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Severe weather threat, flood watch for parts of Triangle
There is a level 1 risk of severe weather today with damaging winds as the main threat.The Triangle and north are the areas impacted by the weather risk this afternoon and evening.Very moist air will remain in place through Friday.Numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop each day, resulting in a threat scattered flash flooding today through Friday, especially during the afternoon and evening.Watch the lights come back on during the ABC11 Morning Show.Temperatures reached near 90 on Tuesday but with humidity, it felt like over 100 degrees.Storms overnight from Tuesday into Wednesday knocked out power for some.Power is...
Kwon's sweet new food truck: Get the scoop on the menu and grand opening in Fayetteville
Kwon’s Kitchen Korean Fusion has been a mainstay of the Fayetteville food scene since the truck gained traction with locals in 2021. Now, owner Vanessa McKoy — better known as "Chef Kwon" — is launching a second food truck exclusively offering her best-selling sweets. Kwons Treats food...
Youth pack in 3 days of fun at RWVFD Kids Camp
The Roanoke Wildwood Volunteer Fire Department’s Kid’s Camp offered a diverse range of activities. Youth met with Northampton County EMS personnel, saw the East Care helicopter, interacted with wildlife from Newell Farm, and watched demonstrations on the ladder trucks from the RWVFD and Warrenton Rural Fire Departments. And this was just the beginning of the three-day camp.
North Carolina Dance TEACHER CHARGED WITH INDECENT LIBERTIES AND STATUTORY RAPE Involving Students
A woman associated with several dance studios around the state, including one in Raleigh, was arrested in Raleigh on allegations of indecent liberties with a juvenile. A New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office investigation linked Elissa Susan Edwards to charges of wrongdoing with pupils at various North Carolina dancing studios. According to online documents, the dance […]
AAC Media Days Interview: Rahjai Harris
ARLINGTON, Texas (WNCT) — WNCT’s Brian Bailey is in Texas for Media Days for the American Athletic Conference as football season draws closer. ECU is represented at the event by running back Rahjai Harris and defensive back Shavon Revel. Bailey caught up with both to talk about getting ready for the upcoming season. ECU will […]
Party pushing Cornel West for president sues NC elections board
Litigation was filed Monday by the Justice for All Party, supporter of Cornel West for president, against the N.C. State Board of Elections by three Fayetteville residents. The lawsuit of plaintiffs Johnny Thomas Ortiz II, Jimmie Gregory Rogers Jr. and Weldon Murphy says the state board had “no legal authority” for its action and that the party met the 13,865-signature requirement of state law. Defendants are the elections board as an entity, and each of its members and Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell in their...
Stokes charged with possession of a firearm by a felon
The Williamston Police Department received a report of possession of firearm by a felon, carrying concealed handgun, resist, delay and obstruct, possession of marijuana less than ½ ounce and possession of marijuana paraphernalia at 412 South McCaskey Rd. in Williamston. Later that day they reported an arrest of Camron Savod Stokes. He was charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, carrying a concealed handgun and resist, delay and obstruct. ...
Over 41,000 gallons of sewage spills in New Bern
NEW BERN, N.C. (WITN) - There’s been another big sewage spill in one Eastern Carolina city. New Bern says some 41,418 gallons of sewage escaped Sunday from a manhole on Trappers Trail. The city says the mess got into a storm drain that flows into Renny’s Creek, a tributary...
State to create public fishing area on 555 acres near Grimesland
Construction is expected to begin later this summer on Pitt County’s first public fishing area managed by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. The work on North Grimesland Bridge Road between N.C. 33 and U.S. 264 is expected to be completed this fall, then the site will officially open to the public, the commission announced last week. The commission entered into an agreement with the N.C. Department of Transportation to open...
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