
Sharryse Piggott
PM ReporterSharryse Piggott is վ’s PM Reporter. Before she became the afternoon reporter in 2022, Sharryse first joined the station as a fellow for the American Homefront Project in 2021. She’s from a small town called Pocomoke in Maryland. It’s located on the peninsula of Eastern Shore Maryland. Sharryse served 4 years as an active duty U.S Marine and 5 years in the North Carolina Army National Guard. She has over seven years of broadcast experience. Sharryse interned at 101.9 Kiss in New Bern, N.C., and worked for Digital Dope Radio in Atlanta, G.A., as the chief blogger and radio personality. She earned her bachelor’s degree in English and master’s degree in Integrated Marketing Communications from the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Sharryse also has a podcast called Connect Like Minds.
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Officials with Wake County Animal Center are now seeking help from rescue centers to help prevent the spread of canine influenza.
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Officials with the State Department of Military and Veterans Affairs held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the N.C. State Veterans Home in Forsyth County.
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The private, family-owned chain store and gas station is set to build eight stores next year in several areas of North Carolina including Wayne, Nash and Wilson Counties.
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GoTriangle officials broke ground on a multimodal transportation hub to give residents the option to switch between cars, buses, and trains.
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The HEART program, Durham's mental health crisis response program, has now expanded to serve the entire city. The program also has new hours and availability, along with more employees.
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The changes to the town’s “Deck the Hall-Z” parade is due partly to the death of an 11-year-old girl at Raleigh’s Christmas parade in 2022.
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The Wake County Register of Deeds Office is seeking volunteers for a project to help find and archive racially restrictive covenants that prevented largely African Americans, as well as people of other ethnic and minority groups, from buying or living on certain land in Wake County.
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Cline Church Nursery in Fleetwood has been selected to offer a Christmas Tree to the White House.
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The Rocky Mount Police Department is working with Secure the Call, a nonprofit that distributes cell phones to people in need, such as seniors and victims of domestic violence.
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A Wake County Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday morning that Austin Thompson, the suspect in the Oct. 2022 mass shooting in northeast Raleigh, should be tried as an adult.