Emily Roberts
Multimedia Journalist
Green Bay
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Emily Roberts joined Action 2 News after graduating from Emerson College in Boston. Alongside her Journalism degree, she has two minors in Sociology and Public Relations. As a northeast Wisconsin native, she's looking forward to reporting close to home.
Education
Updated: 23 hours ago
|By Emily Roberts
A proposed bill by two Republican lawmakers could make mental health awareness more commonplace at state gun shops.
Updated: Mar. 26, 2023 at 10:59 PM CDT
|By Emily Roberts
Marian University honored two officers who attended the school and recently died in the line of duty during a special mass Sunday.
Updated: Mar. 25, 2023 at 8:44 PM CDT
|By Emily Roberts
People fired up their snowblowers and dug out their shovels Saturday.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 5:44 PM CDT
|By Emily Roberts
“They were just fun, giving, loving, wonderful people...”
Updated: Mar. 19, 2023 at 7:59 PM CDT
|By Emily Roberts
Swings, rock climbing walls, crash pads, monkey bars, a trampoline, a ball pit... the list goes on.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2023 at 12:31 PM CDT
|By Emily Roberts
A police officer fired on a driver charging at officers, the Department of Justice says.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 7:31 PM CDT
|By Emily Roberts
Classes offered for first responders to prevent school violence incidents
Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 4:42 PM CDT
|By Emily Roberts
A bill unveiled Wednesday would allow victims of rape or incest to end their pregnancy.
Updated: Mar. 12, 2023 at 6:40 PM CDT
|By Emily Roberts
“Everybody needs to slow down a little bit..."
Updated: Mar. 11, 2023 at 8:41 PM CST
|By Emily Roberts
People from across Wisconsin spent big as the WIAA State Girls Basketball Tournament wrapped up Saturday.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 5:07 PM CST
|By Emily Roberts
“If you make a mess, you are responsible for cleaning it up.”
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 5:34 PM CST
|By Emily Roberts and WBAY news staff
A Brown County town is sounding the alarm after losing five of its stop signs to thieves this past year.
Updated: Mar. 5, 2023 at 10:20 PM CST
|By Emily Roberts
People in our area pledged $1,456,835 during the 69th annual CP Telethon Sunday.
Updated: Mar. 4, 2023 at 9:00 PM CST
|By Emily Roberts
“The community has embraced us in more ways than we can possibly explain"
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 5:58 PM CST
|By Emily Roberts and WBAY news staff
Miles Cruz, now 18, received the maximum sentence on three charges for attacking a woman walking her four-week-old baby on the recreational trail.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 3:07 PM CST
|By Emily Roberts and Kristyn Allen
The death of the 23-year-old from Hobart is being investigated as a homicide.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 7:10 PM CST
|By Emily Roberts
The new food recovery program transforms dining hall staples into grab-and-go meals for students in need.
Updated: Feb. 26, 2023 at 4:14 PM CST
|By Emily Roberts
Wisconsin State Troopers are prepared for what could be a slippery day on the roads.
Updated: Feb. 25, 2023 at 9:14 PM CST
|By Emily Roberts
“Even if you’re down and having a bad day, if your hair looks good, you feel good!”
Updated: Feb. 24, 2023 at 5:21 PM CST
|By Emily Roberts
Wisconsin-based Chalice of Mercy was founded in 2007. Its mission was rewired when Russia invaded Ukraine.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2023 at 5:09 PM CST
|By Emily Roberts
“We’re supporting people who want to raise their kids, plant a garden next month, want their children back in school...”
Updated: Feb. 22, 2023 at 9:21 PM CST
|By Emily Roberts
“I love winter, but it’s like, really? Really? On Ash Wednesday?” Pastor Lori Swenson at Ascension Lutheran Church in Allouez remarked.
Updated: Feb. 19, 2023 at 9:13 PM CST
|By Emily Roberts
The Oshkosh Public Museum is sparkling thanks to personal loans from Miss America herself.
Updated: Feb. 18, 2023 at 8:12 PM CST
|By Emily Roberts
“You’re floating on air!”
Updated: Feb. 17, 2023 at 4:12 PM CST
|By Emily Roberts
All the fun is on the ice for local fishermen
Updated: Feb. 15, 2023 at 7:17 PM CST
|By Emily Roberts
In an effort to keep programs running efficiently, the Green Bay Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department is upping their seasonal pay.
