Ellie Davis
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She was born and raised in Fort Wayne, IN.
Ellie studied Sports Broadcasting at The Dan Patrick School of Sportscasting. Following graduation, she spent a year with Tennis Channel in Orlando, FL. There, she created weekly digital content for their social media pages.
She is excited to learn more about the community and connect with the locals. She is eager to help you start your weekend mornings off right, with WITN.
Education
Updated: Feb. 12, 2023 at 12:08 PM EST
|By WITN Web Team and Ellie Davis
The overnight rain is expected to assist with firefighting efforts as flames continue to burn at an Eastern Carolina industrial facility.
Updated: Feb. 6, 2023 at 7:03 PM EST
|By Ellie Davis
Jacksonville Police say they are looking to fill nine positions
Updated: Feb. 1, 2023 at 7:14 PM EST
|By Ellie Davis
Gas prices rose after a series of refinery outages
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 8:28 PM EST
|By Ellie Davis
The goal is to ensure the community feels safe.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 7:03 PM EST
|By Ellie Davis
There is no motive as to why the gunman opened fire
Updated: Jan. 18, 2023 at 8:47 PM EST
|By Ellie Davis
The campaign will run until the end of June
Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 at 7:00 PM EST
|By Ellie Davis
Social Security increases have started going out
Updated: Jan. 16, 2023 at 8:09 PM EST
|By Ellie Davis
The breakfast focuses on celebrating and expanding diversity initiatives in Pitt County
Updated: Jan. 11, 2023 at 6:52 PM EST
|By Ellie Davis
Parents say education starts at home
Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 7:47 PM EST
|By Ellie Davis
Air travel here is our state is responsible for 11% of the state’s gross domestic product
Updated: Dec. 27, 2022 at 7:49 PM EST
|By Ellie Davis
For senior citizens getting attention during the holidays can be helpful but once the season passes feelings of isolation can easily return.
Updated: Dec. 20, 2022 at 9:32 PM EST
|By Ellie Davis
$245 million is now being refunded to parents of young players who made purchases on the game without parental consent.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2022 at 7:11 PM EST
|By Ellie Davis
Even after toys from a Toys for Tots warehouse in the East were stolen in an unimaginable crime, community members are working to try and save Christmas.
Updated: Dec. 13, 2022 at 6:52 PM EST
|By Ellie Davis
T.A. Loving Construction donated toys from its annual toy drive to support patients at the Maynard Children’s Hospital in Greenville.
Updated: Dec. 13, 2022 at 4:34 PM EST
|By Ellie Davis and WITN Web Team
Sam Bankman-Fried faces conspiracy and fraud charges as the company he founded continues to unravel.
Updated: Dec. 6, 2022 at 6:31 PM EST
|By Ellie Davis
Colon cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in men and women in the U.S., but an oncologist says if caught early, it can easily be treated.
Updated: Dec. 5, 2022 at 9:48 PM EST
|By Ellie Davis
More than 30,000 people are still without power in Moore County after authorities say two power substations were shot up by one or more people with apparent criminal intent.
Updated: Dec. 3, 2022 at 5:13 AM EST
|By WITN Web Team and Ellie Davis
Officials say Coley was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a felon.
Updated: Nov. 30, 2022 at 8:16 AM EST
|By Ellie Davis
Doug Kidd is currently in his 15th year of teaching math at Swansboro High School.
Updated: Nov. 26, 2022 at 4:14 PM EST
|By WITN Web Team and Ellie Davis
Police say Theodore Dunn Junior, 21, and Irashamire Perkins, 22, were taken to ECU Health Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.
