Emily Harrison
Reporter
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Emily Harrison is happy to call Richmond her new home. She joined NBC12 in August of 2020, and you can find her reporting on the morning broadcasts. She graduated from Elon University with a double degree in broadcast journalism degree and political science. One week later, she started as an MMJ in Lubbock, Texas at KLBK News where she reported on countless breaking news situations, met with strong survivors of sexual assault, and even chased a wild pig through the city limits. Emily calls Wilmington, Delaware home but has lived all across the country. She has a lot of ‘First-State pride,’ but is an avid Philadelphia Eagles fan. When she’s not running around, you can usually find her reading a good book, with good food nearby, and her rescue cat, Wednesday, on her lap.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2022 at 3:04 PM EDT
|By Emily Harrison
Wounded Warriors overcame their injuries to take on the James River, thanks to a local non-profit and RVA Paddlesports. The group separated into groups of six to raft down the river for more than an hour while working together to battle any obstacles.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2022 at 4:30 PM EDT
|By Emily Harrison
There have been 19 confirmed cases of monkeypox in Virginia, but none are in the Richmond area.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2022 at 10:47 PM EDT
|By Emily Harrison
Richmond police are warning everyone about the dangers of celebratory gunfire and fireworks.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2022 at 4:47 PM EDT
|By Emily Harrison and Emily Pasquinelli
“Don’t buy them, don’t use them, don’t play with them”, it’s not worth the risk of injury or starting a fire.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 4:27 PM EDT
|By Emily Harrison
Across the country, millions of people are expected to take to the skies for Fourth of July travel, but already there have been reports of delayed, overbooked, or outright canceled flights.
Updated: May. 27, 2022 at 12:08 PM EDT
|By Emily Harrison
High gas prices continue to effect nearly every aspect of daily life, and that pain at the pump can be clearly felt when visiting mobile food or bar trucks.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 5:48 PM EDT
|By Emily Harrison
One Richmond man is riding all the way from Washington state to Maine in the hopes of raising 100,000 dollars for physically disabled and visually impaired athletes.
Updated: May. 11, 2022 at 6:03 PM EDT
|By Emily Harrison
Every single mom knows how hard it can be to raise a child, but it’s especially so for the women who are doing it while pursuing an education. One organization is trying to make it a little bit easier for them now by offering free child care while single moms put themselves through school.
Updated: Apr. 29, 2022 at 3:58 PM EDT
|By Emily Harrison
Pediatricians are urging parents to schedule their child’s immunization appointment in recognition of National Infant Immunization Week.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2022 at 4:32 PM EDT
|By Emily Harrison
A Richmond teacher is $30,000 richer after winning a nationwide competition held by the CIA.
Updated: Apr. 15, 2022 at 1:36 PM EDT
|By Emily Harrison
Richmond educators will let their voices be heard in deciding who they want to represent them at the table for collective bargaining. It will be a secret ballot to decide if they will move forward with Richmond Education Association or have no representation.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2022 at 11:26 PM EDT
|By Emily Harrison and A.J. Nwoko
The Henrico community continues to pay their last respects to 24-year-old Officer Trey Sutton
Updated: Apr. 1, 2022 at 3:41 PM EDT
|By Emily Harrison
Most people get their books from the library or at school, but for some children, it comes during their first medical exam.
Updated: Mar. 24, 2022 at 1:04 PM EDT
|By Emily Harrison
Giello Capate sat stunned in band class as a crowd of people came forward to congratulate her for winning a state-wide “Thank a Teacher Art Contest.” She is one of three winners to be featured in the state, and is something Capate said she never expected to win.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2022 at 12:56 PM EDT
|By Emily Harrison
Unemployment fraud is an on-going and growing issue for Virginia, especially since the start of the pandemic. However, Virginia’s top law enforcement agency is stepping in to take on unemployment insurance fraud.
Updated: Feb. 18, 2022 at 11:28 PM EST
|By Emily Harrison and A.J. Nwoko
The University of Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth University set aside their basketball rivalry Friday to provide supplies to the Fox Elementary community following a devastating fire that destroyed the school.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2022 at 11:07 AM EST
|By Emily Harrison
Dozens of Fox families, students, and teachers lined the their burned school building adding notes of love in what has become a Valentine’s Day tradition.
Updated: Feb. 11, 2022 at 1:22 PM EST
|By Emily Harrison
Six aspiring entrepreneurs are getting a leg up on starting their business, thanks to one company offering free training and workshops.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2022 at 12:14 PM EST
|By Emily Harrison
One Chesterfield teacher is ready to hand in their resignation, after Chesterfield School Board voted to give parents the choice on whether to mask or not.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2022 at 2:56 PM EST
|By Emily Harrison
Richmond, Henrico and Chesterfield Education Associations met Monday morning, calling on district leaders to keep masks mandatory for all students and faculty while on school grounds.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2022 at 1:25 PM EST
|By NBC12 Newsroom and Emily Harrison
An investigation is underway following an apartment fire in Chesterfield Wednesday morning.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2022 at 12:27 PM EST
|By Emily Harrison
It was not a night Carol Young had imagined for herself, or for her son. They had left Little River, South Carolina early Monday morning at 7:00 a.m. and by the end of the night found themselves sleeping their car in a Ruther Glen’s Love gas station.
Updated: Dec. 26, 2021 at 6:15 PM EST
|By Emily Harrison
Rising concerns about the Omicron variant has people racing to pharmacies to get their COVID test - especially as people return from the holidays. The rush is so intense that many are reporting all of their at-home testing kits have completely sold out.
