Updated: 8:02 PM A former Pitt County volunteer firefighter briefly appeared before a judge this morning after his arrest for setting fires.

Updated: 6:20 PM Kinston police have charged Desmond Pearson with the murder of 18-year-old Jahad Moore and the wounding of 24-year-old Jacoby Riddick.

Updated: 5:42 PM A former assistant school superintendent has admitted he accepted gifts and favors from contractors while on the job.

Posted: 6:26 AM An Onslow County man has been sentenced to jail for child abuse.

Updated: 6:12 AM A 78-year-old woman has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for a drunk driving crash that killed a North Carolina man during Bike Week.

Posted: 11:58 PM Greenville Police say 25-year-old Jerome Hufford of Greenville is charged with Driving While Impaired after he crashed his moped into the back of a utility trailer being hauled by a truck on Firetower Road Wednesday night.

Posted: 9:09 PM For the second week in a row stray bullets tear through a neighborhood in Ayden and residents there are worried about their safety.

Updated: 11:47 PM Long-time Perdue friend and New Bern lawyer Trawick "Buzzy" Stubbs Jr. and former state magistrate Robert Caldwell of Morganton accepted plea bargains that reduced their charges from felonies.

Updated: 8:14 PM A Jacksonville mother went before a judge today after being charged in the death of her 10 month old son.

Posted: 2:08 PM U.S. officials say the Boston Marathon explosions that killed three people and wounded more than 260 were triggered by a remote-controlled detonator.

Updated: 7:56 AM The family of a democratic political strategist who was stabbed in her North Raleigh home says Jamie Hahn has died.

Updated: 4:04 AM Greenville Police say they responded to an attempted robbery at the Greenville Walmart parking lot off Greenville Boulevard about 8:40 p.m. Tuesday.

Updated: 7:57 PM The Highway Patrol has now charged the man accused in a deadly hit and run with driving while impaired while operating a commercial motor vehicle.

Updated: 8:06 PM Robbie Nicholson of Greenville is charged with 13 additional misdemeanor counts of violating the public health law.

Posted: 3:32 PM Two North Carolina Democratic political strategists who have worked for high-profile candidates were seriously wounded after being stabbed in their Raleigh home, and a suspect has been charged.

Posted: 1:53 PM The AP said Tuesday that its Twitter account had been suspended following a hack and said it was working to correct the issue.

Updated: 10:26 AM Jacksonville police say around 4:00 a.m. they found Christian Tyler walking from behind the building on Commerce Road. They say he confessed to breaking into Early’s Coastal Retention Pond Services and trying to get into another nearby business.

Posted: 10:06 AM The Fayetteville Observer reported the festival organizers have written a number of gang members to tell them to stay away from the three-day event that starts Friday.

Updated: 9:19 AM Wayne County deputies have charged Casey Maddox of Dudley with robbery with a dangerous weapon and second degree kidnapping.

Updated: 8:16 AM Police say a North Carolina man who was visiting New York City in mid-April is now back in the big apple, with NYPD.

Updated: 10:55 AM A man facing five sex offense charges appeared in court Tuesday.

Updated: 8:55 PM Greenville Police are searching for a suspect following an armed robbery at a sweepstakes business.

Updated: 11:46 PM A four-month investigation targeting the illegal sale of prescription pills and other controlled substances in and around the Craven County area results in charges against nearly two-dozen people.

Posted: 9:07 PM Some North Carolina legislators want to require applicants for North Carolina's cash and worker training welfare program to undergo drug tests to qualify and pay for it themselves.

Updated: 10:24 AM Grant Hayes and his wife, Amanda, are charged with killing Laura Ackerson back in 2011 in Raleigh.