Updated: 11:54 PM Gas prices may be headed down in a big way soon.

Updated: 7:51 AM A bus driver is being called a hero after ushering 40 students to safety after the bus was crushed from behind by a pickup truck and then burst into flames.

Updated: 7:56 AM A Carteret County family is wondering how long it will be before their son and daughter-in-law make it back from hurricane ravaged Mexico.

Updated: 11:39 PM A new state law will make it easier for some inmates to get out of prison.

Updated: 10:21 AM Those without health insurance will soon have a place to go for medical treatment.

Updated: 4:18 PM Dozens of teams turned out Tuesday night for the Second Annual Washington- Beaufort County Chamber of Commerce Adult Spelling Bee at Washington High School

Updated: 11:30 PM Four men in the pickup truck are killed on impact. The school children are OK.

Updated: 8:35 PM Mount Olive Police say it's a case of domestic violence gone too far.

Updated: 11:36 PM Several signs in Washington County were defaced with hate symbols.

Updated: 11:42 PM As of May of next year, you will not be able to smoke inside or outside on University Health Systems Medical campuses across the East.

Updated: 8:03 PM Four elementary students in Washington were rewarded Monday for a job well done.

Updated: 10:40 PM Marines killed in a bombing many say signaled the beginning of terrorism against the United States were remembered Sunday.

Updated: 10:41 PM One woman was killed and several people are without a place to live following a fire at an apartment complex.

Updated: 10:38 PM North Carolina could soon be one of the top importers of something all of us get rid of.

Updated: 10:51 PM That jingle in your pocket is the extra change you have left after filling up at the gas station.

Updated: 10:49 PM The Lenoir County Health Department will screen kids’ lead exposure.

Updated: 9:48 PM A Mexican attorney and 28 others have been prosecuted in a major drug cell based out of Wayne County.

Updated: 11:30 PM Two different attacks claim the lives of Camp Lejeune Marines.

Updated: 10:30 AM Certain scents could help improve the lives of those suffering from Alzheimer's and Dementia.

Updated: 11:37 PM The old Dr. Pepper plant in Washington is being demolished, but what was left was destroyed by fire Friday.

Updated: 11:44 PM Costumes of all kinds can be found for both adults and kids.

Updated: 11:51 PM Get into a spooky mood with some pre-Halloween activities.

Updated: 8:35 PM Two spelling errors on the Veteran's Memorial in Greenville are finally fixed.

Updated: 1:17 PM Check out what kind of Halloween Happenings are available around the East this weekend.

Updated: 8:35 PM Folks along the Crystal Coast are keeping their fingers crossed that Hurricane Wilma stays out to sea once it crosses over Florida.