Chase McDonald’s seventh home run of the season highlighted East Carolina’s four-run fourth inning as the Pirates took game one of the three-game Conference USA series 6-3 over Southern Miss Friday night.

Jailers said a local man was behind bars, accused of trafficking drugs.

WITN's Dave Jordan was the emcee Thursday night for the first ever International Taste of Greenville fundraiser for Vidant Children's Hospital, which serves 29 counties in Eastern North Carolina.

State Alcohol Law Enforcement agents and Pitt County Alcoholic Beverage Control investigators say they seized large quantities of Adderall, Oxycodone, MDMA and marijuana.

East Carolina’s Jeff Hoffman has been named to the 60-man midseason Golden Spikes Award Watch List, USA Baseball announced Thursday. Hoffman is one of 10 underclassmen on the watch list for the top amateur baseball player in the country.

Several events are planned across the area to mark the National Day of Prayer.

A local man is accused of embezzling thousands of dollars from a store.

A man with several outstanding warrants is now behind bars.

After 30 years of law enforcement service, Winterville's police chief is stepping down.

The Power of the Purse crowd at the Greenville Convention Center laughed it up with Vicki Lawrence, a comedienne, actress and singer who started her career with Carol Burnett in 1967.

Rodney Parker of Greenville is wanted on larceny and obtaining property by false pretense charges, while Gilbert Hedgepeth confessed to the crime, according to deputies.

May 1 marks 106 years since the university came into existence. The school will mark the milestone by honoring its best and brightest.

Five armed robberies were reported in one night in Greenville last week, but now police say one of the victims will be charged with filing a false report.

Greenville police say they're looking for two men who pulled off an early morning armed robbery near Vidant Medical Center.

A final House vote is expected Tuesday on a Republican-backed measure that's endorsed by gun-rights groups but opposed strongly by university leaders.

Ben Futz’ RBI double in extra innings scored Jay Cannon lifting East Carolina (24-21) to a 10-inning 9-7 win over Gardner-Webb (22-22-1) Tuesday afternoon at J.H. Moss Stadium.

UNC President Tom Ross says campus leaders and police chiefs are worried that allowing those weapons would increase public safety risks and hamper their ability to protect people on campus.

Greenville police said a sweepstakes parlor was robbed before most businesses open on Tuesday morning.

Police in Ayden said two known gang members are in jail after a fight at a convenience store.

A Greenville woman is in jail, accused of abducting her two children and taking them to New Mexico.

There is new information about what may have led to a Greenville police officer being arrested in neighboring Nash County.

Greenville Police say heroin is replacing crack and cocaine as the popular street drug. Doctors and drug counselors in the east say it's resurgence is directly connected to skyrocketing addiction to prescription pills.

Dontarius Barrett of Bethel was arrested Monday morning with robbery with a dangerous weapon.

Winterville police say the Family Dollar on Worthington Road was held up around 8:45 p.m.

The Pitt Community College softball program will make its third national championship appearance next month, after winning the Region X Conference/District I Tournament in Aiken, S.C.