Have you caught up with @rickwilliams6 on @6abcactionnews yet!? There are many things that go into being a top newscaster. Empathy. Intelligence. Relatability. Not to mention a flair for fashion and a velvet-toned voice. Rick Williams fills the role easily on 6abc’s Action News, sliding into the coveted spot previously occupied by the beloved Jim Gardner, and he doesn’t miss a beat. That’s not surprising if you know anything about Williams. This smart, serious, funny, theater-loving newsman is ready for anything. It was January 11 of this year when Jim Gardner officially stepped away from the 11 pm newscast after 4 decades. But it was a year earlier that Gardner first raised the topic internally, which is the first Williams heard of the opening. “My managers approached me and asked if I had any interest,” says Williams, “and I said sure, I do. From an historic standpoint, there had never been a person of color in that shift. Filling in for someone whom I consider one of the best an...