Updated: 6:24 PM East Carolina University says an alert sent out last night via Twitter that the campus was on lockdown was sent out by mistake.

Updated: 11:28 PM The Pitt County Schools superintendent for the past 7 years Doctor Beverly Emory said her goodbyes Monday night at her last school board meeting before she heads up another North Carolina school system.

Updated: 10:26 PM Emily Efird was a teacher at James Kenan High School in Duplin County.

Updated: 8:14 PM Johnathan Frazier of Bath is charged with a felony count of making a false bomb report.

Posted: 6:51 AM Troops stationed overseas will be able to watch the graduation ceremony at Lejeune High School, located at the Marine Corps base.

Updated: 8:27 AM In 18 months, a Jacksonville teenager went from a hospital bed to his high school graduation and he does not plan to stop there.

Updated: 12:57 AM It's graduation weekend for local high school students with ceremonies kicking off Friday.

Posted: 7:43 AM Issues of race while drawing North Carolina's current legislative and congressional districts will be front and center in a brief trial involving pending redistricting litigation.

Updated: 7:58 PM As the search continues for a new Pitt County School's Superintendent, an interim has been named to lead the largest school district in the east.

Posted: 12:07 AM North Carolina legislators say they want public schools to get "back to basics" by ensuring they teach cursive writing and rote multiplication in elementary school.

Posted: 8:04 AM Members of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors meet behind closed doors Thursday to discuss UNC System President Tom Ross's regular annual review.

Posted: 6:12 AM A committee in the state senate will debate a bill that requires school boards to ensure all of their students can create readable cursive documents by the end of fifth grade and can show they've memorized multiplication tables.

Updated: 12:33 AM Twelve eastern North Carolina students have been awarded $1,000 scholarships from Ronald McDonald House Charities of North Carolina and local McDonald’s owner/operators for outstanding academic achievement and community involvement.

Posted: 8:50 PM 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.

Updated: 9:06 PM Scabies, a highly contagious skin condition, is spreading at a Washington County school, and parents are upset with the school district saying more should have been done to prevent the outbreak.

Updated: 11:50 PM This school year is beginning to wind down and Pitt County, like others, is looking ahead to next year appointing 4 new principals.

Updated: 10:20 PM Greene County Middle School was wiped out by a tornado a couple years ago. Repairs are nearly complete, and students and staff are excited to finally be back in their school this fall.

Updated: 11:42 AM School officials said some parents in Onslow County were alerted to an inappropriate item brought to school by a student, then confiscated by administrators.

Updated: 8:28 PM Police said two teens are facing juvenile petitions after filing false police reports about an attempted abduction that never happened.

Updated: 11:46 PM A bus with 38 middle schoolers on board had to pull over only about a mile and a half from the school Monday morning after a hose burst on the bus, according to school officials.

Updated: 9:04 PM No students were hurt in what appears to be another hit and run accident involving a log truck, this time with a school bus.

Updated: 11:29 AM Elizabeth City State University could face the loss of federal financial aid as well as nearly $4.4 million in fines for not reporting more than 120 crimes as required by law.

Updated: 2:15 PM Week 3: Greene Early College High School in Greene County was the site of Friday morning's third "How Cool Is Your School?" stop by WITN News at Sunrise.

Updated: 8:55 AM An ECU Alert was sent to students early Friday morning that a student reported he was robbed after midnight.

Posted: 5:54 AM Thick fog in some areas in the east have prompted a school delay.