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Dustin’s First Alert Forecast: A hot and humid Sunday with a stray shower; Storms move in Monday
The holiday weekend will continue to feature hot and humid like air to move in, with a stray shower possible, but most will stay dry. Highs will be near 90° and heat heat index values in the mid 90s. Lows will be in the upper 60s to low 70s, with clouds moving in. Rain showers and storms will start to move in overnight and into Monday morning, then clouds start to move in again, with storms becoming scattered to widespread later in the day. Main concern for the storms will be gusty winds and hail up to a quarter to golf ball size. Monday’s highs will hold in the low 90s again, with heat index values in the mid to upper 90s. If you have plans to be out and about, make sure to take breaks and have water on standby. Also have sunscreen too, as the UV rays will be on the high side.
What’s the score? Keeping up with CPL and ONSL
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — The Coastal Plain League and Old North State League are two wood bat leagues featured in Eastern North Carolina. Teams from Greenville, Morehead City and Wilson are in the CPL while teams from Kinston, New Bern, Jacksonville, Tarboro and Edenton are in the ONS. Check here for scores and more from […]
Play Ball: Gnomes open inaugural season with family fun
The second game of the first-ever weekend homestand of the Greenville Yard Gnomes found the Davis family in the third row at Guy Smith Stadium behind home plate. Tim Davis sat between two of his boys, Bryce on his left, Cole on his right. Ashley Davis sat between Cole and the youngest boy, Lincoln, watching the action in the top of the seventh inning on Sunday evening. The Grimesland family...
PODCAST: Reacting to ECU's draw in the Greenville Regional
East Carolina has learned its postseason fate. Selected as the No. 16 overall national seed and Greenville Regional host, the Pirates will welcome in No. 2 seed Wake Forest, 3 seed VCU, and fourth-seeded Evansville. The action gets underway on Friday at 1 p.m. when ECU takes on Evansville inside Clark-LeClair Stadium. VCU and Wake Forest will play the nightcap.
Area Calendar, May 28-29, 2024
Tuesday, May 28 Summer Collegiate Baseball Greenville Yard Gnomes at Wilson Tobs, 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 29 American Legion Baseball Fuquay-Varina Post 116 at Wilson Post 13, 7 p.m. The post Area Calendar, May 28-29, 2024 first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.
Animals for adoption
Animal Services The Pitt County Animal Services Pets of the Week are Pippa, a large, adult female American pit bull terrier mix, and Ursula, a small, young-adult female gray tabby. The animal shelter, located at 4550 County Home Road, is open weekdays by appointment. Call 902-1725. Visit 24petconnect.com to view animals available for adoption. Humane...
ECU selected to host NCAA Baseball Regional
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - The NCAA announced its regional site hosts tonight on social media and ECU has been selected as one of the regional hosts. The tournament is next weekend. The NCAA Selection Show is Monday at noon. The Pirates will find out their seed and who is in...
ECU’s Godwin, Williams suspended after Thursday incident
CLEARWATER, Fla. (WNCT) — The American Athletic Conference has suspended East Carolina University head coach Cliff Godwin and player Dixon Williams for their role in Thursday’s incident during the Wichita State game. Officials said that, in accordance with NCAA Baseball Playing Rules, Godwin will be suspended for two games while Williams will be suspended one. […]
Reaction: Cliff Godwin, Trey Yesavage, Carter Cunningham discuss Greenville Regional
The Pirates' head coach, along with Trey Yesavage and Carter Cunningham, talked about the team hosting the Greenville Regional on Monday after the selection show. For the fifth time in the last six college baseball seasons, East Carolina is hosting an NCAA Regional. The Pirates learned Monday during an NCAA Selection Show watch party inside TowneBank Tower that it was named the No. 16 overall national seed, and would be hosting second-seeded Wake Forest, third-seeded VCU, and fourth-seeded Evansville. The Pirates went 43-15 during the season, winning the American Athletic Conference regular season title for a fifth straight season. ECU was somewhat of a controversial host, despite finishing with one of the best resumes in college baseball, as a result of the RPI which fell to 23 from 12 despite a 6-2 record across its final eight games.
Place to call Gnome: Fans flock to watch club on opening weekend
Coastal Plain League baseball returned to Greenville after a decades-long gap, and it didn’t take long for Joe Siervo to try his best at capturing the attention and adoration from fans. Is it possible to have a favorite baseball player on Day 1? The Greenville Yard Gnomes center fielder built a case and tested that theory on Friday. Playing in the home opener for the newest CPL team at Guy...
East Carolina wins tournament game on thrilling steal of home
The East Carolina men’s baseball team kept their AAC Tournament hopes alive Saturday in the most thrilling way imaginable. East Carolina and Wichita State were tied 4-4 with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the 9th inning. With the game on the line, ECU batter Cam Clonch quickly fell behind in... The post East Carolina wins tournament game on thrilling steal of home appeared first on Larry Brown Sports.
Shelter Buddies reading program starts June 3
A program that encourages kids to read stories to dogs at the Pitt County Animal Shelter is seeking volunteers for its summer season. Pitt County Animal Services announced its 2024 Shelter Buddies Reading Program will begin on June 3. The free reading program incorporates volunteerism and reading literacy to help socialize shelter dogs up for adoption. The program encourages young people to read and gives them a chance to experience...
Mitchell Oakley: People deserve safe communities
A little more than a month ago, I sat down with Ayden Police Chief David Dempsey to talk about shots fired within the town limits that threatened other homes in town. I didn’t have anything particularly in mind other than trying to try to find out if police had solved the case. I was alerted to the March 16 shooting by people who live in the Ayden community. There was a lot of talk about the number of shots and the fact at least one...
State Highway Patrol ramp up "Click It or Ticket" ahead of Memorial Day weekend
Eastern North Carolina — North Carolina troopers will be out across Eastern Carolina, helping to keep us safe. Master Trooper Rico Stephens with Troop A in Greenville sat down with News 12 at noon today, May 23. Master Trooper Stephens says on Monday troopers started their two-week statewide initiative...
ECU baseball: Pirates to host Greenville Regional
Greenville will be one of 16 sites for the upcoming NCAA Regionals as the East Carolina baseball team was announced as a host on Sunday night. This will be the sixth time in Clark-LeClair Stadium history that the ballpark will serve as a host site for the opening round of the postseason. Only the 16 host teams were announced on Sunday, and the rest of the field will be revealed...
City's red-light camera program was lawful after all, North Carolina justices say
RALEIGH — A pair of North Carolina local governments didn’t skirt state laws by creating a red-light camera enforcement system where nearly a fourth of collected penalties failed to remain within the area school district, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The 5-1 decision reverses a March 2022 Court of Appeals opinion that declared the city of Greenville’s program unconstitutional. Although the Greenville City Council discontinued the program months later,...
Plans for new grocery store set for fall to bring food to Bethel
BETHEL, Pitt County — The town of Bethel has been without a grocery store since the early 2000s, but that is set to change this fall with a new one in the works. For the past two decades, people living in Bethel have had to make long drives just to get groceries.
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