Halifax County lawmen arrested a man for stealing a propane tank.

Robert Bencini became county manager July 1st, replacing David Peoples who retired.

Johnnie Davenport admitted to receiving child pornography before a federal magistrate in Greenville on Friday.

Hyde County officials are considering banning smoking on all county-owned property.

Authorities say people burning debris in their yard lost control of the fire over the weekend sparking a four acre blaze in Hyde County.

A wildfire in the Great Dismal Swamp National Refuge has now burned 6,200 acres. Rain fell on the fire but the peat is still actively burning. Thunderstorms this afternoon could cause issues.

Residents from Warrenton to Roanoke Rapids and other communities near the Virginia-North Carolina state line could experience unhealthy air quality. So far 5,700 acres have burned.

The smoke was heavy in Belhaven and into Hyde County on Wednesday, some 80 miles from the fire.

A Halifax County deputy discovered over 15 grams of marijuana during a traffic violation stop.

Vinh Nguygen of Columbia has been charged with an open count of murder.

A Northampton County man is scheduled to make a first court appearance Monday to face a murder charge and charges related to a police standoff.

U.S. government forecasters say the rest of the Atlantic hurricane season is likely to be busy, with an above-average number of storms.

Police are looking for man wanted for a weekend shooting in Ahoskie.

Officials say a Hyde County deputy responding to a burglary alarm was in an accident Sunday.

Several suspected street level drug dealers are off the streets in Edenton.

A man from the east and another from Wake County were charged with trafficking cocaine following a joint investigation led by agents from the Division of Alcohol Law Enforcement.

A planned power outage overnight lasted three hours longer than expected.

Cumberland County deputies say Jonathan Rose is a children and music minister at Rocky Hock Baptist Church in Edenton

Two friends say they are extremely lucky after spending almost ten hours in the Albemarle Sound after their small sailboat capsized during a storm.

There's been another close encounter with a shark on the Outer Banks, but this time no one was hurt. It happened Thursday at Kill Devil Hills. Click the story to see more pictures.

Several agencies, including the Humane Society of the U.S., assisted in the rescue on Chapanoke Road in Hertford that began around 7:30 a.m.

Deputies arrested Areon Gibbs after a short chase at a home on Reno Road with the help of ALE and SBI agents and officers from Plymouth police.

The mother of a man who was struck and killed last weekend by a state trooper outside of Elizabeth City is now speaking out.

The sixth annual Hurricane Preparedness Day kicked off Friday morning in Plymouth with an MH-60T helicopter landing downtown.

A missing autistic 3-year-old girl is safe after wandering off at a family reunion in Halifax.