Updated: Dec. 25, 2021 at 4:41 PM EST
|By Emily Harrison
Christmas spirit was not in short supply as several volunteers made their way across Richmond to hand out gifts and meals.
Updated: Dec. 24, 2021 at 7:28 PM EST
|By Emily Harrison
The line around ZZQ wrapped around the side of building, but nobody was welcome inside as the business closed their doors due to a positive COVID case in their staff.
Updated: Dec. 23, 2021 at 6:18 AM EST
|By Emily Harrison
The University of Richmond is requiring all of their students to provide a negative COVID test before setting foot on their campus for the spring semester. The test may be conducted by either a medical professional or a take-home kit.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2021 at 7:05 PM EST
|By Emily Harrison
It’s service with a smile. A group of special education students are spreading holiday cheer in the form of a cup of coffee, delivering it right to teacher’s and administrator’s doors.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2021 at 2:05 PM EST
|By Emily Harrison
The number of COVID cases might have tapered off in Virginia, but one of the pandemic’s effects continues on senior care homes: the staffing shortage crisis.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2021 at 7:45 AM EST
|By Emily Harrison
Thousands of people could be returning home to no power, as Dominion Energy announced the company will be shutting off power to those with outstanding bills. All disconnections were stopped for twenty months as relief for the pandemic, but the grace period is now over.
Updated: Nov. 26, 2021 at 6:18 PM EST
|By Emily Harrison
November is National Adoption Month, and in Virginia, nearly one thousand children are in foster care.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2021 at 8:59 PM EST
|By Emily Harrison
Many run a marathon in order to get their best time, or for the sake of fitness. However, one new-to-Richmond woman is making it her goal to use the marathon as a way to get to know her community.
Updated: Oct. 29, 2021 at 4:33 PM EDT
|By Emily Harrison
Allen Bryant said he’s been fascinated with Halloween since he was a young boy, and now that interest has grown into a full-blown haunted house in Henrico.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2021 at 4:45 PM EDT
|By Emily Harrison
A Marine Corps veteran got the welcome home of his dreams in Chester as he stepped foot into a new home with his wife and two children.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2021 at 6:27 PM EDT
|By Emily Harrison
A Facebook group called “RVA Vaccination Hunters” is utilizing social media to drive up vaccination numbers across Central Virginia.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2021 at 1:11 PM EDT
|By Emily Harrison
One Army Dad is passing through Richmond, onto Petersburg, in a mission to spread awareness about his daughter’s rare genetic disease. He’s also doing it entirely barefoot.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2021 at 5:28 PM EDT
|By Emily Harrison
A new poll conducted by Virginia Commonwealth University shows a majority of Virginians are concerned about a worsening pandemic.
Updated: Sep. 24, 2021 at 5:07 PM EDT
|By Emily Harrison
It’s the first State Fair in over a year because the pandemic forced organizers to close back in 2020.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2021 at 5:45 PM EDT
|By Emily Harrison
One Chesterfield soldier’s items are finally coming home. Sergeant William V. Archer served in WW1 with the 42nd Rainbow Infantry Unit, and years later, his personal items were discovered and returned to the Chesterfield Historical Society.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2021 at 12:24 PM EDT
|By Emily Harrison
Losing a loved one can feel unbearable, but one Richmond grief center wants you to know that you are not alone.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2021 at 10:22 AM EDT
|By Emily Harrison
Richmond Public Schools Board members will meet Monday, Sept. 13th with a packed agenda including the construction of a new high school and coronavirus protocols.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2021 at 5:46 AM EDT
|By Emily Harrison
Summer break is officially coming to a close with the final students in central Virginia heading back to the classroom Wednesday.
Updated: Sep. 3, 2021 at 3:43 PM EDT
|By Emily Harrison
Six local mothers have been awarded a total of $65,000 because of the “Women Rise” scholarship by United Way of Richmond and Petersburg.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2021 at 9:54 PM EDT
|By Emily Harrison
Maeve Hensel would have turned 3-years old on Aug. 31, but instead of throwing a party, her parents walked “Maeve’s Miles.”
Updated: Aug. 27, 2021 at 8:50 PM EDT
|By Emily Harrison
It was a once-in-a-lifetime flight for two Virginia World War II veterans, taking to the skies in a historic 1940′s open cockpit Boeing.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2021 at 10:49 AM EDT
|By Emily Harrison
Chesterfield School District welcomed back their students and staff for the 2021-2022 school year. However, not all students were able to return.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2021 at 6:49 PM EDT
|By Emily Harrison
A huge achievement for one Richmond movie studio is coming to the Bryd Theater.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2021 at 7:45 AM EDT
|By Emily Harrison
Chesterfield County is opening a Mega Passport Center off of Midlothian tunpike to ease some of the backlogs the Department of State has seen.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2021 at 8:35 PM EDT
|By Emily Harrison
The Tokyo Olympics may be over, but one little girl is coming home with gold.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2021 at 2:00 PM EDT
|By Emily Harrison and Karina Bolster
In a unanimous vote, the Henrico County Public Schools (HCPS) board affirmed universal masking indoors for students and staff come the start of the 2021-2022 school year.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2021 at 1:57 PM EDT
|By Emily Harrison
Chesterfield school buses are getting jolt, just in time for the school year. The district added 50 new electric buses to their fleet of 630 buses, with the collaboration of Dominion Energy.
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