John Hood
Reporter
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John Hood joined the NBC12 team in October 2021.
John was previously an MMJ/Reporter at WHSV in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley. There John was awarded by the Associated Press as the Best MMJ/ One Man Reporter of the Virginias for small market stations two years in a row.
This Virginia Beach native graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University back in December 2017 with a B.S in Broadcast Journalism. During college, John worked as a producer at Mix98.1 for Wicker in the Morning.
John is happy to be back in the River City to cover the stories that matter to you and Central Virginia. You can typically find him running to Belle Isle or enjoying some crispy chicken at Kokonut Grill on the weekend.
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Susanna Gibson’s campaign denounces her videos being shared as it is a violation of the law and her privacy.
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Jessica Saenz said she was working from her home when her FedEx delivery driver knocked on her door frantically to tell her a package was stolen.
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A woman is dead, and a man is in custody after a barricade situation in Henrico County’s west end Monday.
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The Virginia Department of Education released new guidance on policies concerning the treatment of transgender and nonbinary students in the state’s public schools.
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For weeks, the boy's mother said she was left wondering what happened to her son until she learned charges were being filed against two Virginia day care workers.
On February 21, 2023 at 2:15 PM the King George County Sheriff’s Officer received a call in reference to an Infant CPR in Progress call from C & A Daycare and Preschool.
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Anyone with information about Martha and Mary’s whereabouts is asked to call Crime Solvers at (804) 733-2777.
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Next school year school principals in Virginia's public schools will be required to report bullying incidents to families within 24 hours.
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Eleven men are facing charges in Henrico for soliciting a minor for sex over the Internet.
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A Virginia-based salvage crew successfully recovered Scott’s body and the truck on Friday afternoon.
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Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel officials confirmed Friday they recovered the body of a driver whose tractor-trailer truck went over the side of the bridge.
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Henrico police are investigating after they say a cargo train struck a toddler Wednesday evening.
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A total of eight people have now been displaced as a result of the fire. They have all found places to stay.
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A video of the incident has made its way around social media.
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A teacher at Thomas Boushall Middle School is on leave following an incident where she told a student to not speak Spanish in her class and to speak English.
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After an investigation, three people were charged with two counts of abuse and neglect of vulnerable adults, a class 1 misdemeanor.
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Irvo Otieno died from “positional and mechanical asphyxia with restraints,” according to law firms representing his family.
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A homeowner in Richmond’s Jackson Ward neighborhood could be paying close to $20,000 to remove a mural on the side of his home because it did not receive proper authorization from the city.
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State police arrested seven Henrico County Sheriff’s Office deputies on Tuesday and charged them with second-degree murder for the death of a man at a Dinwiddie mental health hospital.
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In two months Tyson Foods will be closing its facility in Glen Allen to shift demand to other facilities impacting nearly 700 jobs.
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What was supposed to be a long weekend trip to celebrate a friend’s birthday turned into a nightmare for those who loved her.
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Anyone wanting to buy a ticket after 7:30 p.m. is now required to show their ID.
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Principal Kevin Olds urges parents to get more involved.
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Henrico Police have made an arrest in a shooting at a Walmart parking lot that left a 17-year-old dead Tuesday evening.
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The Hanover School Board passed the transgender bathroom and locker room policy in a 5-2 vote.
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The Hanover County Animal Control and other agencies found multiple livestock animals dead and removed several others from a property in Mechanicsville.
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The public commenting started off with school board chair, John Axselle, telling the crowd that because of the number of speakers signed up, another public comment period on the proposed policy will happen again Tuesday, August 16 at 7 p.m.
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David Gott, with Legend Brewing Co. has been serving craft beers for more than 20 years in Manchester but a bill he just received has left him with a not-so-good sour taste in his mouth.
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The fire destroyed buildings and shut down Route 360 in the area.
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Officials said a civilian called 911 this morning reporting a body in the water near the Huguenot Bridge.
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Firefighters were called to the scene at 909 E. Main St. just before 2 p.m.
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Multiple agencies are continuing their search for two missing women after going over the Bosher Dam on the James River.
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Over the last two months lawmakers in Virginia’s General Assembly have put in hours of work, going through hundreds of bills, and passing new legislation but on its final day of session leaders were unable to pass the state’s budget for the next two years.
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A 5-year-old girl has died following a UTV accident in Disputanta on Monday.
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Some of those formulas are under SNAP and WIC benefits in Virginia.
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Henrico County Public Schools says it will no longer allow maskless students in the classroom following a ruling made by an Arlington County judge on Friday that temporarily stopped Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s executive order.
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A source told NBC12 the Richmond School Board met in a closed session Sunday and voted to take legal action in an effort to block the Governor Glenn Youngkin’s executive order on optional masking in schools.
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Parents and students across Virginia are gearing up for School on Monday when Governor Youngkin’s executive order on masking is set to start, some parents still sending students without masks despite what their school division says.
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For many Virginians, their new year’s resolution is to save more money, but that can be difficult to do during the winter, especially when heating your home.
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Dozens of people from around the county met at the state capitol on Saturday to support a Virginia family pleading with Gov. Ralph Northam to pardon their family member sentenced to 1,800 years in prison.
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After tornadoes destroyed many communities in multiple states non profits in Virginia are stepping up to help provide relief.
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While its the end of a long journey for many, it was an even longer journey for some after many graduation ceremonies were cancelled due to the pandemic.
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More than 2,400 Americans lost their lives on December 7, 1941, at Pearl Harbor, and of those 41 were natives of Virginia.
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A 70-year-old Chesterfield man is looking for answers after his home was broken into, nothing was taken but left a message of hate was left behind.
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Virginia Commonwealth University has shut down a freshman residence hall due to mold issues for the rest of the year.
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It’s a spectacle that some say they’ve only heard stories about from their parents but on Saturday morning thousands were out on Leigh St. in Richmond, ready to be a part of the Armstrong/Walker Classic legacy.
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A Chesterfield church continues its mission of delivering hope to the community after holding its annual Thanksgiving dinner despite the church’s bus being destroyed last month.
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The deadline for the 2021 expanded child tax credit is on Monday and advocates are pushing parents to apply online with the fear that many families in the Commonwealth may miss out.
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After the U.S House of Representatives passed the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill late Friday night the country will be seeing its largest investment toward improving roads, bridges, and broadband internet in decades.
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As the time for early voting has come to an end, both candidates for governor are making one last lap around Virginia as they aim for the checkered flag on Tuesday.
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