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2 weeks ago | 
wnct.com | Brian Bailey |Lauren Beachy
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Walkers gathered bright and early Saturday morning, May 17, 2025, for the annual ALS Down East Walk. The event raises money to support the fight against ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the walk season, with additional events in the Triangle, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Wilmington, and Charlotte. East Carolina University hosted the event on its campus.
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4 weeks ago | 
wnct.com | Ken Watlington |Brian Bailey |Zach Kaplan |Lauren Beachy
KINSTON, N.C. (WNCT) — The Down East Bird Dawgs had their first-ever regular season baseball game at Grainger Stadium in Kinston Friday, May 9, 2025. The game starts at 7 p.m. and gates opened at 6 p.m. The stadium has come changes since the Down East Wood Ducks played their final game there in the fall of 2024. A new videoboard was installed beyond the outfield wall. Another new addition to the historic stadium is a patio section along the third-base line.
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1 month ago | 
wnct.com | Mekaela Muck |Lauren Beachy
PITT COUNTY, N.C. (WNCT) — The Pitt County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit started working on an Internet Crimes Against Children case on February 25. This led up to an April 17 arrest. James August Samuelson, 44 years old and from Farmville, was arrested on April 17 after multiple search warrants were executed. Detectives from the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation helped identify Samuelson as the alleged perpetrator.
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1 month ago | 
wnct.com | Jackson Saylor |Erin Jenkins |Lauren Beachy |Jordan Honeycutt
BEAUFORT COUNTY, N.C. (WNCT) — A School Resource Officer at Snowden Elementary School got a complaint Monday, Apr. 14, 2025, from the school’s administration that a student may have had a gun on a bus. A witness shared the student had the gun in a bookbag and tossed it out of the window of the bus. The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office took immediate action to secure the school. Investigators responded to the school and found the juvenile did have a handgun and threw it from the bus.
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1 month ago | 
wnct.com | Lauren Beachy |Erin Jenkins
GREENVILLE, NC (WNCT) — A former East Carolina University student who went viral on TikTok is speaking out after being arrested twice by campus police. Faith Pellini, who is no longer enrolled at ECU, gained millions of views on social media after posting a video claiming she confronted a man at an off-campus party who she said sexually assaulted female students. Following the viral post, Pellini was arrested twice for trespassing on campus grounds.
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2 months ago | 
wnct.com | Lauren Beachy |Kenneth Roundtree |Mekaela Muck
WILSON, N.C. (WNCT) — Johnson and Johnson broke ground on their new bio-pharmaceutical facility in Wilson Friday. Governor Josh Stein joined the company in celebrating this milestone. Governor Stein speaks on Johnson and Johnson facility groundbreaking in WilsonWhen the facility opens it will help the company grow their pipeline of transformational medicines. This will also add thousands of jobs here in North Carolina.
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2 months ago | 
wnct.com | Lauren Beachy |Kenneth Roundtree
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — On Friday, Governor Josh Stein will join Johnson and Johnson for the groundbreaking of their new facility in Wilson. This will be for their new state-of-the-art biologics facility. The new facility will support plans to advance Johnson and Johnson’s portfolio and pipeline of transformational medicines for cancer, immune-mediated and neurological diseases.
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2 months ago | 
wnct.com | Lauren Beachy |Courtney Layton
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Thursday is the first day of Spring and although it’s beautiful, it can be smelly. The smell is because of Bradford Pear Trees, the white trees that some people say smell like fish. They’re an invasive species and experts say they’re bad for the environment. “They multiply very quickly. They grow very rapidly. They’re a weak wooded tree, so they break easily. Any time we have winds or ice or other types of extreme weather events.
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2 months ago | 
wnct.com | Lauren Beachy |Courtney Layton
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Pitt-Greenville Airport needs your help. On March 29, the airport is doing a mandated emergency drill. This is hosted every three years to assess the readiness and effectiveness of the airports emergency response teams. They are looking for volunteers to play as “victims” in these drills. “We kind of walk them through what to expect. They’ll be dressed in different colors. They’ll have different I.D. tags on them, different medical issues that way.
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2 months ago | 
wnct.com | Lauren Beachy |Mekaela Muck
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Pitt County Schools celebrated teacher’s accomplishments Wednesday through an employee of the year luncheon. The event was hosted and catered by Rock Springs Center in Greenville. It was a way to celebrate and recognize those who work with the Pitt County Schools system. Thirty-nine teachers were nominated for the 2025-2026 Teacher of the Year. Rachel Candaso won the award last year and spoke at Wednesday’s lunch.
