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🎥 🎤@12OnYourSide & @FoxRichmond Anchor📍RVA 🧡 GO HOKIES
Richmond, VA
Joined January 2020
CAREER UPDATE 🥳🎥❤️.Very excited to announce I’ll be moving to the desk full time as a Weekday Evening Anchor. Here are my new slots:.@12OnYourSide at 5:30pm.@FoxRichmond at 10pm.@12OnYourSide at 11pm. Feeling very blessed for this opportunity alongside the best in the biz!
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After @NCAA banned Enter Sandman from being played at tip-off, this is how Hokie Nation responded.
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Today is @JOEL9ONE’s birthday, so obviously it’s time to revisit the most legendary local news soundbite ever to air. #HopefulPowerballPlayer
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Well Blacksburg, that was fun for all of 5 snaps. RVA folks - you can catch me on the desk at 6pm! Might need to redo the hair though 😂
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Now that I no longer work for NBC29 or live in Charlottesville is it okay to roast UVA sports/the Hoos fan base in a public setting again. ?.
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DIDNT HAVE THIS ON MY BINGO CARD!! what in the world is the Southernmost point doing on 95 in VA? 😂💀
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Cannot sleep. Anxiously waiting for updates. Prayers to UVA. Sending love to my second home, Charlottesville. 💔.
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THE VICTIMS 💔 . Devin Chandler.Lavel “Tyler” Davis Jr. D’Sean Perry. Two others remain in the hospital- one in critical condition and one in stable condition. @NBC12
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Let me clarify here- Virginia Tech hosted this Women’s NCAA Tournament game as a “neutral site” . So, the NCAA said the Hokies would be fined if they played their traditional Enter Sandman entrance. So yes, the song was banned for this instance but not for usual home games.
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The momentum was undeniable. Wow. I’m speechless. SO PROUD TO BE A HOKIE.
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Said goodbye to my best bud today. Our family is going to feel so incomplete without her. Love you Sadie Girl. ❤️
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Celebrating 3 years in the news industry today. The days are long, but the years are short. A true labor of love ❤️
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🚨UVA Officials have released SUSPECT INFO🚨. CHRISTOPHER DARNELL JONES. Wearing a Burgundy jacket or hoodie, blue jeans, and red shoes. He was on a UVA Football Roster in 2018. From Petersburg VA. Went to Varina HS for 3 years and Petersburg HS senior year. @NBC12
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Just woke up. As a Hokie, my heart is broken. I lived 2 blocks from the scene of the shooting, I walked past Melody every day to get to campus. I have friends who were downtown last night. What a gut punch. This is a familiar, sickening feeling for Hokie Nation. 💔.
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1/2: I want to apologize for an insensitive post that I made yesterday about West Virginia that was unprofessional, careless, and has hurt many people. It was behavior that honestly isn’t just unacceptable for a journalist, but for anyone.
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Just when you thought the news cycle couldn’t get worse after UVA, a quadruple homicide in Chesterfield, and the Colorado Club Q shooting…two of our colleagues at WBTV perish in a helicopter crash. Hours later, several are killed in the Chesapeake shooting. Make it stop. 💔.
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CHRISTMAS ON CAMERA 🎄❤️🎥 I wish you and your families all the health and happiness this Christmas. How did you spend the holiday today?
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How am I supposed to anchor the 10 o’clock news when we’re up against Duke at the half #ACCMBB.
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A reporter with our sister station WAFB in Baton Rouge, LA confirming UVA RB Mike Hollins is one of the injured players. @NBC12
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The news the people of Richmond deserve. For those who’d never heard of the Richmond gun hole, well now you have. @12OnYourSide . Full story:
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I don’t really care for spring…UNLESS it’s spring in Blacksburg. Hits different.
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As much as I loved waking up at 3:30am to hang out with the early bird viewers, excited to say I’m now anchoring the primetime shows on the weekend! 🌟🎥 Tune in at 6/10/11pm on Saturdays and Sundays @NBC12
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Off the air this week. I’m on mountain time! See you back on NBC12 on Sunday 🤠🏔️
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Today is my last day out in the field as an MMJ. It’s quite poetic that this chapter of my career ends at the Gun Hole. Talk about a lasting impression. I’ll have a career update coming soon! Stay tuned 🎥❤️
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You’re gonna look like a million bucks this morning!!.
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In other Bodos news- Owner Scott Smith says they are looking into opening a 4th location in Charlottesville. They think it may have to be a “drive-thru” location somewhere since they got so much positive feedback these past few months. @NBC29.
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This Hokie is headed for Hooville! So excited to announce that I’m joining the NBC 29 crew in Charlottesville as a Multimedia Reporter ❤️🎉 Can’t wait for what’s in store!!
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80 degrees and sunny. Gorgeous day against a Big Ten team. Where are all the Hoos fans?
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“Imagine telling someone you can’t love them more than Blacksburg, VA” . ACTUALLY I can imagine.
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BEHIND BARS: Here are the two men accused of planning to carry out a mass shooting during Richmond’s 4th of July Celebration at Dogwood Dell. Police seized two rifles, a handgun, and around 200 rounds of ammo. THANK YOU to the hero who tipped off police. @NBC12
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HAPPENING NOW 🚨 Youngkin addresses the media following Election Day. @NBC12 . “I’m disappointed”
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So sad to hear UVA Twitter legend "Phony Bennett" passed away. In case you didn't know him personally, his name was Chris Dembitz and he was a beloved father and great guy. RIP 🧡💙.
