Updated: 7:54 AM Halifax County parents who don't make an effort to get their kids to school could find themselves behind bars.

Posted: 6:53 AM Subsidiaries of a company that operates a military training facility will pay Camden County half the $3 million the county said was owed for property taxes.

Updated: 6:40 AM A man is behind bars accused of having a gun that was reported stolen from the city of Roanoke Rapids.

Updated: 6:51 AM The search is over for a Scotland Neck man accused in a shooting that took place over the weekend.

Updated: 11:42 PM New details about university police shooting a former student who brought a gun on a campus at Elizabeth City State University this weekend.

Updated: 1:47 PM Wind gusts of 40 to 45 miles per hour are possible, making ferry travel potential unsafe.

Updated: 6:17 AM Being a member of Facebook is paying off for an Elizabeth City food bank.

Posted: 9:11 AM The hometown Jeopardy hero was back it Wednesday night. Ocracoke teacher Charles Temple returned to the game show in the Tournament of Champions.

Posted: 1:52 PM The Edenton Aces will head into the first round of the North Carolina state playoffs with a perfect 9-0 record. Running back Jamez Moore is a big part of an offense scoring 38 points per game. Moore is WITN's Player Of The Week.

Updated: 8:03 PM Two bridges reopened in the east Wednesday putting an end to a detour for drivers.

Updated: 8:17 AM A road construction project several months in the making in Ahoskie will be completed Wednesday.

Updated: 9:07 AM The state senator who is co-chairing a legislative committee looking into the high utility rates charged by ElectriCities says he believes it's possible for legislative action to lower the bills of those customers. Watch the exclusive live interview.

Updated: 7:39 AM The odor of natural gas closed down two Hyde County schools Thursday. Three years ago the two schools had to be closed for several days because of the same problem.

Updated: 4:33 AM Farmers devastated by Hurricane Irene have another opportunity to meet with state and federal officials.

Updated: 4:59 AM Lawmen are continuing to build their case against a Hertford County teen accused of murdering a 30-year-old man.

Posted: 4:46 AM Low prices could be headed to one Eastern Carolina town, in the form of a new Walmart Supercenter.

Updated: 4:19 PM Reports indicate a school in eastern North Carolina was going to forfeit a JV football game because the other team had a female player.

Updated: 8:51 AM The management company that owns Washington County Hospital in Plymouth has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Updated: 12:11 AM There were several municipal elections across eastern carolina Tuesday in Atlantic Beach, Sharpsburg and Elizabeth City. The unofficial poll results from North Carolina State Board of Elections were posted Tuesday night.

Updated: 9:42 PM Two men are accused of trying to rob and kill a 75-year-old Conway woman.

Posted: 7:27 AM In Pasquotank County, the Board of Elections is reminding people that they don't have to vote and no one should coerce them into doing so.

Updated: 7:56 AM It is election day for some municipalities in the East.

Posted: 6:19 AM The second auction of Shallowbag Bay Club Marina in Manteo won't be the same as the first one, when the buyer eventually defaulted.

Updated: 11:13 AM History buffs will have the opportunity to unearth clues to the 1901 disappearance and death of a 19-year-old from Elizabeth City when they participate in the city's Historic Ghost Walk.

Updated: 8:02 PM A convicted habitual felon who police say robbed one Greenville restaurant and tried to rob a second one made his first court appearance this morning.