Updated: Feb. 12, 2023 at 9:16 PM CST
|By Emily Roberts
Priyanka Navani is a Turkish Radio and Television (TRT) correspondent... with a local connection.
Updated: Feb. 11, 2023 at 6:19 PM CST
|By WBAY news staff and Emily Roberts
Sturgeon spearing season is officially here!
Updated: Feb. 10, 2023 at 6:11 PM CST
|By Emily Roberts
“Basically in Wisconsin, what else can you do in February?”
Updated: Feb. 9, 2023 at 6:31 PM CST
|By Emily Roberts
No one wants guns at schools - experts are discussing what can be done to stop them from being brought in.
Updated: Feb. 8, 2023 at 4:54 PM CST
|By Emily Roberts
Warm water and air temperatures, plus high wind speeds work together to create dangerous cracks near shorelines.
Updated: Feb. 5, 2023 at 7:18 PM CST
|By Emily Roberts
Farmers are resilient, but deal with some unique stressors.
Updated: Feb. 4, 2023 at 10:15 PM CST
|By Emily Roberts
Scrap metal caught fire at B&B Metals Processing in Newton Saturday.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 5:02 PM CST
|By Emily Roberts
A bipartisan coalition of local leaders and lawmakers calls for closing the 120-year-old correctional institution.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 4:44 PM CST
|By Emily Roberts
“Unless you know that there’s a chance of you getting to a building within 20 minutes, your best bet is to stay inside that vehicle,” an emergency medicine director for Green Bay hospitals says.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 3:31 PM CST
|By WBAY news staff, Emily Roberts and Brittany Schmidt
Police say the 48-year-old Green Bay man was arrested in Arkansas.
Updated: Jan. 28, 2023 at 8:10 PM CST
|By Emily Roberts
”In October of ‘16 I was diagnosed with breast cancer. In 2018 I was diagnosed with skin cancer. Now I’m diagnosed with stomach cancer,” Sergeant Jennifer Clement with the Grand Chute Police Department said.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 12:05 PM CST
|By WBAY news staff and Emily Roberts
The Outagamie County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as Paul A. Rhoads, 56, Appleton.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 6:31 AM CST
|By WBAY news staff and Emily Roberts
The Fox Valley Housing Coalition leads the effort to get a sense of the homeless population in our area.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 4:46 PM CST
|By Emily Roberts
The Wisconsin Humane Society is drawing masterpieces... for a good cause.
Updated: Jan. 22, 2023 at 8:46 PM CST
|By Emily Roberts
The church has helped more than 35 Ukrainian refugees find their footing so far.
Updated: Jan. 21, 2023 at 5:18 PM CST
|By Emily Roberts
The Honors Selection Board chose 350 student performers from a pool of nearly 10,000 applicants.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2023 at 5:12 PM CST
|By Emily Roberts
It was an emotional day for some families as their students returned to Macht Village Programs, which serves kids with severe emotional and behavioral needs.
Updated: Jan. 15, 2023 at 4:51 PM CST
|By Emily Roberts
“In one of my cases I actually had a 12-year-old from Milwaukee shipped up to Appleton for prostitution purposes..."
Updated: Jan. 14, 2023 at 6:29 PM CST
|By Emily Roberts
The sound of voices and drums rang through Northeast Wisconsin Technical College Saturday.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2023 at 5:17 PM CST
|By WBAY news staff and Emily Roberts
The scene is located at Macht Village Programs in the 3300 block of Mid Valley Drive in Lawrence.
Updated: Jan. 8, 2023 at 8:23 PM CST
|By Emily Roberts
“Snow, ice rain. I don’t care. I’m at Lambeau!”
Updated: Jan. 6, 2023 at 4:58 PM CST
|By Emily Roberts
Cop for a day in Fox Valley
Updated: Jan. 5, 2023 at 12:35 PM CST
|By WBAY news staff and Emily Roberts
Amtrak has proposed three daily round-trips from Chicago to Green Bay with its Hiawatha line.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2023 at 12:11 PM CST
|By Emily Roberts
The number of calls fell over 25%. The number of rounds fired fell 43%, police say.
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