Posted: 6:22 AM Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann says she will not run for another term in the U.S. House.

Posted: 6:12 AM A committee in the state senate will debate a bill that requires school boards to ensure all of their students can create readable cursive documents by the end of fifth grade and can show they've memorized multiplication tables.

Updated: 7:35 PM Police say they have made a second arrest in a shooting outside a Greenville convenience store. The suspect was found hiding in his grandmother's house Wednesday morning.

Posted: 5:56 AM People in neighborhood victimized by car break-ins over the weekend may be glad to know that there have been arrests in those cases.

Updated: 1:11 PM A mother accused of driving drunk with four young children in her minivan is scheduled to go back to court in July.

Updated: 10:02 PM The Highway Patrol says this past Memorial Day holiday weekend had more than double the fatal wrecks than the same time last year including 2 in the east.

Posted: 8:31 PM A Coast Guard rescue crew from the east was dispatched to rescue a woman who suffered a heart attack on a cruise ship off our coast.

Updated: 11:47 PM Two years after the General Assembly demanded new and higher tolls for ferry routes along the North Carolina coast, the proposed changes may take even longer to enact.

Posted: 12:39 PM Tonight's prime-time concert will raise funds for Oklahoma tornado victims. You can donate to the victims of the Oklahoma tornado during the live benefit concert airing on WITN at 9:00 p.m.

Updated: 7:58 PM Police say they have a shooting suspect now behind bars, facing multiple charges.

Updated: 10:59 AM Above normal temperatures and lots of sunshine can be expected across the area on Wednesday.

Updated: 7:53 PM A week to the day since a man was shot in the head at his home, deputies said they would canvass that same neighborhood looking for more information.

Posted: 1:47 PM A newborn's cries from a public restroom in a residential building in eastern China led a tenant to a startling discovery: a baby boy trapped in a sewage pipe beneath a squat toilet.

Updated: 7:59 PM Some local students from the east are participating in the Scripps National Spelling Bee which kicked off Tuesday in Maryland.

Updated: 7:58 PM The president of the Greenville-Pitt County Chamber of Commerce is retiring this fall.

Updated: 1:24 PM A trial for a man charged with murder in Pitt County has been delayed a second time.

Posted: 1:15 PM Attorneys won't be able to mention Trayvon Martin's drug use, suspension from school and past fighting during opening statements in the trial for the neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot the teen, a judge ruled Tuesday.

Posted: 1:00 PM A gun-rights advocacy group is running radio commercials criticizing University of North Carolina system leaders for opposing a bill that would allow students and staff to bring a concealed pistol on campus.

Updated: 7:58 PM Western Boulevard is down to one lane in each direction as crews deal with an accident in front of Coastal Carolina Community College.

Posted: 11:13 AM A gas leak in the 900 block of Arendell Street in Morehead City has that area closed to traffic.

Posted: 11:01 AM Onslow County School officials say Dixon High School was on a brief lockdown early Tuesday morning after several parents who were dropping off students at school reported seeing a suspicious male walking nearby.

Updated: 11:41 PM The Pitt County Sheriff's Office says a 13-year-old is charged in the armed robbery of a store.

Updated: 7:58 PM Firefighters with the U.S. Forest Service and other agencies are working to extinguish a 40-acre wildfire that began Monday night in the Croatan National Forest.

Updated: 7:33 PM Beulaville Police Chief Joey Carter tells WITN the man found dead inside a Duplin County home has now been identified as Richard Benton.

Posted: 5:55 AM U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan is heading to Fayetteville to honor military spouses who make significant contributions to their communities.