More Headlines

• 

  Pitt County Schools Shuffling Employees To Fill Principal Positions

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

• 

  Greene Middle School Repairs Nearly Complete After 2011Tornado

  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.

• 

  Parents Alerted After 2nd Grader Brings Toy Gun To School

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

• 

  SCHOOL OFFICIALS: 4 Confirmed Cases Of Scabies At Elementary School

  School officials said parents of students at Pines Elementary in Washington County will get a note sent home with students Monday about an outbreak of scabies at the school.

• 

  POLICE: Teens Faked Attempted Abduction To Ditch School

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

• 

  SCHOOL OFFICIALS: Students Transported With Skin Irritation After Hose Burst On Bus

  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.

• 

  UPDATE: Troopers Search For Tractor Trailer In Hit &Run With School Bus

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

• 

  "How Cool Is Your School?" Tour Visits Greene Early College High School

  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.

• 

  Student Robbed Near ECU Campus

  An ECU Alert was sent to students early Friday morning that a student reported he was robbed after midnight.

• 

  Hertford County Schools On A 2-Hour Delay

  Thick fog in some areas in the east have prompted a school delay.

• 

  Therapy Dogs Help Alleviate ECU Students' Finals Stress

  East Carolina University students are taking final exams, and some dogs are helping students deal with their stress.

• 

  NC Senate Passes Bill Creating Board To Approve Charter Schools

  A bill creating a separate approval and oversight board for taxpayer-funded charter schools in North Carolina has passed the state Senate.

• 

  Pitt County Parent, Sheriff Respond To NC Teen With Guns At School

  Eighteen-year-old David Cole Withrow was arrested Monday on a felony charge of bringing a weapon onto school grounds after he left the guns in his car at Princeton High School.

• 

  Customs Ordered To Verify All International Student Visas

  Customs officials are being ordered "effective immediately" to verify that every foreign student arriving in the U.S. has a valid student visa.

• 

  "How Cool Is Your School?" Tour Visits Bear Grass Charter

  Bear Grass Charter School in Martin County was the site of Friday morning's second "How Cool Is Your School?" stop by WITN News at Sunrise.

• 

  ENC Student Accepted To Harvard; First Ever From Pamlico County High

  A high school senior in the east is the first ever to be accepted to Harvard University from Pamlico County High School. It's s big deal for the small town of Bayboro.

• 

  ECU Celebrates Founders Day

  May 1 marks 106 years since the university came into existence. The school will mark the milestone by honoring its best and brightest.

• 

  TEACHER OF THE WEEK: Vera Sykes

  WITN's Teacher of the Week for May 1, 2013 is Vera Sykes from Pines Elementary School.

• 

  Croatan H.S. Art Students Hoping To Win National Online Contest

  The art students at Croatan High School in Carteret County are finalists in the annual Vans Custom Culture shoe design contest.

• 

  UNC President Wants Concealed Weapons Kept Off Campus

  UNC President Tom Ross says campus leaders and police chiefs are worried that allowing those weapons would increase public safety risks and hamper their ability to protect people on campus.

• 

  Fog Prompting School Delays

  Gates County Schools and Hertford County Schools are running on a delay this morning due to heavy fog.

• 

  UPDATE: NC Senate Approves Bill Requiring 5th Graders Know Multiplication Tables, Cursive

  The Senate voted by a wide margin Thursday in favor of a bill directing state education leaders to ensure students are instructed how to write legibly in cursive by the end of fifth grade.

• 

  Former School Administrator Admits To Taking Gifts & Favors

  A former assistant school superintendent has admitted he accepted gifts and favors from contractors while on the job.

• 

  TEACHER OF THE WEEK: Linda Salzman

  WITN's Teacher of the Week for April 24th, 2013 is Linda Salzman from Richlands Primary School.

• 

  Gates County Schools Delayed Wednesday

  Gates County Schools are running on a one-hour delay this morning due to foggy conditions.