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Students Organize Anti-Violence March & Vigil In Greenville

Last Updated: 3:20 PM 07/03/09 - The Student Government Association at East Carolina University in Greenville will hold an anti-violence march and vigil next week. - (Full Story)

Tuberculosis At North Carolina Jail

Last Updated: 3:06 PM 07/03/09 - A Brunswick County jail inmate has been diagnosed with tuberculosis. Authorities say 33 others at the jail, including two workers, have also had positive skin tests for the infectious disease. - (Full Story)
Man Charged With Shooting Durham Cop

Last Updated: 12:39 PM 07/03/09 - Police officials in North Carolina have arrested a man accused of shooting a Durham police officer. (Full Story)
Police: Serial Killer On Loose Near SC-NC Border

Last Updated: 2:01 PM 07/03/09 - Authorities in South Carolina say they're looking for a serial killer they believe has shot four people to death within 10 miles of each other over the past six days, about 50 miles west of Charlotte. (Full Story)
Remembering Blackley & Kirby

Last Updated: 10:31 PM 07/02/09 - Memorial services were held Thursday night for the two men killed early Tuesday morning outside of a Greenville nightclub. (Full Story)
Roommate Of Suspect Charged With Rape Of Four Year-Old Talks To WITN

Last Updated: 9:29 PM 07/03/09 - A Winterville man is behind bars on a million dollar bond charged with the first degree rape of a four year-old. (Full Story)
Civil Rights Leaders Raise Concerns Over Race Issues Following Shooting

Last Updated: 8:17 PM 07/02/09 - Civil rights leaders in Greenville held a meeting Thursday over their concerns about race issues following the shooting that killed two men in downtown Greenville. (Full Story)
Teen Shot Dead, Marine Under Arrest

Last Updated: 8:26 PM 07/02/09 - Jacksonville Police say they found the 19 year old with a gunshot wound to the head. (Full Story)
Correctional Officers Charged With Beating Inmate With Baton

Last Updated: 2:59 AM 07/02/09 - A former captain, a current sergeant and a correctional officer at Maury Correctional Institution were arrested Wednesday by the SBI. (Full Story)
Club & Bar Owners Meet To Discuss Downtown Crime

Last Updated: 8:49 PM 07/01/09 - Downtown Greenville club and bar owners met Wednesday to discuss Tuesday's deadly shooting, voicing their concerns about safety.
(Full Story)
Third Person Sentenced In Murder Of Homeless Man

Last Updated: 8:45 PM 07/02/09 - A third prison sentence has been handed down in the murder of a homeless man last year in Onslow County. (Full Story)
Edgecombe County Sheriff Says Task Force To Probe 5 Killings

Last Updated: 8:29 PM 07/02/09 - An eastern North Carolina sheriff says a task force is looking into the killings of five women whose bodies have been found in his county in the past four years. (Full Story)
Toddlers Removed; Mom Arrested After Authorities Find Filthy Home

Last Updated: 9:02 AM 07/03/09 - An Onslow County animal rescue group say it alerted authorities after two foster puppies died in the home because of the heat. (Full Story)
Gary Coleman's Wife Booked For Investigation Of Domestic Violence

Last Updated: 5:35 PM 07/03/09 - Police say the wife of actor Gary Coleman was booked into jail after an argument at the couple's Utah County
home.
(Full Story)
La Grange Police Force Dissolved, Officers Now Lenoir County Deputies

Last Updated: 10:08 PM 07/01/09 - Wednesday morning marked the end of the La Grange Police Department and the first day of business for the Lenoir County Sheriff's Office. (Full Story)
Flight From Charlotte To LA Diverted After Passenger Removed Clothes

Last Updated: 11:06 PM 07/01/09 - A US Airways flight from Charlotte to Los Angeles was diverted to Albuquerque after a male passenger removed his clothing mid-flight. (Full Story)
How is Downtown Greenville's Image Impacted By Recent Crime?

Last Updated: 8:19 PM 07/01/09 - Some bar owners as well as other businesses have been working for years with Greenville to improve downtown but a senseless crime like the one that just occurred could drastically affect the area's image. (Full Story)
NY Woman Accused Of Targeting 9 Year Old Girl With Fake Craigslist Ad

Last Updated: 10:07 AM 07/03/09 - Prosecutors have added a child endangerment charge against a Long Island, N.Y., mother accused of posting a suggestive Craigslist ad to target a 9-year-old girl.
(Full Story)
Man On Robbery Spree Has Lawmen On Alert

Last Updated: 7:59 PM 07/01/09 - Authorities say three convenience stores were held up Wednesday morning in about a span of 4-1/2 hours in Wayne County. (Full Story)
Man Shot During Daylight Holdup

Last Updated: 10:09 AM 07/01/09 - Jacksonville police say the shooting happened Tuesday afternoon on Eastwood Drive. (Full Story)
Shooting Victims Remembered

Last Updated: 9:03 AM 07/01/09 - Less than 24 hours later some people have gone back to the spot where violence erupted in downtown Greenville leaving two people dead. (Full Story)
Charges Greenville Shooter Could Face

Last Updated: 9:44 PM 06/30/09 - Tuesday's double fatal shooting in downtown Greenville raises questions on how the suspected gunman will be charged. (Full Story)
Services Held Today For Victims; Reward Offered In Case

Last Updated: 9:02 PM 07/03/09 - Services are being held today for the two victims in Tuesday morning's drive-by shooting in downtown Greenville. There is a $10,000 reward for the arrest of their suspected killer. ECU students are planning an anti-violence march and vigil. (Full Story)
ECU Students React To Deadly Shooting

Last Updated: 9:21 PM 06/30/09 - The news of the deadly shooting of an ECU student has sent shockwaves of emotion throughout the campus. (Full Story)
Downtown Businesses React To Double Murder

Last Updated: 8:21 PM 06/30/09 - The double murder in Greenville early Tuesday morning has many business owners near the shooting concerned. (Full Story)
OFFICIALS: Sex Offender Demanded Sex Or Cash Before He'd Return Lost Dog

Last Updated: 11:43 AM 07/01/09 - LA County prosecutors allege that a convicted sex offender tried to extort a teenager by demanding cash or sex for the return of her lost dog.
(Full Story)
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