Pat Simon

Charlotte

Managing Editor at WJZY-TV (Charlotte, NC)

🔸 Storyteller🔸Army veteran 🇺🇸🔸 Public speaker 🔸Marathon runner 🔸Dad 🔸 Motivational Speaker

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Dozens gathered for rally meant to bring attention to social issues at Freedom Park

Jan 18, 2025 | qcnews.com | Pat Simon

by: Pat Simon, QCN Digital Team Posted: Jan 18, 2025 / 07:17 PM EST Updated: Jan 18, 2025 / 07:17 PM EST CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Dozens of people gathered at Freedom Park Saturday morning for a political free speech rally. The event was meant to bring attention to major social issues, that participants say, are being threatened by the upcoming Trump administration.
Veterans Voices: US Army’s first Black female prisoner of war recounts her horrifying Iraqi experience

Nov 11, 2024 | qcnews.com | Pat Simon

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Another Veterans Day goes by for Shoshana Johnson, yet the scars of war still live deep inside of her. The U.S. Army’s first Black female prisoner of war still wonders why she is still standing and alive today. “I question why I’m still here considering that things could have been so different,” said the El Paso, Texas, native. Johnson was recently invited to Charlotte to speak to fellow former service members with the group Impact100 Global Veterans.
West Virginia Gov. Justice’s family, Virginia bank reach settlement

Jun 27, 2024 | wboy.com | Pat Simon |Joey Rather

FILE – West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice delivers his State of the State address, Jan. 10, 2024, in Charleston, W.Va. A West Virginia bill that would outlaw non-binary gender markers on birth certificates is headed to the governor’s desk.
West Virginia Gov. Justice’s family, Virginia bank reach settlement

Jun 27, 2024 | wowktv.com | Pat Simon

by: Pat Simon Posted: Jun 27, 2024 / 02:10 PM EDT Updated: Jun 27, 2024 / 02:10 PM EDT VIDEO: Bank plans to auction posh property owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice to repay loansCHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — A Virginia-based bank looking to recover more than $300 million in defaulted business loans from the family of Republican U.S. Senate candidate and Gov.
West Virginia son of D-Day air commando honors his father’s legacy

Jun 6, 2024 | wowktv.com | Pat Simon

Related Video: The sun rises over Normandy’s beaches on D-Day’s 80th anniversaryEVANS, WV (WOWK) – The son of a D-Day military veteran dedicated an entire room of his home in Evans, West Virginia to the memory of his father and other members of “The Greatest Generation.”“They were ordinary people, and they were tasked to do extraordinary things … which they did,” said Kim Carmean.
“She had faith in me as a person”: Veteran remembers fallen mentor on Memorial Day

May 27, 2024 | wowktv.com | Pat Simon

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – With Memorial Day on her mind, Army veteran Kathy Taylor and 300 of her newest, and now closest friends, made a stop in West Virginia this week on a journey of a lifetime. Taylor and her crusade of fellow motorcyclists took part in the “Run for the Wall” – an annual cross-country ride to honor veterans, their families and friends and to raise awareness of those still missing in action (MIA) or prisoners of war (POW).
New $1.2 million North Charleston turf multi-use field is approved

Apr 15, 2024 | wowktv.com | Pat Simon

“If you build it, they will come” is one of the famous lines in the 1989 classic movie “Field of Dreams.”Monday night, the Charleston city council approved the city’s 11th turf multi-use athletic fields of future dreams. Nearly all council members approved the $1.2 million project to be built at the North Charleston Community Center. The field will be used for football, baseball and soccer. Councilman Pat Jones also promoted the new field’s ability to bring the community together.
'Top Gun' Vietnam POW shares inspiring message of overcoming challenges

Mar 29, 2024 | wowktv.com | Pat Simon

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — Charlie Plumb, who is credited for starting the Navy’s “Top Gun” elite and iconic aviation training school, is a champion in life, and he wants you to be one too. But to even begin to understand the horrors that Naval combat aviator Capt. Charlie Plumb went through during the Vietnam War, it starts in a dark place. “I was frightened of course,” Plumb described being shot out of the sky over Hanoi, forcing him to eject from his F-4 Phantom jet during his 75th combat mission.
Charleston, West Virginia, Fiscal Year 2025 budget includes across-the-board pay raises for city employees

Mar 18, 2024 | wowktv.com | Pat Simon

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — The Charleston City Council approved the Fiscal Year 2025 budget Monday night. It includes an across-the-board pay raise for all employees – including police and fire. The $111.4 million budget was presented by Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin and Finance Director Andy Wood on March 4 during a Finance Committee meeting.
Remains of West Virginia soldier who died in Korean War identified

Mar 18, 2024 | wboy.com | Pat Simon

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — A southern West Virginia Army soldier is finally coming home almost 75 years after he went missing in the Korean War. The U.S. Army announced Friday that it positively identified the remains of Army Corporal Ray K. Lilly, of Matoaka. He was officially accounted for on Sep. 26, 2023. Lilly was 18-years-old when he went missing as his unit engaged in defensive actions in North Korea.