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Also on today's calendar: Fall Garden Concert at the Beaufort Historic Site with the Molasses Creek Band of Ocracoke Island! and 11 more events.
Today's riddle: Why did the fish blush ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. WARRANTS: Greenville woman charged after assaulting person with her car (witn.com) — A Greenville woman is jailed after police say an argument in a Stantonsburg Road parking lot escalated into a car being put in gear and rolling into another vehicle, pinning an uninvolved man and seriously injuring him. She faces a felony assault with a deadly weapon charge and several misdemeanors, with her first court appearance set for Tuesday.
2. ECU Notes: Confidence developed behind the wheel, in the community (reflector.com) — ECU's occupational therapy program is helping young people with autism and other challenges build real-world driving and transportation skills through its free Driving and Community Mobility Bootcamp, which includes visits to Pitt-Greenville Airport and a downtown Greenville fire station. The camp has inspired similar programs nationwide and given local families more confidence in their teens' independence and safety on the road.
3. NC Lottery Powerball, Pick 3 Day results for Sept. 5, 2026 (shelbystar.com) — If you bought a lottery ticket in Greenville, you can now check the Sept. 5 Powerball, Pick 3, Pick 4, Cash 5 and other winning numbers, then claim prizes up to $99,999 at the Greenville Regional Office on Dickinson Avenue. The article explains exact winning combinations, prize-claim steps, and office hours for in‑person or mail‑in claims.
4. US economy adds 162K jobs in August, beating expectations (reflector.com) — Greenville's metro unemployment rate sits at 4.3%, slightly above North Carolina's 3.6%, as the U.S. economy added a stronger‑than‑expected 162,000 jobs in August. The report details which sectors are hiring, how wages are changing, and what it could mean for interest rates and inflation heading into fall.
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