot next to the McGregor Executive Airport, which is proposed to become an upscale development.
Today the community of Itasca is in shock after the superintendent of Itasca ISD, Michael Stephens, was arrested and charged Thursday with online solicitation of a minor.
Angela Boggs, Grayson's grandmother, says doctors will try taking Grayson off the ventilator again in a couple days, but if it’s unsuccessful, he may have to have a tracheostomy put in.
The Waco Independent School District “Seamless Summer Option 2023 Summer Feeding Program” will run from May 30 through Aug. 8.
Dozens gathered at Hewitt Park Monday morning to honor the fallen in a special Memorial Day ceremony held by the McLennan County Veterans Association.
Fort Cavazos is honoring soldiers who paid the ultimate sacrifice with its 8th annual Remembrance Memorial Display this Memorial Day weekend.
Dozens of veterans, active-duty service members, and their friends and families marched around downtown Temple Saturday in honor of this year’s biennial Rucks on Main 10k.
Memorial Day weekend means more folks are expected to be out on Lake Waco, despite lower lake levels.
The district initially revealed only five of 33 seniors were eligible to graduate. On Wednesday, it said the number of seniors now eligible to graduate increased to 17.
Online court records show Makalani Jones, a former music teacher in Killeen, has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of aggravated sexual assault of a child.
Following the deadly lightning strike Monday that killed Valley Mills father Matthew Boggs and severely injured his 6-year-old son, Grayson, community members are rallying around the Boggs’ during this time of tragedy by restoring the family’s torn-up, unpaved driveway.
Dozens of women veterans and active-duty service members walked around the Killeen Community Center Saturday morning, all gathered in solidarity for a unity walk.
On Wednesday, two 13-year-old boys from the Brookhaven Youth Ranch in West escaped and stole two horses from a nearby property, the Helm Ranch.
Central Texas artists are selling custom-painted sofas at the Couch Potato Festival to benefit Creative Waco’s ARTprenticeship program
The Draughon-Miller 75th anniversary airshow Saturday will feature parachute jumpers, WWII aircrafts, and formation flying, among other performances
City council members, first responders, and community members gathered in downtown Waco Thursday for a special ceremony to commemorate the 70 year anniversary of the 1953 Waco tornado.
The Lopez family was traveling back from softball practice Sunday when they were hit head on by a driver trying to pass another car
