D'Quan Lee
Reporter
Huntsville, AL
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D’Quan Lee joined the WAFF 48 News team in March of 2022 as a reporter and multimedia journalist.
He’s a graduate of Alabama State University with a degree in Communications with a concentration in radio & TV.
He started his career in sports as a play-by-play broadcaster for his alma mater, announcing their football and basketball games for the Hornet Sports Network.
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Updated: Jun. 2, 2023 at 7:34 PM CDT
|By D'Quan Lee
It's costing the owner even more to beef up his security to prevent any addition thefts.
Updated: May. 27, 2023 at 10:46 PM CDT
|By D'Quan Lee
Thousands of families from here at home and across the South spent time this Memorial Day weekend at Point Mallard for the annual Alabama Jubilee.
Updated: May. 26, 2023 at 8:50 PM CDT
|By D'Quan Lee
As soccer fans prepare for Huntsville City Football Club’s second home match on Friday, there’s plenty for nearby business owners to cheer.
Updated: May. 25, 2023 at 6:41 PM CDT
|By D'Quan Lee
School security is an ongoing concern for parents, and administrators believe this is a step in the right direction to ease those concerns.
Updated: May. 21, 2023 at 11:06 PM CDT
|By D'Quan Lee
It's one of the worst things that can happen to you on the road. You're minding your own business - someone crashes into you - and keeps going.
Updated: May. 18, 2023 at 7:26 PM CDT
|By D'Quan Lee
We're On Your Side with legal words of wisdom if you're in the passenger's side of your best friend's ride.
Updated: May. 17, 2023 at 11:16 PM CDT
|By D'Quan Lee
Parents in Madison are up in arms about Rocket City Armory, a locally-owned armory set to open just yards away from Midtown Elementary and Pre-School Primrose School of Madison.
Updated: May. 15, 2023 at 9:25 AM CDT
|By Jasmyn Cornell and D'Quan Lee
Police are still searching for the driver involved in the incident
Updated: May. 14, 2023 at 11:28 PM CDT
|By D'Quan Lee
The legislative session continues in Montgomery on May 16.
Updated: May. 14, 2023 at 8:51 AM CDT
|By D'Quan Lee
As part of Historic Preservation Month, Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle joined a small group of people at the H.C. Blake Art and History Center Saturday.
Updated: May. 12, 2023 at 7:44 PM CDT
|By D'Quan Lee
Dionne Mack has seen the death of her son Tyrell Spencer go from an unsolved mystery to the inspiration behind House Bill 45 legislation named in her son's memory.
Updated: May. 11, 2023 at 7:46 PM CDT
|By D'Quan Lee
WAFF 48's D'Quan had a conversation with Madison Academy school president about the focus on school security, with the attack on Covenant Christian in Nashville still fresh in everyone's minds.
Updated: May. 10, 2023 at 8:39 PM CDT
|By D'Quan Lee
Residents who live on Joe Phillips Road are sounding off about fast drivers speeding through the area.
Updated: May. 7, 2023 at 11:01 PM CDT
|By D'Quan Lee
People in Huntsville gathered at Execuplex Mini Storage Sunday to ship donations overseas to Ukraine.
Updated: May. 3, 2023 at 7:41 PM CDT
|By D'Quan Lee
We're On Your Side in Madison County where gunshots in a small neighborhood in Harvest have been disturbing the peace.
Updated: May. 1, 2023 at 2:26 PM CDT
|By Javon Williams, Wade Smith and D'Quan Lee
Sheriff Joe Hamilton confirmed that 31-year-old Zachary Lambert of Greenhill faces several charges
Updated: Apr. 30, 2023 at 11:00 PM CDT
|By D'Quan Lee
WAFF 48's D'Quan Lee talked with an expert who said what's happening to tenants in Florence could easily happen to anyone who's a renter.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2023 at 10:55 PM CDT
|By D'Quan Lee
Residents of Gilbert Court Apartments in Florence are now having to look for other places to live after property management informed them that the complex was becoming student housing for the University of North Alabama.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2023 at 2:48 PM CDT
|By Wade Smith and D'Quan Lee
City Council members will discuss a new resolution on Thursday proposing six new grocery stores around the Huntsville area
Updated: Apr. 23, 2023 at 10:58 PM CDT
|By D'Quan Lee
A group of local soldiers are getting ready to deploy overseas. Their mission will take them to the Balkans in southeast Europe.
Updated: Apr. 22, 2023 at 10:48 PM CDT
|By D'Quan Lee
Would you believe the founder of Running 4 Heroes is only 14 years old?He drew his inspiration from another organization that honored the fallen and injured first responders from 9/11.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2023 at 10:35 PM CDT
|By D'Quan Lee
Frustrated residents along Oak Grove Road in Ardmore are sounding off about the conditions of the road.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2023 at 11:16 PM CDT
|By D'Quan Lee
Volunteer firefighters remain optimistic the project will still get done
Updated: Apr. 19, 2023 at 10:58 PM CDT
|By D'Quan Lee
It can be hard to get people to sacrifice their time, but with the number of new subdivisions being built, the community will need more volunteers in the event of an emergency.
