Jessa O'Connor
Jessa O’Connor is the Assistant Digital News Editor and Sunday reporter for WFAE. She joined the team in 2018 after graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she earned a degree in broadcast journalism and worked for her college radio news station. Jessa won national awards for her college news coverage, including “First Place in Radio” from the Hearst Journalism Awards Program and “Best Radio News Reporting” from the Society of Professional Journalists.
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Updated: Monday at 2:30 p.m. It was the last day of classes for UNC Charlotte students when a shooter opened fire in a classroom building during an... -
Updated: Friday at 2:45 p.m. Friends and family members remembered the two students killed in Tuesday’s shooting UNC Charlotte – 19-year-old Ellis Reed... -
Updated 12:30 a.m. A shooting on the campus of the University of North Carolina Charlotte left two people dead and four wounded Tuesday, prompting a...
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Only Republican candidates will be on the ballot for the primary, which takes place May 14. Candidates for the Democratic, Libertarian and Green parties... -
More than three months have passed since the 2018 midterm elections and North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District is still without a representative in... -
Gov. Roy Cooper today appointed Justice Cheri Beasley to serve as chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, making her the first African... -
For people severely impacted by Hurricane Florence, voting may be the last thing on their minds. But state and county elections boards are working hard... -
All of the living former state Supreme Court Chief Justices have voiced their opposition to two of the six proposed amendments to the state constitution... -
The site selection committee for the Republican National Committee has chosen Charlotte as its host city for its 2020 national convention, according to... -
Government numbers from May show nearly 12,000 minors are in shelters after being apprehended at the country's southern border. That number has grown...
