Villafranca Joins CBS News
Omar Villafranca, a reporter at NBC's KXAS-TV Dallas, has joined CBS News.
Villafranca will be a correspondent for CBS's News Services unit, the 24-hour newsgathering operation for CBS stations and others. He will be based in Dallas.
Villafranca's resume includes stints at CBS affiliate KOTV-TV and ABC affiliate KSWO-TV Lawton, Okla.
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