Eric Philips joined the anchor team at WRIC ABC 8News in August 2021. He brings more than two decades of journalism experience and a passion for fair and accurate reporting to the newsroom.

Editor’s note: This story was updated to show the location of the fire is in Springdale Township. Della Mayfield didn’t think much Monday morning when she saw smoke starting to billow from her ...

DEAR ERIC: My partner and I have been invited to a couple of get-togethers with some folks, and they’ve asked us to host the next one. That’s fine with us, except we live in an area where ...

Dear Eric: I’m an avid gardener in a suburban neighborhood, and in turn, I meet lots of neighbors. There’s one lady who keeps stopping by with questions for her yard, which I’m happy to share.

Dear Eric: My partner and I have been invited to a couple of get-togethers with some folks, and they’ve asked us to host the next one. That’s fine with us, except we live in an area where ...

DEAR ERIC: I am a married man in my 60s and a recovering alcoholic. I have been sober for eight months. Prior to rehab I put my wonderful wife through hell for years. Not physically, but ...

Dear Eric: My partner and I have been invited to a couple of get-togethers with some folks, and they’ve asked us to host the next one. That’s fine with us, except we live in an area where ...

DEAR ERIC: I’m friends with a pair of sisters, but closer with one than the other. Recently I invited them to a weekend getaway, where we were to be treated to a private chef’s dinner.

Several years ago, my mother-in-law passed away due to dementia. During the time of her illness, my husband and I took care of everything, including selling her house, auctioning off her estate ...

Dear Eric: I was a latch-key kid in the ’70s, no father, working mom of three kids. No one was ever there to read me a story, watch me make a basket or catch a ball. I now have a 7-year-old girl.

Dear Eric: I was a latch-key kid in the ’70s, no father, working mom of three kids. No one was ever there to read me a story, watch me make a basket or catch a ball. I now have a 7-year-old girl.