Martin County deputies today charged Michael Curry with misdemeanor indecent exposure and misdemeanor sexual battery.

The Highway Patrol says 14-year-old Maria Jimenez of Garner was killed near her home as she was trying to cross Highway 50.

Sen. Pete Brunstetter says senators can envision campus consolidation and suggested that could mean 14 or 15 campuses.

The Farmville Central Watering Malawi Club will hold a Walk For Water event this Saturday in hopes of raising enough money to build a well in the small African country.

The University of North Carolina-Wilmington has settled with the family of a college student shot in 2006 by a New Hanover County Sheriff's deputy.

ECU received a wampum belt from the Tuscarora Nation to mark the 300 year anniversary of the battle at Fort Nooherooka.

Demeteria Staton is the WITN NCEL Teacher of the Week! She teaches at Williamston Primary School in Martin County.

Pitt County says it needs $2.7 million to meet current goals of education and safety, and county officials say they don't expect to cover the cost by raising taxes.

Gov. Pat McCrory says a new office in his administration will evaluate the best ways that North Carolina students and teachers can be protected so school districts can respond to real and potential dangers.

Pender County Deputy William Paluck was arrested this morning in Onslow County on Highway 17 after dispatch centers began getting phone calls about a cruiser operating in an unsafe manner on the highway.

Hundreds of students have been evacuated from a dorm on the University of Central Florida campus in Orlando after explosives devices were found while authorities were investigating a death.

Two men are accused of invading a home, raping a woman and the kidnap of a woman and child.

Gov. Pat McCrory wants to join state legislators in getting more electronic and online learning into North Carolina's public schools.

Joy Carter, who has taught 18 of her last 22 years at Elmhurst Elementary School, was honored today at a luncheon.

Physicists say they are now confident they have discovered a long-sought subatomic particle known as a Higgs boson.

WITN's teacher of the week for March 13th, 2013 is Hannah Evans from Duplin County.

The U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Coast Guard suspended their assistance programs last week. A decision by the U.S. Navy is pending.

Cornelia Cox from Creekside Elementary School has been named Assistant Principal of the Year by the North Carolina Association of Educators.

Southwest High School dismissed students at 10:45 a.m.

America's schools are in such disrepair that it would cost $271 billion just to get elementary and secondary buildings back to their original conditions.

Students at Halifax Community College will have a three day weekend.

WITN's Dave Jordan was one of three judges for the competition. 7 teams in total helped raise money for Pitt Community College student scholarships.

A report Wednesday to the State Board of Education says teacher pay in North Carolina ranks 46th in the country, above only Mississippi and West Virginia among 12 Southeastern states.

Several schools near the coast have issued delays because of the windy conditions.

Strong winds today closed some schools, caused a river bottom to be exposed and forced changes in the state's ferry system.