A former minister and newspaper columnist in the east is charged with sex offenses with a child.

It will be a warm and humid throughout the weekend with the risk of a few thunderstorms.

Police say they have charged the driver of an SUV that went crashing into a business this morning in New Bern.

The crash has closed down Taylor Road in Beaufort as crews work to stop the leaking gas.

North Carolina's unemployment rate fell to 8.9 percent in April -- the lowest unemployment rate in the state in four years.

A Dudley man is in jail on a $750,000 bond after his arrest for shooting someone, robbing a couple and possessing drugs. All three cases happened in Wayne County.

On Wednesday the Greenville Regional Drug Task Force arrested Laquonne Anthony and Joshua Nobles after a search of a residence on Summerhaven Drive.

Greenville Police said four robbers were looking for someone specific when they broke into an apartment Friday morning.

It's a pretty strange object to steal, but the Pitt County Sheriff's Office has arrested a suspect who they say made off with an old antique iron tub.

Shifting sand continues to cause problems to get the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferries back on their original route.

A group of law inforcement officers are running a relay across our state all to benefit Special Olympics North Carolina.

The Disabled American Veterans mobile service office made a stop in Jacksonville Thursday to educate Veterans and their families on their benefits and services.

An autopsy shows the body of a Clayton woman found inside her car after it was towed to an impound lot had a blood-alcohol level of 0.18 percent, and suggests she may not have lived long after the crash.

A judge has refused to halt Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's policy denying driver's licenses for young immigrants who have gotten work permits and avoided deportation under an Obama administration policy.

Seven volunteer fire departments in Carteret County failed their state inspections this past month and now have a year to fix any problems or face possible closure.

Sweeping Medicaid reforms in our state will change the way people qualify for benefits and doctors are wondering how they will provide the necessary services to half a million patients who could lose Medicaid coverage.

Greenville Tea Party leader Diane Rufino says the local group was not targeted, but she believes what happened across the country with other conservative groups is criminal.

Temperatures will remain quite warm today with an increasing risk of thunderstorms.

NASCAR legend Dick Trickle was found dead in a Lincoln County cemetery, from an apparent self-inflicted gun shot wound.

Closing arguments will be presented next week in the trial of a Fayetteville man accused of raping and killing a 5-year-old girl more than three years ago.

Police say three people ended up in the hospital after a mini-van in a drive-through lane went out of control and nearly hit the fast food restaurant.

Onslow County Sheriff Ed Brown says they have made an arrest in this afternoon's bank robbery in Sneads Ferry.

School system spokesman Brock Letchworth says a third grader at Lakeforest Elementary School took part of the pencil sharpener in a classroom and injured four children.

A nuclear power plant which is 20 miles south of Raleigh has been shut down after a crack and corrosion was found in the reactor vessel.

Farmville police say a pickup truck driver pushed his way out of the drive-thru lane. It happened at the McDonald's on U.S. 258 around 8:15 a.m. Tuesday.