Longtime anchor and beloved sports and news personality Rene Knott is no longer employed by KSDK 5 On Your Side. Knott, who left the station on October 15, had been a part of the St. Louis NBC affiliate’s reporting team for more than two decades.

St. Louis Magazine was the first to break the news that the former “Today in St. Louis” co-anchor was no longer with the station. The outlet said that Knott’s coworkers first learned of his departure by way of a Wednesday morning staff meeting.

There has been no word from the station or Knott regarding the circumstances surrounding his departure. Knott took to Instagram to deliver a message to the countless fans who have both expressed their outrage and offered words of encouragement via social media upon learning of the news.

“I loved telling

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