Former Southeastern Channel reporter-anchor-producer Richie Mills has been hired as a TV news reporter by KTBS Ch. 3 (ABC) in Shreveport (DMA 82). At KTBS Mills is the East Texas Correspondent where he shoots, edits and reports on East Texas stories, covering the entire Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas area on weekends. He also assists with shooting football on Friday nights. Mills moves to KTBS after two years as news producer at KATC-TV Ch. 3 (ABC) in Lafayette (DMA 120) where his morning newscast won first place in the Associated Press Louisiana-Mississippi Broadcasters competition. At the Southeastern Channel Mills was reporter-anchor for “Northshore News” and reporter-anchor-producer for “The Big Game” sportscast, winning national honors from the Videographer Awards and regional Mark of Excellence honors from the Society of Professional Journalists.