A tanker driver has been charged after his rig flipped over and closed a Pitt County highway Wednesday afternoon.

A motorcyclist is in critical condition after the motorcycle he was on was struck Wednesday afternoon.

The owners of 88 dogs seized Wednesday in Jones County appeared before a judge this morning.

State troopers say it happened around 5:15 p.m. Tuesday north of Kenansville.

Two people have been charged following the break-in at a tanning salon on Evans St. in Greenville.

A New Bern woman is facing charges after deputies say she cut another woman during a fight.

An assistant regional manager for one of the most well-known businesses in Eastern Carolina made a brief appearance in jail overnight for embezzlement charges.

Greenville city council has set a shorter list of goals to focus on for the next two years than what it normally does.

Southside High School senior basketball player Katisha Hyman led the Seahawks to the Class 1A State Championships and ends her career at Southside as a true leader.

Kinston Police say the Main Moon Chinese restaurant was robbed at gunpoint Tuesday night.

Investigators sometimes ask for a tip when it comes to solving crimes-- but Tuesday deputies were asking for a different kind of tip.

A drug task force in the east has two men behind bars on several drug crimes in Wayne County.

A week after saying he opposed legislation in Congress to stop tolls on I-95, Democrat Congressman G.K. Butterfield told a group in Halifax County that he opposes the tolls.

Passing the century mark may be a dream for some-- but how about living past a hundred years old like a Duplin County woman who celebrated her 110th birthday Tuesday.

A spokesman for North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue says her one-day trip to Pennsylvania to examine a natural gas exploration method wasn't publicized because she was only gathering information and held no public events.

Warmer air will overspread eastern North Carolina on Wednesday.

Two men and a woman are in custody following the robbery of the Dollar General In Bridgeton and authorities say they were able to track down one of the suspects because he was on pre-trial release and was wearing an ankle monitoring device.

A missing Goldsboro man was arrested after police say he stole a vehicle and drove to Florida.

The Senate Judiciary Committee heard from Jerry Ensminger, a retired Camp Lejeune Marine whose 9-year-old daughter died of leukemia in 1985.

Leonard Willson III of Bath was confined to a wheelchair. He was found dead inside his Bath home on October 2010.

North Carolina's unemployment rate dropped slightly in January as the state gained 17,000 nonfarming jobs.

After four cars were broken into in the same area of town last week, Greenville police have released their suggestions on how to avoid becoming victimized by car break-ins.

A former Greenville Police Chief has passed away after complications from surgery.

A man is being held on a $200,000 bond on charges he held up a pizza delivery driver at gunpoint at an apartment complex near East Carolina University.

It's one of the most anticipated movies of the summer, and tourism officials in North Carolina are hoping fans will visit some of the sites where scenes from "The Hunger Games" were filmed.