Updated: 9:06 PM Wet roads and freezing temperatures can mean treacherous roads, but pre-treating them proved tricky again for D.O.T. crews.

Updated: 12:30 PM Cheerleading teams from seven high schools in Eastern Carolina are set to compete Saturday at Washington High School in Beaufort County.

Updated: 7:48 PM A man who is charged with shooting three Havelock police officers Thursday afternoon says he plans to represent himself.

Posted: 10:52 PM Flower and gifts shops in the east have been busy getting ready for Valentine's Day.

Updated: 10:34 PM Obama said that his war goals could be achieved by bringing 34,000 U.S. troops home by this time next year, leaving somewhere between 32,000 and 34,000 to support and train Afghan forces.

Updated: 9:01 PM A local Monsignor and priest both say the announcement that Pope Benedict would resign came as a shock, but they also understand why he wants to step down from the demands of the job at age 85.

Updated: 12:09 AM J.T. Barber Elementary School in New Bern celebrated a traditional Chinese New Year Friday for the 7th straight year.

Updated: 11:59 PM An outreach program that provides food and other essentials to people in need says it is struggling to help a Craven County community after more than 150 people were recently laid off from their jobs in the area.

Posted: 2:14 PM The crash happened around 8:00 a.m. in front of the Wilco Hess in Bridgeton.

Posted: 11:30 AM BSH Home Appliances says it will soon begin production line upgrades at it's Neuse Boulevard factory to prepare for a new line of Bosch dishwashers.

Posted: 7:34 AM A scheduled inspection of the Motor Vessel Ocracoke by the U.S. Coast Guard is forcing a cancellation of the ferry run between Cherry Branch and Minnesott Beach.

Updated: 10:45 PM Kim Flournoy of Jacksonville was murdered December 30th outside TNT Bingo and her 14-year-old cat was apparently abandoned.

Updated: 9:57 PM We spoke to a driver who says she's cut out a lot to make sure she has enough for fuel and her family needs.

Posted: 2:42 PM Criminal penalties for people who disrupt a funeral or memorial service would get tougher under a bill approved by a House judiciary committee.

Updated: 8:54 PM Foresters started controlled burns in the Croatan National Forest Tuesday. A similar effort last summer resulted in an out of control fire that scorched more than 21,000 acres.

Updated: 9:33 PM Ammunition and assault style rifles are hard to come by these days according to owner Bill Plumlee of Pro Gun And Outdoor Sports in Bayboro in Pamlico County. He says manufacturers have raised their prices more than five dollars a box due to the high demand.

Updated: 9:52 AM A problem with a heating system is forcing a public library in Eastern Carolina to close for one more day.

Updated: 7:43 PM Officials say that the body of a man who went missing in January in Craven County has been found.

Updated: 8:56 PM Gas prices are rising and people filling up are wondering how high they will go.

Updated: 7:40 PM A new lawmaker from Eastern Carolina has made a strong statement in an e-mail to the NAACP.

Updated: 10:05 PM Wednesday night winds created a harrowing experience for families in the gated community of Fairfield Harbor in Craven County.

Updated: 10:38 PM New software will help New Bern Police better track items sold at local pawn shops.

Updated: 12:54 PM Overall, the job market took a downturn in the last month of 2012 in the state of North Carolina.

Updated: 10:41 AM Benjamin Krauz is charged with two counts of breaking and entering, two counts of injury to real property and larceny after breaking and entering.

Updated: 12:06 AM Two men have been convicted of stealing wire from active utility poles in Craven County, selling it., then using the money to buy drugs.