Joe Krebs, Channel 4 reporter and ‘steadfast soldier’ of D.C. morning news, dies at 78

Joe Krebs, a television journalist who spent 32 years at WRC-TV (Channel 4) in Washington, including 18 as an anchor of the NBC-owned station’s early-morning news program, died April 6 at his home in Rockville, Md. He was 78.

The cause was pancreatic cancer, said his wife, Mary Lynne Krebs. After his diagnosis in 2018, Mr. Krebs was featured in a Channel 4 report about his illness and researchers’ efforts to find a treatment and possible cure.