We've learned one of the newest gold medalists from Team USA used to live in eastern Carolina.

Important news for people who live near the coast or have property there. A bill that delays planning for rising sea levels will become law in our state.

We now know the name of the suspect involved in the standoff with Havelock police on Tuesday.

A nine-year-old Craven County girl spent almost two full days in a wrecked car after the crash that killed her father. The Highway Patrol has now released its report on the November 2011 accident.

The storms Monday once again produced dangerous lightning, which the New Bern Fire Department says was the cause of a house fire.

Trooper Joe Midgette says about 6:55 p.m. Thursday a gray Toyota sedan headed North on 43 ran into a Chevy truck in front of her that was turning right onto Butler Ford Road.

Matthew Metcalf of New Bern was sentenced Wednesday in Raleigh. The 41-year-old Metcalf was a 5th grade teacher at W.J. Gurganus Elementary School in Havelock when he was arrested last summer.

The Township 6 volunteer fire department in Craven County is in desperate need for more volunteers. Some of the most dedicated volunteers on the force have been there for nearly 40 years.

There is an Excessive Heat Warning in effect until 8pm with the chance for a few late day strong storms.

Martin County lawmen announced six weeks ago they were looking for Jackie Ipock on theft charges. Now, he's in jail in Pitt County.

The storms Tuesday evening knocked down trees and power lines. Some power outages persisted into Wednesday morning.

Both of the shooting victims in the Dollar General robbery in New Bern are now out of the hospital.

Parents at a New Bern Head Start Center are being urged to get their kids tested after lead paint was found on the center's front porch.

Much of Chocowinity lost power around 11:00 a.m. Progress Energy's web site says 650 customers were without power.

Three teens are in jail on charges they broke into cars this past weekend.

Dangerously hot conditions are expected to return to most of Eastern Carolina this afternoon. Then there will be yet another threat of severe weather across the region.

Shoppers in New Bern have a new department store option.

Hundreds gathered Saturday to remember Representative William Wainwright from Craven County who died this past Tuesday.

A bus accident Friday in Craven County sent one child the hospital.

A local police chief is trying something new at a dangerous intersection to try to help drivers get through there more easily.

The roads and areas around the fire, including the Black Swamp area, have been rehabilitated and are now open to the public.

New Bern is known as the bear city, but residents of one neighborhood don't want to be that up close and personal to the city's mascot.

A man pulled over for speeding in Craven County is now facing serious drug charges.

Havelock officials say Highway 101 is blocked between Cunningham Boulevard and Roosevelt Boulevard because one wheel of a freight car came off the tracks.

Educators and school employees will see their first pay hike in four years now that the state budget has been approved. Employees could see that raise as soon as this month.