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Smith appointed to lead NC Legislative Black Caucus
Greenville's Kandie Smith has been appointed chairwoman of the North Carolina Legislative Black Caucus, her office announced on Thursday. The District 5 state senator representing Pitt and Edgecombe counties earned the gavel after serving one year as the caucus first vice chairwoman. She succeeds Rep. Kelly Alexander of Charlotte, who is not seeking re-election after more than eight years in the state House. Smith assumed the role on June 26. ...
Advocates continue push for law in boy's honor
Supporters of a law named for a Grifton boy killed by his father in 2012 will hold an online Angelversary on Saturday. Jesse Ray Adams, 3, was shot and killed on July 13, 2012, at 1072 Wiley Gaskins Road by his father who then turned the gun on himself. The man was on the phone with Adams’ mother, Christy Melvin, when he killed the boy. Melvin had recently filed for divorce. ...
County manager: Investigation of director raises no concerns about animal shelter
Pitt County Manager Janis Gallagher said she has no concerns about the operation of the Pitt County Animal Shelter or its finances following the resignation of its executive director. Chad Singleton, who oversaw the shelter and Pitt County Animal Services since Aug. 9, 2021, resigned from the county effective Friday. His resignation came one week after he was placed on investigative status with pay on July 3, Gallagher said. “Outside...
WNCT.com’s Get in the Game: Alina Prescott
Editor’s note: WNCT has a new feature that will happen every Tuesday where a player from one of the many travel ball teams across Eastern North Carolina will be featured. If you have an athlete you’d like to nominate, email jennis@wnct.com. ===== WINTERVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — From Pitt County All-Stars to travel softball, Alina Prescott does […]
Pitt County grandmother uses grandchildren’s birthdays to win $569,347 jackpot
RALEIGH – A family vacation led Winterville resident Claudette Cox to play her grandchildren’s birthdays as her Cash 5 numbers, a decision that led to a $569,347 jackpot win. “We had just gone on vacation together as a family and had such a great time so I just...
Dustin’s First Alert Forecast: Showers & storms linger into the coming days; Heat returns next week
A Flash Flood Watch has been issued for Beaufort, Bertie, Craven, Duplin, Gates, Greene, Hertford, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Pitt, and Onslow Counties until 9:00 PM Thursday. With our wet start to the day, showers and storms will be off and on throughout the day, as rainfall amounts could range from the 1-3″ inches of rain. This is all associated with a stalled cold front that is lingering around the area. We will see a lull in the activity later tonight after sunset and clouds will take over for most of the viewing area. Friday will start out overcast with a few showers and storms, then becoming widespread and heavy at times throughout the day. An additional 2-4″ or more could cause more flooding concerns over the same areas as we go into the weekend. When all is set and done, several aeras could rack up over 4-5″ inches in a few isolated spots. As we go into Sunday, the remaining of the showers and storms will be more on the isolated and scattered side, but could bring another 1-2″ inches of rain to certain areas that see heavy rainfall this weekend.
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