Jacksonville Police have arrested a man they say was trying to sell several pounds worth of khat, a leafy drug popular in the Middle East.

The Onslow County Sheriff's Office says two students have been arrested for vandalizing their school. Dixon High School staff discovered the school was broken into and vandalized when they arrived for work Friday morning.

Troopers say they are looking for a suspect in a fatal hit and run in Wilson County early Friday morning.

Police have made eight arrests in connection with the backlog of cases found at Elizabeth City State University, a situation that led to the resignation of the school's chancellor and police chief.

Goldsboro Police say a suspect is charged with sexually assaulting a teen at a housing complex.

A Greenville man is due in court this morning on armed robbery charges.

Deputies say Cuthrell admitted she made the false claim because she damaged the store owner's car with her scooter and was trying to keep their attention off of that.

Prosecutors say a man will spend 13 years in prison convicted of being one of the largest collectors of child sex abuse images in the history of eastern North Carolina.

Greenville Police say they are investigating two shootings in less than an hour apart Thursday night. A shooting on Griffin St. killed on person and wounded another.

A Cumberland County jury has found a man guilty of kidnapping and murdering a 5-year-old Fayetteville girl almost four years ago.

Farmville Police are looking for the father of a three-month old who is being treated for burns.

Vanceboro Police have taken a mother into custody after her two-year-old child was found wandering down Main Street.

A New Bern woman and two of her daughters have been indicted for what the district attorney calls "systematic theft of large sums of money" from a medical practice. The mother is suspected of stealing more than $100,000.

Greenville Police say a man walked in to the Wilco-Hess at 3000 Stantonsburg Road around 1:30 Thursday morning and threatened the clerk with a knife, then took cigarettes.

The Obama administration has acknowledged that a Raleigh man wanted on federal terrorism charges has been killed in an overseas drone strike.

Close to 100 people gathered outside the Pitt County Courthouse in Greenville Wednesday to pay respects to the eleven law enforcement members from the county who died in the line of duty over the years.

It's not a common find for law enforcement in the east, but Lenoir County deputies confiscated 19 poppy plants from Kristofer Tyson's home Wednesday.

The U.S. Army has officially declared a Fort Bragg soldier dead, more than a year after she was last seen leaving a bar near the base.

Deputies say the shooting happened around 2:10 a.m. on Rocky Run Road, that's just outside of Jacksonville.

The FBI says a man being questioned by authorities in the Boston bombing probe was fatally shot when he initiated a violent confrontation.

We're working to get information on an apparent set of brothers, accused of break-ins in the east.

Police are searching for two men who they say tried to rob the Sheetz near ECU’s campus overnight.

Seven people are charged with a list of drug charges after a 15 month undercover drug operation by Ayden Police and the Pitt County Sheriff's Office. All of the suspects are from Ayden.

Deputies said a surveillance operation ended with two arrests and the seizure of 641 grams of marijuana.

Jodi Arias has told a jury that she can contribute to society from prison if she is allowed to live.