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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.
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...
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 […]
High School Baseball: Rams soar into state title series
SNOW HILL — Greene Central’s Riley Radford picked the right time — and the perfect opponent — to become a one-man Wolfpack. The sophomore not only tossed a complete-game one-hitter on the mound, but he also went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run and an RBI double at the plate in the Rams’ 9-1 victory over Whiteville on Friday night in Game 3 of the NCHSAA Class 2A Eastern Regional baseball series in front of an overflowing crowd at the James R. Fulghum Athletic Complex. ...
Bulldogs just miss out on being a host for NCAA regional
After the full NCAA Tournament field was presented by ESPN2 on Monday, the first thing asked of NCAA Selection Committee Chairman Matt Hogue was why teams like MSU and Duke were not rewarded with a host and East Carolina was. For more on this story, read our news edition from...
Wilson Pride event celebrates heritage, inclusion, achievements
The weekend of May 31 to June 2 will be filled with contests, vendors, educational offerings and entertainment in downtown Wilson during the fourth annual Wilson Pride Celebration. Three primary locations within the downtown area will serve as hosts for the events: Casita Brewing Company, Treat Yo’ Self Bakery and the Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park. Organizers expect more than 3,000 […] The post Wilson Pride event celebrates heritage, inclusion, achievements first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.
Setting an open course: Skippers defeat Wilson 9-0 in home opener
Bearded and burly, River City Skippers new head coach Noah Scott strikes an imposing presence. You probably wouldn’t want to see him angry. But Sunday night at Holmes Field there was very little to get the field general upset. The hometown baseball club scored five runs in the first inning, got strong performances from two pitchers, and coasted to a 9-0 victory over the Wilson Bruins. “I’ve only been with...
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...
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...
For Latinos, ‘parent’s rights’ should be about support and respect
All I wanted to do growing up in rural North Carolina was leave. It was hard for me to see what the future could hold in North Carolina for someone like me, one of the few Latino students in Honor and AP classes at my high school in Wilson. As a daughter of immigrants who left their home country to seek better opportunities for their family, I held high expectations of myself to make sure I validated my parent's sacrifice. That meant serving as a translator to navigate life here for myself and my family and on all of the issues that came up at school.
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...
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.
Wilson man charged in woman’s shooting
A Wilson man faces an attempted murder charge after police say he shot a woman. Roberto Ferman Hernandez, 35, is charged with one count of attempted first-degree murder, according to a release from Sgt. Eric McInerny, public information officer with the Wilson Police Department. McInerny said police responded to a gunshot on the 1200 block of Aycock Street reported at […] The post Wilson man charged in woman’s shooting first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.
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...
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.
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