Lawmen were called to the home on Killis Murphy Road outside of Pollocksville around 7:45 a.m. Wednesday. The elderly woman had been found dead by her grandson.

Rocky Mount police say the Griffin's Food Mart on North Wesleyan Boulevard was hit around 9:30 p.m.

ECU police tell WITN News that late Saturday night they received a report the sculptures at the Leo Jenkins Fine Arts Center had been vandalized.

State schools Superintendent June Atkinson says she's running for another four years as chief administrator of North Carolina's public schools.

Students are back in class after a small fire forced PS Jones Middle School in Washington to evacuate. The Washington Police Department is investigating the fire.

The Department of Transportation will begin lane closures at 7 a.m. Wednesday near the temporary bridge on Highway 12 at Pea Island as crews install protective measures.

A man accused of committing multiple break-ins in Halifax and Warren counties has been arrested after a month on the run.

The first of five public meetings will be held in Ocracoke by the state ferry system Wednesday to hear from people about the new proposal to raise the price of riding state ferries.

The Highway Patrol says horses got loose Tuesday night on Highway 24, near the Highway 258 split.

Ocracoke girls basketball player Echo Bennink leads the Dolphins in scoring at more than 20 points per game and during her senior season Ocracoke is enjoying one of its best starts in years.

Statistics from the Greenville Police Department show a 17.5 percent decrease in Part One crime statistics since 2010, but the perception from some people we talked with is just the opposite.

An arrest has been made in the case of a Williamston businessman who was assaulted and robbed at his downtown business. The robbery at Marco Hi-Fi was all caught on surveillance cameras.

The N.C. Department of Transportation will begin temporary lane closures starting at 7 a.m. Wednesday, near the temporary bridge on NC 12 at Pea Island.

A traffic stop leads to the arrest of a suspect who had arrest warrants out for him and the discovery lawmen say of drugs in his vehicle.

A man charged with operating a meth lab just over a year ago has been arrested again on meth charges after lawmen say he ran from them and was tracked down by K-9's.

Local Department of Transportation offices say if the mild winter continues the money normally spent on snow removal could possibly be spent on other projects.

A Morehead City building inspector was on site at a Mobile Home park Tuesday afternoon just days after two people died in a shed fire where they were living.

An impromptu assembly shrouded in secrecy had rumors flying at one elementary school in Beaufort County. The truth: One kindergartner was about to be reunited with his mom after a deployment in Afghanistan.

A fourth Bojangles restaurant in the east has been robbed within the past week, the latest in Wilson.

A strong cold front will bring showers followed by colder conditions to eastern North Carolina.

A natural gas leak closed down a portion of a major street in Jacksonville.

Gov. Beverly Perdue says her budget proposal for next year will include a temporary sales tax increase to restore education cuts made by the Republican-led General Assembly when they let a similar tax expire last July.

Firefighters in New Bern battled two fires within minutes of each other and just a block from each other.

Officer David Christman and a police cadet were arrested last year by Pitt County deputies and accused of stealing guns.

Phillip Lewis, who was an ECU student at the time, is accused of gunning down a former student back in 2010.