Updated: Jun. 29, 2021 at 2:16 AM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
Madison city leaders call on drivers to slow down on East Washington Avenue following deadly hit-and-run crash.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2021 at 5:44 AM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
Walkers and bikers along East Washington Avenue are calling for change in Madison, following a deadly hit-and-run this past weekend.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2021 at 9:34 PM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
A Dane County community task force group raised over $300,000 to help fund a Vel Phillips statue that would stand at Wisconsin’s State Capitol.
Updated: Jun. 21, 2021 at 10:06 PM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
Critical race theory is a widely-debated topic across the country, and there’s a mix of opinions about teaching the concept in the classroom.
Updated: Jun. 20, 2021 at 10:47 PM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
A recent University of Utah study shows 45 percent of American fathers are now spending more time at home with the kids.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2021 at 12:01 AM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
The Latino community is 1.5 times more likely to develop the disease than white non-Latinos.
Updated: Jun. 16, 2021 at 12:32 AM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
A burning chemical plant in Rockton, IL dug up memories of Madison’s historic “Butter Fire” that engulfed a warehouse building 30 years ago.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2021 at 12:25 AM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
Rockton residents within a 1.5 mile radius of the chemical plant fire remain displaced Monday night as the flames continued to burn.
Updated: Jun. 13, 2021 at 10:39 PM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
Madison officials are making plans to give the West Towne Mall area a facelift.
Updated: Jun. 11, 2021 at 6:37 AM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
American Family Children’s hospital received $10.2 million since 2016 because of AmFam’s fundraising efforts.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2021 at 10:32 PM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
Are you feeling more forgetful than normal? Cognitive experts said the pandemic could be the culprit.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2021 at 11:53 PM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
NBC15 checked in with more than 10 companies in our viewing area who said they’re all trying to keep up with demand.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2021 at 12:52 AM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
City officials said over 100 businesses recently applied for a permit to join the program.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2021 at 10:31 PM CDT
|By Nick Viviani and Brittney Ermon
A new alert from the Middleton Police Dept. warns that a young black bear has been spotted in the city, near Lake Mendota.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2021 at 10:34 AM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
The city of Madison is investing an additional $35,000 each into the Black Chamber of Commerce and Latino Chamber of Commerce to help businesses of color crippled by Covid stay open.
Updated: May. 31, 2021 at 8:36 PM CDT
|By Juliana Tornabene and Brittney Ermon
The Madison Mallards returned to the Warner Park Duck Pond for the first time in 20 months Monday afternoon to kick off the 2021 season.
Updated: May. 31, 2021 at 1:09 AM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
Black community leaders said progress toward justice and equality is moving along, but work still needs to be done.
Updated: May. 27, 2021 at 10:55 PM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
Communities of color will have a hard time bouncing back post pandemic because of inequality gaps that got worse over time.
Updated: May. 26, 2021 at 10:40 PM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
The Covid-19 pandemic continues to impact communities of color at a disproportionate rate, and UW-Health vaccine educators are working to curb hesitancy.
Updated: May. 25, 2021 at 11:30 PM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
“It’s a chair to make some take a stand. We don’t want people to be comfortable. We want people to get up and take action."
Updated: May. 24, 2021 at 10:33 PM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
Youth-led protests are becoming more popular as activists organize their own demonstrations to demand change.
Updated: May. 23, 2021 at 10:54 PM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
A UW-Madison business expert said it depends on the industry.
Updated: May. 20, 2021 at 11:16 PM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
These new guidelines add about 19 million Americans to the age group for screenings. The goal is to save thousands of lives.
Updated: May. 20, 2021 at 12:27 AM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
The CDC’s announcement giving fully vaccinated people the green light to ditch the mask assumes most Americans will be truthful about vaccine status.
Updated: May. 18, 2021 at 10:21 PM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
UW-Health officials said the decision to loosen Dane County restrictions is not too early, it’s right on time.
