Sharryse Piggott
PM ReporterSharryse Piggott is 吉彩网网站鈥檚 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鈥檚 from a small town called Pocomoke in Maryland. It鈥檚 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鈥檚 degree in English and master鈥檚 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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The Right to Read is a new postcard campaign that encourages people to take a stand against book banning. -
Welcome Baby, a Durham County program, has launched a new initiative aimed at giving Spanish-speaking fathers a supportive space to learn parenting skills. -
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has provided more than $4 million to North Carolina to help close the gap in maternal mortality rates between Black and white mothers in underserved areas. -
Since the start of the school year, Wake County Public School鈥檚 air conditioning systems have not worked to their full capacity to combat the heat. -
Sanitation workers in Durham who demanded pay raises, bonuses and permanent work last week have ended their strike to "keep their commitment to the community." -
A nonprofit research institute is working with several agencies and organizations to provide services for missing person cases at the NC Missing Persons Day event. -
Local officials in Fayetteville and nonprofit Vision Resource Center recently opened what officials say is the first of its kind 鈥淏raille Trail鈥� in the state. -
Operation Dismount is a task force put together to identify people illegally operating ATVs and dirt bikes that pose a threat to pedestrians and other motorists on streets and highways. -
鈥淲anda Little Hands鈥� is one of 15 education centers participating in the program aimed at serving 3-year-olds in underserved communities. -
The historic Strayhorn House, originally built and owned by former slaves, will be awarded the plaque due to its significant role in Carrboro.
