More than 30 years ago, Elwood Edwards recorded four iconic lines for what was then a little-known company called America Online.

The artifacts and antiquities on display at an eastern North Carolina museum are virtually a treasure trove of the unusual, but it was something growing in the Cowan Museum of History and Science’s botanical garden that drew PRE’s Annette Weston to Kenansville for this month’s Weird Science.

A former Trump administration official said on a podcast last week that he believes COVID-19 was engineered as part of a bio-defense program and that it may have been created at a North Carolina lab.

Our Montford Point Memories series, honoring the legacy of the first African-Americans in the Marine Corps, continues with recollections from 92 year old Vaughn H. Whitworth. Mr. Whitworth grew up in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. He was drafted into the Marine Corps in November 1943 and sent to Camp Montford Point for basic training when he was 17 years old. The complete interview with Mr. Whitworth will soon be archived in the Military Collections at the State Archive of North Carolina in Raleigh.

Our “Montford Point Memories” series continues this week with recollections from 92-year-old Robert S. Hammond. After enlisting in the Navy in 1943, Mr. Hammond was sent to Hospital Corps School and the U.S. Naval Hospital in Brooklyn, New York. After completing his training, Hammond became one of the first African American Navy Corpsman sent to Camp Montford Point. The complete interview with Mr. Hammond will soon be archived in the Military Collections at the State Archive of North Carolina in Raleigh.

Our “Montford Point Memories” series, honoring the legacy of the first African-Americans in the Marine Corps, continues with recollections from 89-year-old Johnny B. Cody. He was 19 years old and living in Georgia when he enlisted in the Marine Corps. Mr. Cody was sent to segregated facility Camp Montford Point for basic training in January, 1948. The complete interview with Mr. Johnny B. Cody will soon be archived in the Military Collections at the State Archives of North Carolina in Raleigh.

Hundreds of residents at apartment complexes in Carteret County have been evicted from their homes because of roof damage from Hurricane Florence. Now, citizens and Marines are pitching in to try to help people who were displaced pack up their belongings and find somewhere else to live. Jared Brumbaugh was at one of the affected apartment complex in Morehead City yesterday and has this.

Two campgrounds in the Croatan National Forest remain closed due to significant damages from the winter storm earlier this month. Jared Brumbaugh has more.

The annual crab pot cleanup project started Monday and runs through February 7th. Jared Brumbaugh has more.

The Onslow Water and Sewer Authority is asking customers to check their plumbing for leaks after historic high demand is being reported across their service area due to the recent winter storm. Jared Brumbaugh has more.