The Virginia NAACP met virtually Monday with the state’s top officials to discuss public safety across the Commonwealth following a recent deputy-involved shooting in Spotsylvania County.
Domestic violence advocates say emergency rooms in Central Virginia are seeing higher numbers of victims walking in with more serious injuries than before the pandemic.
With the price of lumber skyrocketing since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, families hoping to build a new single-family home in the metro-Richmond area are feeling the impacts.
Some Virginians receiving the federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) benefits were having issues filing their weekly claim for last week, ending April 17.
NBC12 has great news to share during National Donate Life Month. Monday, Diane Walker received the “Community Champion Award” from the leaders of VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center.
Roughly two-dozen billboard images have been placed all over the state from Richmond to Virginia Beach in memory of Lucia Bremer, according to Lamar Advertising of Richmond.
With more and more students across Virginia heading back to class in-person, here is a breakdown of how you can track COVID-19 cases and outbreaks at your child’s school.
With warm spring temperatures sticking around Central Virginia, the Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) is warning people about dangerous water temperatures.
The ongoing power outage for thousands of Southside Electric Cooperative (SEC) customers is certainly bringing many neighbors closer together in Dinwiddie County.
In November, Feed More received $1 million through the COVID-19 relief package. In turn, the non-profit agreed to match those funds to provide resources to its 270 food pantries in need. Of those food pantries, a little more than 100 applied for the grants through Feed More.
Two Hanover men each took their lives at Green Top Shooting Range in Hanover County last July. Both had been committed to mental health institutions, multiple times before. But their families say a loophole in gun laws allowed them to rent a firearm, a loophole they are now working to close.
Many families are struggling to keep a roof over their heads during the pandemic, but a south Richmond family is getting some relief at a critical time from people they will never meet.
The Virginia Department of Health confirms that 370,650 doses are now set for the Commonwealth by December 31. Those needing a second dose of Pfizer's vaccine will not be impacted.
Jim Jarrard is one of the thousands of volunteers who took part in the Pfizer vaccine trials. He is encouraging others to get the vaccine once it becomes available to the public, but warns of the possible side effects.
A Henrico elementary school receives a $3,500 donation from Rosie's Gaming Emporium to ensure students remain safe when returning to in-person learning.
Sunday marks the one-year anniversary since Richmond Fire Lieutenant Ashley Berry was shot and killed outside of a Hopewell home on the night of Thanksgiving. “Ashley was the one that would never quit," said her father, Waverly Berry.
It’s a new beginning for a legally blind man who was thrown out of a Richmond nursing home and onto the street with no place to go, and without proper medication.
Faith Janecke’s plea is simple, as a work-study student, she just wants to get paid for the job she’s done, but the senior says she’s been fighting to get reimbursed for the hours she worked months ago.
The grounds of the Robert E. Lee statue, which has been unofficially renamed Marcus-David Peters Circle, were transformed into a birthday celebration of Marcus-David Peters, the 24-year-old Richmond biology teacher who was shot and killed in 2018 by Richmond Police.
Whether it’s scarred trees, damaged road signs or tire tracks running through yards, neighbors on the 5000 block of Hopkins Road in Chesterfield County say they’ve had it with an ever-growing list of accidents they say are caused by speeding and poor road engineering.
A Richmond family is seeking closure for the loss of their brother who after celebrating 30 days of sobriety was killed in a freak work accident Tuesday.
Following the robbery of a 69-year-old in an Aldi’s Parking lot Sunday by a man pretending to assist her with her groceries, security expert and owner of Major Security Consulting Mike Jones says people should be on high alert in order to prevent similar crimes from happening them.
After months of social change and summer of protests, residents who live in the Fan have decided to do away with the Confederate iconography on their front steps.
Wednesday, the wife of a beloved GRTC bus driver who lost his battle with COVID-19 last week is speaking out for the first time since her husband died a month after contracting COVID-19 urging riders to follow health guidelines.
For nearly a month customers of One Price Dry Cleaners off Laburnum Avenue in Henrico have been trying to get the clothes they say are locked inside the business.
The Virginia Department of Elections has launched a new absentee mail-in ballot tracker to allow voters to follow their ballots before receiving them, and after they’re sent back to the registrar, to make sure they're processed.
For three and a half months, Natasha Middleton-Tucker says she has been waiting on compensation from the City of Richmond about refund options after the wrong plot was dug for her mother’s burial.
Two Henrico men are being credited with helping save a VSP trooper who was assaulted by a man during a traffic stop. Police say the suspect was trying to get the trooper's gun.
A year after her mom’s funeral, a Chesterfield woman still has no peace. She’s speaking out about the care her mom received at a nursing home that she believes led to her death.
“They said one of the biggest needs right now was 1,000 headphones and earbuds,” said Hannah Bryn, Minister of Community Discipleship & Youth, Discovery UMC.
A new statewide program born out of the pandemic known as Virginia Ready Initiative is searching for unemployed Virginians to apply for the programs in order to be retrained for available in-demand job opportunities across the state.
Georgette Williams got insurance to make sure she could avoid financial headaches from moments like what she experienced back in late April when heavy winds and rain brought her neighbor’s tree down on her home, across her chimney and roof. Three months later, she says she’s still dealing with the d
If you’re one of the thousands of Virginians without a job due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s a virtual job fair on Tuesday through the Virginia Employment Commission.
Looser pandemic restrictions and warmer weather have increased the popularity of the James in recent weeks, but Lieutenant Shaun Whitely with Richmond Water Rescue Team at Fire Station 13 says more people on the water has come at a price.
Under Governor Ralph Northam’s Executive Order 63, it does not mention a requirement for officers, deputies or troopers to wear a mask when interacting with drivers at their vehicle, but a Cumberland County man feels there should be.
New federal laws are in effect to protect your rights in the workplace, during the pandemic. Viewers have been reaching out to 12 On Your Side, saying they’ve been fired after being ordered to quarantine by a doctor, or refusing to go into work out of fear of COVID-19 exposure or unsafe conditions.
For months, 12 On Your Side has fielded many calls and emails from family members worried about loved ones in prison during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, one worried wife of a Greensville inmate is wondering why he has not been released.
The temporary suspension on eviction cases ordered by the Virginia Supreme Court has ended. As of last week, courts have restarted non-essential cases, which means eviction cases are picking up again.
A Richmond woman, who has been working on the front line during the COVID-19 pandemic, gets the key to her new home thanks to the Richmond Metropolitan Habitat for Humanity!
A couple called NBC12 investigators after they beat coronavirus because the hospital, Mary Washington, lost the husband’s valuables and clothes while he was near death fighting the virus.
Several Virginians have called 12 On Your Side with issues they’ve come across when applying for unemployment, and Jessica Niro is one of those people struggling to get benefits.
Several viewers called have NBC12 upset with Chesterfield-based Better Med over the cost of its COVID-19 testing. The viewers claim they were led to believe testing was free or low cost and not $300.
From clothespins to rocks, feathers or even lego pieces, what may look like everyday objects to the average person is a world of possibilities for Ashlyn Nelson. The Chesterfield 10-year-old uses these items found around the home to breathe life into art. She has a rolling art shelf full of supplies
There was barely any room left to sit in the Byrd Elementary School cafeteria Tuesday evening as hundreds of students, parents and loved ones packed tightly, shoulder to shoulder against each other and all for the chance to honor Connie May Brice, who served as a cafeteria lady at Byrd Elementary fo
Henrico police are investigating some brazen driveway pavers trying to scam people out of thousands, and they’re working to catch them in the act so they can arrest them.
