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Crew battling housefire in Greenville
PITT COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - Fire crews are battling a blaze at one Eastern Carolina home Sunday. A house on Leon Drive outside of Greenville caught fire. A ladder truck is helping attack the blaze. WITN is following the story and will have updates as more information becomes available.
Juvenile charged following overdose in Edgecombe County
EDGECOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) -The Edgecombe County Sheriff’s Office says a juvenile is charged with several drug offenses following an overdose report at ECU Health Tarboro. Detectives executed a search warrant for the residence in Tarboro where they say the drugs came from. They say the search of that...
Hospital CEO: ‘We’re headed in the right direction’
On any given week, you can catch Chris Munton making rounds throughout Wilson Medical Center’s hallways, talking with staff. The CEO took the helm a year ago after the hospital was going through a crisis including being placed on immediate jeopardy status four times in a year by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Regulators lifted those statuses after […] The post Hospital CEO: ‘We’re headed in the right direction’ first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.
35th annual Farmville Dogwood Festival enjoys another successful year
FARMVILLE, N.C (WNCT) — Farmville’s Dogwood Festival is one of the biggest events of the year in Eastern North Carolina. The 35th annual event this weekend did not disappoint. The annual event kicked off on Thursday and ran through Sunday. Each day featured a different main event, including discounted ride bracelets and a Disney movie […]
Murder, accessory charges filed against Walstonburg man
Charges against a Walstonburg man arrested in an April 15 shooting death on Third Street in west Greenville include murder and accessory after the fact, according to jail records. Zy’quan Malik Johnson, 21, 93 Jamal Sarsour St., was arrested in Rocky Mount the next night with the assistance of the Rocky Mount Police Department, the Greenville Police Department said. He was detained in the Edgecombe County Jail and later booked...
Braswell Memorial Library leader resigns; Alston had served as director since June
The Braswell Memorial Library is without a day-to-day leader. Tikela Alston, who had been serving as the director of library services, resigned, Library Board of Trustees Chairwoman LaShawnda Washington said in email correspondence. Alston’s resignation was scheduled to take effect today, with Saturday having been her last business day of work, Washington said. Personnel policy required Alston to give a 30-day notice of an intention to resign and she did...
Fire damages home in Pitt County
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — A fire broke out at a home outside of Greenville on Sunday. The home was on Leon Drive. Crews from several areas were battling the blaze early Sunday afternoon. The homeowner got out safely, WNCT’s Nai Remy reports. No details were being released on the fire as of early Sunday afternoon […]
Rocky Mount man sentenced for illegal firearm possession, chase with child, puppy in vehicle
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. – A Rocky Mount man was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison for possessing a short-barreled rifle that was not marked with a serial number. On September 26, 2023, Chi-Ali Bunn pled guilty to the charge. “This defendant fled police in a high-speed chase exceeding 111 miles per hour with guns, […]
Crime Roundup: Farmville woman stopped in stolen truck
A woman was charged by both Pitt County and Greenville authorities after she was found driving a truck that was reported stolen earlier in the day. A news release from the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office said that about 10 a.m. April 21, a deputy was on patrol at Stantonsburg Road in an attempt to locate a white GMC truck that was reported stolen by the Greenville Police Department. A corresponding...
Russell’s First Alert Forecast: Sunny Skies and Soaring Temperatures Ahead Next Week
Tonight, expect calm conditions in Eastern NC as a coastal trough drifts inland. A few scattered showers may pop up, but they won’t bring much rain. Cloud cover will gradually clear overnight, with temperatures dropping into the mid to upper 50s. There’s a slight chance of fog mainly south of Highway 70.
MrBeast raises the tension, excitement with first ‘completely real-time’ video
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — If MrBeast’s latest video doesn’t get your blood pumping, you might want to see your doctor. How fast can these guys clean MrBeast’s house? The Greenville resident released his latest video, “In 10 Minutes This Room Will Explode!,” to his YouTube page on Saturday. He called it his first-ever live challenge […]
State of Nursing: Change & Challenges
Dana Byrum has seen a lot of changes since she entered the health care field in 1996 — including 23 years as a nurse. “When I started we didn’t have computers," said Byrum, who is vice president of patient care service for ECU Health’s hospitals in Bertie and Chowan counties in North Carolina. But technology is not the only contemporary change facing nursing and health care more broadly. ...
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