
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.
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The private family-owned chain store and gas station opened its first location in Dare County.
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About 17,800 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in North Carolina are on a waiting list for healthcare services. A bipartisan group of state lawmakers held a news conference Tuesday calling for funding to fix the problem.
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A leadership ceremony was held over the weekend at the Franklinton Center at Bricks in Whitakers to celebrate its new executive director.
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The Cumberland County School District held its 5th annual feather ceremony for graduating Native American high school seniors.
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Wakebrook closed last year after UNC Health pulled out. The facility will reopen to patients in May with renovations, more service providers, and a new crisis center.
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High School students in Fayetteville created a project about Army Special Operations Soldiers on secret missions in Berlin, Germany during the Cold War. The grand opening for the exhibit is May 7.
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The Dueling Dinosaurs Exhibit at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science has its grand opening this weekend.
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The Rehab 12 fire truck will include several upgrades such as sanitation stations created to offer firefighters protection on the job.
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The popular convenience store and gas station chain Wawa will celebrate the grand opening of its first North Carolina store in Kill Devil Hills in May.
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A statewide inventory conducted in 2019 shows there were more than 16,000 untested sexual assault kits that were backlogged.