
Sharryse Piggott
PM ReporterSharryse Piggott is ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾â€™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.
-
Wake County Libraries has the tutoring program through Tutor.com. The site offers resources to grade school and college students as well as working adults.
-
Zebulon Police Department partnered with nonprofit New Blue, which helped create a new program to assist children during 911 emergencies.
-
The plan is a two-year pilot called Bringing Neighbors Home. It’s supposed to help address the lack of affordable housing in Raleigh for dozens of people.
-
The storm did flood several blocks of Carolina Beach, North Carolina, and bring widespread wind gusts over 40 mph. North Carolina's governor urged people to stay off the roads in stormy conditions.
-
The U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey recently released data for 2023 about health insurance for every state including North Carolina.
-
A South Carolina company called Pursuit Alert installs technology inside law enforcement agency cars to alert drivers about high speed police chases.
-
North Carolina Surgical Hospital is the single largest addition to UNC Hospitals' campus in 72 years.
-
The museum is providing glasses for people who are color blind through a partnership with California-based company EnChroma.
-
The Spanish Immersion program is for elementary-aged students learning to be bilingual and using critical thinking skills with core subjects in school.
-
East Carolina University and ECU Health worked together to create the graduate-level certificate program for nurse practitioners in gerontology.