We're watching what happens in court today for one of two Marines facing charges in the case of two young girls who ran away.

The Onslow County School District's dropout rate is the lowest it has been in 12 years, and well below the state average.

Joseph Karaszewski has been charged with five counts of obtaining drugs prescription.

Investigators said they have not ruled out arson for an 8:30AM house fire.

Fire Officials in Swansboro say that they have found the body of a kayaker that disappeared Saturday evening.

The children of a retired Marine widow gunned down in the parking lot of a beach bingo business, are asking the person responsible to come forward.

After the devastating shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut, some local school districts are discussing school security at the elementary level.

Every year Camp Lejeune fire crews create prescribed burns they say help prevent uncontrollable wild fires.

The Obama administration is suggesting the possibility that all U.S. forces may be withdrawn from Afghanistan after December 2014.

Those who live in the 600, 700 and 800 blocks of Brynn Marr Road, all of Carolina Circle and all of Meadowview Court no longer have to boil their water.

On her final stop in the east as Governor, Beverly Perdue assessed her time in office saying, "I think any governor when they leave office wishes they could have done more, and at the end of the day I'm pretty happy with a job well done."

The $633 billion defense bill for the next year was signed into law by President Barack Obama overnight, and there are some local impacts for our vast military communities here in the east.

Fire Marshal Brian Kelly told WITN News a family is having to find a temporary home after a fire ripped through their Hubert house.

About two dozen people rallied outside the Onslow County Courthouse Monday trying and get prayer back into our schools.

Kim Flournoy was shot during an apparent robbery as she was entering TNT Bingo in Jacksonville on December 30th.

A convenience store employee is facing drug charges after police say they smelled marijuana during a check of the business.

Despite the tough economy, generous people in Jacksonville took the time to give to charities this year.

The National Weather Service in Newport has confirmed an EF1 tornado touched down in Carteret County north of Beaufort Wednesday afternoon. Winds are estimated to have reached 90mph.

The NC DOT reports travelers using ferry routes today, December 26, could encounter suspensions due to high winds caused by a severe weather system.

Jacksonville Police report they are investigating a second armed robbery of the Tobacco Stop on Western Boulevard.

An Onslow County man died over the weekend in a car crash.

Volunteers cooked up some sweet treats for local troops and gave them out today at the annual USO of Jacksonville Operation Cookie Drop.

Police are looking for an armed robbery suspect who held up a Jacksonville business Thursday night.

A man in the east stands accused of ten years of sex crimes against children.

Thursday, hundreds of Swansboro High students walked to the bleachers on the football field wearing green and white- the school colors of Sandy Hook Elementary and read the names of those killed Friday.