Tonight is the first of two opportunities for you to weigh in on the proposal of the U-S70 Kinston Bypass.

A local playground is being dedicated to a flower girl who died in a car wreck last year.

The Lenoir County School District is preparing to cut 22 positions in the upcoming year.

A Lenoir County man is booked in Pitt County for drug charges he is facing in Onslow County.

The Andy's on Washington Street in La Grange was robbed at gunpoint Wednesday night.

Southern Business & Development magazine has recognized the North Carolina Global TransPark as one of the top ten aviation and aerospace clusters in the South.

Police say they have seized 26 pounds of meth and have arrested eight people in two Eastern Carolina counties.

The director of the Lenoir County Board of Elections says voters were not being turned away, but they're using valid, paper ballots. Some people are telling WITN they were not given the paper ballot option.

The largest BBQ cookoff festival in North Carolina is underway this weekend in Kinston.

Police now say two men are in custody who they say shot into a man's home last week that started a vehicle chase which ended up injuring a Kinston woman.

A district court judge says a former Kinston police officer is not guilty of disorderly conduct after a near riot at a Walmart.

An autopsy for Laura Ackerson was released today. It lists the cause of death as undetermined homicidal violence.

There's another roadblock to efforts to create the nation's largest electric utility. Two Eastern Carolina cities are protesting the proposed merger of Duke Energy and Progress Energy.

The highly-acclaimed restaurant reopened its doors Tuesday after a devastating fire nearly four months ago.

The two counties which saw a jobless increase from February to March were Greene and Wilson, which both rose a tenth of a percent. Dare County lead the state with the biggest drop in unemployment, a 3.8% fall.

Kinston police have charged Walter McCray with sexual battery, indecent exposure and false imprisonment.

The New York Jets have selected North Carolina defensive end Quinton Coples, giving Rex Ryan's defense the pass rusher it coveted.

A church near Kinston has mostly smoke damage after a fire Thursday night.

The Highway Patrol has released the name of the tractor trailer driver killed in a fiery crash Wednesday in Lenoir County.

The hunt has ended for a Lenoir County man who authorities say caused a Highway Patrol troopers to wreck his cruiser this morning in Lenoir County.

We're gathering details on drug charges against a local man.

A 53-year-old man accused of raping a 19-year-old girl in a motel is under arrest.

Montez Garner is in the Lenoir County Jail now after he was nabbed in Texas earlier this month.

The 21-year-old suspected of shooting a teen will make his first court appearance Monday.

In case you see smoke at a local airport, don't be alarmed. Officials say they are conducting a drill.