@IfTonyTweeted I am Phony’s aka Chris’ sister. Chris lost his battle with cancer early Tuesday morning. No memorial info is available yet. I’m not sure how to make this so all his followers will see this. Keep his mother, girls, and wife in your thoughts.
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*Speaking as a media professional and not as a fan* this @HokiesFB video team is something else. The content gets better and better every year. conversations like this are raw, real, and awesome for the world to see. #HardHatMentality 🏈.
Hard Hat Series 🚧. @HenBoss2 & @Quincy_qb1 share a special bond that runs much deeper than just football. Enjoy their revealing conversation 📽. #HardHatMentality 👷🏽 | #Hokies 🦃
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@jwgiglio These are all fan tweets. Your article clearly stated that PLAYERS do not like Fuente. As a fellow journalist, I think it is fair to ask for a source on that - specifically a player that said they didn't like him. Don't post something without doing your research. Reporting 101.
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Omg I missed this one. BRUTAL 😂😂😂.
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BREAKING NEWS 🚨 Boutta throw the meanest curve ball you’ve ever seen in your life. @NBC12 @GoSquirrels
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Feeling very lucky to be anchoring every show tonight with Curt Autry. Best part? It’s his 28-year anniversary of being the main anchor at NBC12! 🥳 #LocalLegend @NBC12
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Should Carytown become car free? (Similar to the Downtown Mall in Charlottesville, more pedestrian friendly). Sound off below!.
The movement for a #CarFreeCarytown has made it into Richmond Connects—the city’s transportation planning process. If you support a pedestrian promenade in Carytown, then fill out the survey:.
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Filling in on the desk tonight 🎥🌟 I’ll be joining Curt on First at Four and Simone at 5:30! @NBC12
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Just when you’ve thought you’ve seen it all on Midlothian Turnpike in Richmond…😂 I had to pull over for this one
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Feeling the Christmas Eve magic at NBC12 🎄❤️🎁 . Tune in at 11pm as we track the frigid forecast and Santa’s sleigh @NBC12
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@FenitN Don’t say out loud that it’s a “slow news day” . History proves that you will be sent to breaking news within the hour.
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After working through the holidays, I’m officially on vacation for the next 10 days. Unplugging from social media during this time. 💛 See you in January!.
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SO unbelievably proud to be a Hokie. The Golden Standard for Female Athletes. GRATEFUL 🧡.
Our season comes to a close tonight. What a ride it was, thank you Hokie Nation for rockin’ with us every step of the way 🦃🧡
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All it takes is one trip back up to Northern Virginia for the holidays to remind me why I love Richmond so much 😅 #HolyTraffic.
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If you saw me at the ABC store in the middle of the workday, don't tell my boss…😬. KIDDING- it was for a story! Coming up at 5:30, hear about Virginia ABC's decision to pull Russian-sourced Vodka from its shelves in support of Ukraine. 🇺🇦
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@Metallica Can’t wait to see y’all in Blacksburg soon (speaking it into existence)🫡🎸🤘🏼 GO HOKIES.
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The best stop you can make en route to the OBX. Always reminds me of my Gramps 🧡
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Chef Riles fell asleep with the oven on 😭 RIP to my pigs in a blanket.
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My parents are trying to pick out a new puppy 🥺💛 so hard to decide. What’s your vote?
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RAISE YOUR HAND if this pollen is whooping your behind 😅 Tune in at 5 and 6 to hear why this allergy season came earlier and is stronger than in years past. @NBC12
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2/2: My comments do not reflect the values of any of my colleagues or NBC12. I am embarrassed and promise to do better to work hard to regain your trust.
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Concerning calls coming into the newsroom this Election Day. One man in Chesterfield went to check in at his polling place. He was told he had already voted. Did a county-wide search of his name and everyone under his same last name had also been listed as “already voted” 🤔.
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neVer forgeT 🧡.
Today, we honor the lives of the 32 students and faculty members who were tragically taken from their loved ones and our community on April 16, 2007. On the 2023 Day of Remembrance, we reflect on the tremendous promise each of them embodied for our world. #VTWeRemember 🧡
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JUST IN: @GovernorVA proposing to use unanticipated transportation revenue to provide a *3 month gas tax holiday* to provide relief for Virginians. Says he plans to propose this as a Governor’s bill during the upcoming legislative special session. @NBC12
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I’m on vacation on Isle of Palms in SC. I’m standing outside the Windjammer when all of a sudden, hundreds of people start running away from the beach screaming about a potential shooter. Huge police presence, I have called our sister station @Live5News to get more info.
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The email Bridgewater sent to students stated that the two slain officers were a “dynamic duo”. John Painter was J.J. Jefferson’s best man in his wedding this year. 💔.
BREAKING NEWS: In an email from the Bridgewater College president to students and staff, the officers killed in today's shooting on campus were identified as Officer J.J. Jefferson and Officer John Painter. (📸: Bridgewater Police Department) >>
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It’s official. The Wyant Family puppy has been selected. She’s very clumsy and sleepy 🥺🫶🏼. Her name is still up for debate.
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