Kara Savio has made her home in St. Louis since her move from Chicago, Illinois in 1989. She attended Indiana State University for her general studies and went on to Columbia College and Webster University as a Broadcast Journalism Major. She did an internship at KTVI in St. Louis from 1996-1997 and also attended the Broadcast Center. In 1996, she began hosting and producing for a live local magazine/news show, See Hear on Charter Cable, for which Kara received one silver and three bronze Telly Awards for her work.

She joined the STL TV team in 1995 where she worked as a Host and Producer for numerous shows. In 1999, she moved to St. Joseph, Missouri as the Producer/Anchor of the ninety minute morning news program, Daybreak , for the ABC Affiliate KQTV. Since her return to St. Louis, she has been working as a news anchor/ reporter for STL TV, and is also working in radio an on-air talent/ traffic reporter for several area stations including KSLZ, K-HITS, KYKY, KSD and WSSM.