Updated: Nov. 16, 2022 at 10:30 AM EST
|By Ellie Davis
Southworth has been teaching since 2007 and has been on staff at South Central High School, Southside High School, and now Pitt County Schools Early College High School.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 8:31 AM EST
|By Ellie Davis
Charlotte Rouse is a pre-kindergarten teacher at Northwest Elementary School.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2022 at 8:44 AM EDT
|By Ellie Davis
Donoghue is a physical education teacher at Tyrrell Elementary School and is in her 28th year of teaching. She received her degree from Towson State University in Townson, Maryland.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2022 at 8:56 AM EDT
|By Ellie Davis
WITN’s Teacher of the Week for October 19 is Kylie Wales.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2022 at 1:14 PM EDT
|By Ellie Davis
WITN’S Teacher of the Week for October 12 is Lisa Staats.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2022 at 9:18 AM EDT
|By Ellie Davis
Teacher of the Week: Krista Bond from Pocosin Innovative Charter
Updated: Oct. 5, 2022 at 2:44 PM EDT
|By Ellie Davis and WITN Web Team
The Eastern Carolina Vocational Center helped pair Ben Grizzard with BTW Global and it has been a match made in heaven. "...an answer to prayers for us," his dad says.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 3:43 PM EDT
|By WITN Web Team and Ellie Davis
Greenville police said it happened on East 10th Street and Forest Hills Circle.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2022 at 8:17 PM EDT
|By Ellie Davis
The Pitt County Transfer Station set out to give away roughly 100 tarps Wednesday to help ensure the safest form of transportation for items being taken there.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2022 at 8:05 PM EDT
|By Ellie Davis
A local nonprofit strives to help kids develop a passion for outdoor activities.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2022 at 6:19 PM EDT
|By WITN Web Team and Ellie Davis
Airport officials say the project will increase the size of the facility by about 20%.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 2:46 PM EDT
|By WITN Web Team and Ellie Davis
The FBI confirmed their agents conducted “court authorized” searches at a townhome on Allen Road in Greenville and a home on St. Joseph Street in Grifton.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 1:36 PM EDT
|By Ellie Davis
A grandparent of one of the students affected by eating a THC gummy and a pediatrician reflect on a scary situation that took place at Hope Middle School last Friday.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2022 at 8:04 PM EDT
|By Ellie Davis
It’s been four years since Hurricane Florence blew through Eastern Carolina, and the New Bern community has spent the time rebuilding what was lost in the storm.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2022 at 8:23 PM EDT
|By Ellie Davis
A federal waiver introduced during the pandemic that allowed schools to feed their students at no cost has expired.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2022 at 6:46 PM EDT
|By Ellie Davis
With no named storms on the horizon for the 2022 hurricane season, meteorologists are optimistic, but residents who lived through Florence don't want to get too excited just yet.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2022 at 6:56 PM EDT
|By Ellie Davis
As back-to-school jitters and school-based anxiety plague students across the country, services are working with districts to provide students with support and therapy throughout the school day.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2022 at 8:46 PM EDT
|By Ellie Davis
The Clark family, a family well known to the East Carolina University sports world, has invested $2 million into ECU Athletics.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2022 at 8:22 PM EDT
|By Ellie Davis
A homeowner in Duplin County is working with local animal rescue organizations to get rid of more than 100 pigs from her property that are currently living in insufferable conditions.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2022 at 5:44 PM EDT
|By Ellie Davis and WITN Web Team
With his kids in school, one Pitt County parent is eager to use his newfound spare time to get back on track with his normal work routine.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2022 at 8:18 AM EDT
|By Ellie Davis
For starters, many students will be back at the bus stop and there are certain tips that drivers and riders can follow to ensure all students stay safe.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 8:39 PM EDT
|By Ellie Davis
A state climatologist explains how North Carolina deals with droughts versus states like Nevada and Arizona that are experiencing severe dry spells.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2022 at 6:31 PM EDT
|By WITN Web Team and Ellie Davis
An NC State professor reacted to President Biden's signing of the Inflation Reduction Act on Tuesday.
Updated: Aug. 15, 2022 at 8:56 PM EDT
|By Ellie Davis
The Greenville City Council met Monday for the first reading on a proposal to create social districts in uptown Greenville which would legalize the consumption of alcohol in designated areas.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 6:39 PM EDT
|By Ellie Davis and WITN Web Team
High temperatures have not stopped the fun in Greenville as the Little League Softball World Series kicked off Tuesday, but attendees were forced to deal with high temperatures.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 7:39 PM EDT
|By Ellie Davis
Parents in Eastern Carolina have differing opinions on the issue of whether police officers or school administrators should have access to assault rifles in case of a violent threat.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2022 at 8:43 PM EDT
|By Ellie Davis
As temperatures continue to reach extreme highs, Eastern Carolina residents are looking to beat the heat, which businesses in the area can use to their advantage.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2022 at 8:53 PM EDT
|By Ellie Davis
While the transmission of the monkeypox virus is commonly confused with the way COVID-19 spreads, it is very different.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2022 at 6:32 PM EDT
|By Ellie Davis and WITN Web Team
Holton Ahlers spent his Saturday at his alma mater D.H. Conley, hosting his first annual youth football camp, giving back and teaching boys of all ages the basic fundamentals of football.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2022 at 8:45 AM EDT
|By Ellie Davis
The 500-foot separation ordinance defines the number of feet required between private bars or clubs set by the city council in 2010.
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