Updated: May. 17, 2021 at 10:51 PM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
A Madison organization is raising awareness for the Israel-Palestine conflict hoping to educate people about realities of life in Gaza.
Updated: May. 17, 2021 at 9:39 AM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
Organizations across the country are calling for a ban to prevent private and corporate companies from using facial recognition technology. A Janesville organization is using the software to find missing pets.
Updated: May. 14, 2021 at 12:38 AM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
Beloit’s first black police chief took his oath of office on Thursday at a public ceremony at Riverside Park.
Updated: May. 12, 2021 at 10:32 PM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
Americans who qualify can save $50 dollars a month on their internet bill, thanks to a new FCC initiative called the Emergency Broadband Benefit.
Updated: May. 12, 2021 at 12:26 AM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
Homeless campers at Reindahl Park are looking for new options, after the city asked them to pack up and leave before May 9. It's not the first time campers were asked to leave this year.
Updated: May. 9, 2021 at 10:59 PM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
Local organizations are searching for people to donate their time to help others.
Updated: May. 6, 2021 at 11:55 PM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
Typically about 3.5 million truckers are on the road in the U.S., but during the Covid pandemic experts say most trucks don't leave the lot.
Updated: May. 3, 2021 at 11:55 PM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for young adults age 12 and older by next week.
Updated: May. 2, 2021 at 9:50 PM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
More than 30 million students in the U.S. will have food to eat during the summer, after the Biden administration expanding a program using funds from the coronavirus relief package approved in March.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2021 at 10:26 PM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
Gov. Tony Evers proposed a $20 million investment to connect state food pantries with Wisconsin producers.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2021 at 10:34 PM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon and Juliana Tornabene
Affinity groups are meant to bring people together with the same backgrounds or interests to discuss different opinions.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2021 at 10:28 PM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
Nearly 8 percent of Americans are not getting their second Moderna or Pfizer Covid shot, according to new data from the CDC.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2021 at 11:49 PM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
Some local leaders are asking to remove bus traffic from a section of State Street, but only on weekends during the summer.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2021 at 6:45 PM CDT
|By Nick Viviani, Isabel Lawrence and Brittney Ermon
The three teachers at the heart of controversial assignment given to some Sun Prairie Area School District middle-school students have all resigned from their positions.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2021 at 11:48 PM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
A rise in Coronavirus cases in Dane County are tied to children 17 and younger.
Updated: Apr. 11, 2021 at 10:34 PM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
A pop-up Covid vaccine clinic had the parking lot at Trinity United Methodist church packed with people Sunday afternoon.
Updated: Apr. 9, 2021 at 12:43 AM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
Over $50 million of Wisconsin federal food aid is hanging in the balance after the Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down the statewide mask mandate.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2021 at 10:50 PM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
The Wisconsin spring election ended with historic firsts in minority communities.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2021 at 10:34 PM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
The FBI is sounding the alarm on fake Covid vaccination cards being sold online.
Updated: Apr. 4, 2021 at 10:51 PM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
After a year of cancellations and last minute changes, a busy wedding season is months away following loosened Covid restrictions.
Updated: Apr. 1, 2021 at 9:32 PM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
The Brewers welcomed back fans to American Family Field with Covid precautions and a few changes right off the bat.
Updated: Mar. 30, 2021 at 10:51 PM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
The Centers for Disease Control director is warning Americans not to pull back on Covid restrictions, following climbing cases in the United States.
Updated: Mar. 28, 2021 at 11:27 PM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
Sunday kicks off the first day restaurants in Wisconsin can sell cocktails to-go, but there are limits to the new law.
Updated: Mar. 25, 2021 at 10:46 PM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
A new American Psychological Association study shows nearly half of Americans feel uneasy thinking about in-person interaction post-pandemic.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2021 at 10:24 PM CDT
|By Brittney Ermon
Dentists are preparing to get COVID certified after Gov. Tony Evers signed a bill that allows dentists to administer COVID-19 vaccinations.