Brooke Spurlock covers education, crime, businesses, events and more in Clark and Champaign counties as a Sr. Associate Reporter for the Springfield News-Sun. She has been a writer for over six years, which includes her previous work as a breaking news desk investigator, reporter and web editor. Spurlock has her bachelor’s degree in mass communications with a minor in psychology and her associates degree in paralegal. She is a dog mom of an 10-year-old Australian Cattle dog named Kali and of a forever 14-year-old half Cockapoo half Lhasa Apso dog named Snickers.