Updated: Apr. 17, 2023 at 11:28 AM CDT
|By D'Quan Lee and Megan Plotka
With the second trial set to start Monday, one lawyer tells says the advantage now belongs to the defense.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2023 at 8:23 PM CDT
|By D'Quan Lee
The Rebuild Alabama Act, otherwise known as the gas tax, was put in place in 2019 as a way to fund road projects across the state.
Updated: Apr. 10, 2023 at 12:14 PM CDT
|By D'Quan Lee and WAFF 48 Digital Staff
According to a spokesperson for the police department, the incidents happened around 8 p.m.
Updated: Apr. 9, 2023 at 11:18 PM CDT
|By D'Quan Lee
The community support has been big and that's something Krissy Devito says has helped her through this entire ordeal.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2023 at 10:39 PM CDT
|By D'Quan Lee
As of right now, Darby is still in the Limestone County prison, but that could change quickly.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2023 at 7:01 PM CDT
|By D'Quan Lee
With House Bill 1, officially passed and signed into today, there will be new mandatory minimum prison sentences for people who get caught with fentanyl.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2023 at 6:03 PM CDT
|By Charles Montgomery and D'Quan Lee
Sheriff Joe Hamilton identified the female as Virginia Mcdougal and the male as Dwayne Pigg.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2023 at 8:14 PM CDT
|By D'Quan Lee
“I’m about to die. I really thought that I was going to get shot.”
Updated: Apr. 2, 2023 at 11:26 PM CDT
|By D'Quan Lee
We're hearing from families who are thankful the situation wasn't worse.
Updated: Apr. 1, 2023 at 10:52 PM CDT
|By D'Quan Lee
With winds of up to 160 miles per hour, it's a miracle nobody else was killed. Despite the tragedy, there are a lot of stories about heroes and people in the community who are helping neighbors and strangers.
Updated: Mar. 26, 2023 at 10:49 PM CDT
|By D'Quan Lee
With 26 people killed from the storms in Mississippi and North Alabama, the American Red Cross is helping people whose lives have been changed by this disaster.
Updated: Mar. 25, 2023 at 11:10 PM CDT
|By D'Quan Lee
An EF-2 tornado uprooted plenty of trees, leaving a lot of people with damaged and even completely destroyed homes. The family I spoke with had their home damaged as well, but under the circumstances, you can bet they're happy they can live to tell the tale of their close call with Mother Nature.
Updated: Mar. 24, 2023 at 12:14 PM CDT
|By Charles Montgomery, Claudia Peppenhorst and D'Quan Lee
William Darby was found guilty in May 2021 and sentenced to 25 years in prison in August 2021.
Updated: Mar. 18, 2023 at 11:06 PM CDT
|By D'Quan Lee
Some Alabama lawmakers want to bring sports gambling to the state.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 9:56 PM CDT
|By D'Quan Lee
With plans to build a brand new Madison County recreation center already in the works, we're finding out what is going to happen to the old centers once the new ones are complete.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 5:52 AM CDT
|By D'Quan Lee
It may not seem that long ago, but tomorrow marks 3 years since the first confirmed case of COVID in Alabama. Since then, life has changed dramatically for everybody.
Updated: Mar. 11, 2023 at 8:48 PM CST
|By D'Quan Lee
One family's life was taken off-course after their home exploded in Madison County this afternoon.
Updated: Feb. 26, 2023 at 11:08 PM CST
|By D'Quan Lee
It's been one year since Russia launched their deadly invasion in Ukraine. Saturday, people gathered at Big Spring Park in Huntsville to show support for Ukraine, and it's people.
Updated: Feb. 25, 2023 at 10:20 PM CST
|By D'Quan Lee
For the first time, we're hearing from a parent whose child got sick after eating their school lunch, that the school provided.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2023 at 7:45 PM CST
|By D'Quan Lee
The jury determined this woman deserved this settlement even without knowing who pulled the trigger.
Updated: Feb. 19, 2023 at 10:47 PM CST
|By D'Quan Lee
One Madison County commissioner is making it her mission to help three local organizations protect families from homelessness.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2023 at 10:25 PM CST
|By D'Quan Lee
For years, people have been asking the city for more and they're about to get it.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2023 at 11:08 PM CST
|By D'Quan Lee
The ruling has domestic violence advocates very upset.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2023 at 6:42 AM CST
|By D'Quan Lee
If you live outside of Huntsville or Madison city limits, your water bill will be going to a new company soon.
Updated: Feb. 6, 2023 at 8:42 AM CST
|By D'Quan Lee, Jasmyn Cornell and Nick Kremer
Joshua Knighten was arrested and charged with capital murder for a shooting that took place near Falkville Sunday night.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 10:35 PM CST
|By D'Quan Lee
Only 10 percent of inmates who applied for parole were granted it.