Jacksonville police seek school crossing guards
Wed Jan 14 11:21 pm
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) -- The Jacksonville Police Department is currently hiring school crossing guards for various elementary schools around the city. "It is a job where you have to be very alert because kids don't look and they don't think about traffic," said Jeffrey Walters, a Crossing Guard at Parkwood Elementary. "They will start running [...]
Suspects identified in Tyrrell County shooting
Wed Jan 14 7:54 pm
TYRRELL COUNTY, N.C. (WNCT) -- Two suspects were identified from the shooting in the area of Main Street and Kohl's Street in Columbia on Dec. 28 The shooting occurred at approximately 9:50 p.m. The Tyrrell County Sheriff's Office identified the suspects as Jayden Barnes and Stewart Bond. A third suspect is in the process of [...]
New changes to early voting for Pitt County primary elections
Wed Jan 14 6:09 pm
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) -- There are some new changes made to Pitt County early voting for primaries. The State Board of Elections voted to take away Sunday early voting hours. "In the past three even year primary elections, there have only been approximately 330 voters that have showed up on Sunday's total for those three [...]
Health departments team up for foodborne illness training
Wed Jan 14 5:37 pm
PITT COUNTY, N.C. (WNCT) -- The Pitt County Health Department had a foodborne illness demonstration on Jan. 14 at the Pitt County Agriculture Center, with seven different health departments from across the state were in attendance. Health officials from the local government to the state government attended the event. They went over different methods and [...]
Greenville Police Department continuing crack down on pedestrian safety near ECU
Wed Jan 14 5:21 pm
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) -- Halfway through the first week of the spring semester at ECU, both Greenville Police Department and ECU Police Department are continuing to crack down on jaywalking and fast drivers. GPD says they've been handing out tickets for impending traffic near the intersection of 10th Street and College Hill. This comes after [...]
Edgecombe County reports first flu-related death as NC sees increase
Wed Jan 14 5:13 pm
EDGECOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WNCT) -- The Edgecombe County Health Department reported the first flu-related death on Jan 13 as the state is seeing an increase overall this flu season. The North Carolina Health and Human Services said 63 more people died from the flu in the last week, bringing the total to 134 flu-related deaths [...]
$30,000 stolen from Biffle estate weeks after fatal Statesville plane crash
Wed Jan 14 4:19 pm
New details have been released about a burglary at the Mooresville home of the Biffle family, weeks after the deadly plane crash in Statesville that claimed the lives of former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and six others.
Roy Cooper outpaces Michael Whatley in fundraising in North Carolina's Senate race
Wed Jan 14 3:07 pm
Just 10 months before the general election, two candidates for the U.S. Senate seat in North Carolina are giving a clearer picture of their individual campaigns.
Issiah Ross trial: Investigators, parents of Lyric Woods and Devin Clark testify in Orange County double murder case
Wed Jan 14 3:01 pm
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WNCN) — The jury is set and expert witnesses are lined up to take the stand in the trial against 21-year-old Issiah Ross. Ross is accused of shooting and killing Devin Clark, 18, and Lyric Woods, 14, in September 2022. Their bodies were discovered by ATV drivers in a wooded area off [...]
Football teams at UNC, NC State, Fayetteville State, and Shaw donate 90K meals to campus pantries
Wed Jan 14 3:01 pm
Four college football teams in central North Carolina participated in a campaign that led to 90,000 meals being donated to the food pantries at their schools, Food Lion said Wednesday.
