Updated: 7:45 PM Police say six people, including three ECU students, were robbed in a home invasion that happened just before midnight near campus.

Updated: 9:44 PM A local university was on lockdown shortly after 11p.m. Thursday night after shots were fired on campus.

Updated: 7:02 PM The body of David Clifton was discovered this morning around 10:30 a.m. by friends who tried to wake him up today.

Posted: 1:15 PM The Chatham County Sheriff's Office said in a news release Thursday that 57-year-old Barbara Jean Saylor of Kirkland, Wash., was charged with trespassing and misdemeanor stalking.

Updated: 7:02 PM Gun control supporters have won the first Senate showdown over restricting firearms, rejecting an effort by conservatives to derail a package of gun curbs before debate could even begin.

Updated: 7:01 PM Greenville Police said they are still looking for the man who knocked off a Dollar General Wednesday night.

Updated: 7:01 PM Police have now identified the man they say tried robbing a Papa John's restaurant with a BB gun.

Updated: 8:53 PM A bill signed into law by Governor McCrory will provide limited immunity to underage drinkers who call for help if someone who drank too much needs assistance.

Updated: 8:24 PM Authorities say a gunman holding four firefighters in suburban Atlanta has been shot dead by SWAT members and that all the hostages are slightly injured but should be OK.

Updated: 5:44 PM Harvey Pridgen of Nashville will also have to serve a year of supervised release that includes six months of home confinement with electronic monitoring and pay a $300,000 fine.

Updated: 4:29 PM A Superior Court judge on Tuesday signed a consent judgment against the Ash Street Recreation Center in Spring Hope, a business licensed to serve alcohol in Nash County.

Updated: 7:14 PM Susan Sutton of Vanceboro was arrested Tuesday by the State Bureau of Investigation. She is charged with two felony counts of embezzlement by a public officer or trustee.

Updated: 7:08 PM Raleigh police say shortly before 4:00 a.m. they responded to a call about a naked man near outside a church near Wiggs and Mial streets.

Posted: 11:08 AM Religious leaders of several faiths are opposing the repeal of a North Carolina law allowing death row inmates to have their sentences reduced to life in prison if they can prove racial prejudice played a part in their trials.

Updated: 11:53 AM Two pivotal senators have announced a bipartisan deal on expanding background checks to more gun buyers. The agreement could build support for President Barack Obama's drive to curb firearms violence.

Posted: 8:23 AM Authorities say a dying Smithfield man told a detective that he killed a man who he claimed got him addicted to crack cocaine.

Updated: 8:56 AM Police said they had to chase a suspect through a local apartment complex before arresting him.

Posted: 10:15 PM North Carolina's attorney general says 122 murders in 2012 were the result of domestic violence, a 15 percent increase from the year before.

Updated: 10:52 PM Law enforcement in three eastern North Carolina counties say a tip led them to a suspected meth trafficker where they found a pound of the drug worth $45,000 in his car.

Updated: 1:42 PM Alex Carr is still in jail, charged with felony elude arrest, going 15 m.p.h. over the speed limit and driving with a revoked license.

Updated: 4:42 PM More than a dozen people were wounded in the Tuesday attack on the Lone Star Community College System's campus in Cypress.

Updated: 7:56 PM A Martin County man is accused of concealing his girl friend's death, and deputies say he even slept in the same bedroom with the corpse for several days.

Updated: 10:08 AM Mario Andretti McNeill maintained his innocence Tuesday morning, after prosecutors offered him a deal to avoid the death penalty and plead guilty.

Updated: 4:23 PM Police say a Greenville man threatened another with a knife, all for a pack of cigarettes.

Updated: 7:16 AM A local man charged with statutory rape is due in court Tuesday morning.