Chowan University placed all of its students on lockdown late Sunday night after a robbery and assault.

Members of the New Bern Housing Authority say they will work with the new members that Mayor Lee Bettis is appointing to the board.

The East Carolina University Board of Trustees said during a telephone conference call meeting Monday afternoon that several tuition and fee increases proposals are under consideration.

A five year old boy is in the hospital after he was struck by a vehicle Sunday in Richlands.

Multiple agencies are investigating an explosion on the porch of a home in Craven County early Sunday morning. Officials say a person was inside the home at the time.

A Newport man is now in jail, accused of sex crimes with a child.

Officers pursued a shooting suspect in Kinston Saturday afternoon. The chase ended when the suspects car crashed into a utility pole.

It's the second murder in Greenville within four days. The 64 year old man's body was found Sunday morning at Summer Place Gardens around 9:50 a.m.

A cabin in Craven County on Catfish Lake Road is a total loss according to officials after a fire ripped through Sunday.

According to an ECU text alert, Greenville police are looking for two suspects that robbed a non-student near campus early Sunday morning.

A Pitt County man is facing an animal cruelty charge after he left twelve dogs in a metal dog box all day and the dogs suffocated.

Dominique Davis threw four touchdown passes, including a pair to Reese Wiggins, but it took a 56-yard touchdown run by Torrance Hunt with 2:10 left in the game for East Carolina to beat Central Florida 38-31 on Saturday.

According to jail officials the domestic assault suspect who ran from officers is now in jail. They say he was caught late Saturday evening.

High school football scores from around the state following round three of the playoffs.

The Duplin County Courthouse celebrated it's 100 year anniversary by opening a hundred year old time capsule.

A woman didn't have to go far to make a claim after she crashed her car into an insurance agency's building in Beaufort County.

There's less then a week until Thanksgiving and turkey farmers say they've already sent the holiday birds out, and they are grateful for a good year.

Pitt County School officials tell WITN they found a pellet gun and two knives in the trunk of a student's car Friday at South Central High School.

Thousands of folks got in the spirit of the season with the Jacksonville Holiday Parade Saturday. It aired on WITN 7.2 and witn.com. But don't worry. If you missed the parade, you still have a chance to see it!

A man is now facing up to 73 years behind bars for a robbery and sexual assault at a Washington hotel in 2009. His co-defendant is already behind bars with a projected release date of 2082.

East Carolina University says it's putting another set of eyes on emergency text alerts. This after text message alerts for Wednesday's lockdown failed to reach students' cell phones.

Carteret County deputies say they were alerted by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation that Robert Lloyd may be living in Newport.

North Carolina's ferry system has a new director, an employee who has worked his way up the ladder.

Lenoir County deputies say the 81-year-old La Grange man was not injured in the armed robbery.

Investigators didn't have too far to go in locating suspects who they say burned down a Wayne County home this past weekend, two teens who live next door have been charged.