Kinston police say a peanut truck tipped over just before 8 p.m. Tuesday on Highway 11, closing a portion of the northbound highway just south of Cunningham Road until around 10:30 p.m.

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

Much warmer air will surge into eastern Carolina on Wednesday.

ECU says it is investigating the discovery of a video possibly recorded in a campus locker room by a man already convicted of doing the same thing in Wake County.

Health advocates say a North Carolina Senate bill would repeal hundreds of local and community college rules restricting smoking outdoors.

A decade-old benchmark for determining when a driver is legally intoxicated -- the 0.08 blood-alcohol content rate -- should be lowered to 0.05, reducing the amount a motorist can drink before being presumed to be drunk, federal safety officials said Tuesday.

Officials say an electrical short caused an early morning house fire that did $100,000 in damage.

The Highway Patrol says the crash happened around 4:30 p.m. on U.S. 158 some five miles west of Roanoke Rapids.

The bill is named for Allison Gaither, who police say was fatally stabbed in 2009 by her estranged husband near her Winston-Salem home. She had taken out a domestic violence order.

A man with a criminal record dating back almost two decades is back behind bars on new drug charges.

A railroad crossing in Greenville will be closed Tuesday; possibly sending commuters on a different route to work and school.

One large art design in Greenville will bring more than just a new look to the uptown area.

A Frost Advisory has been issued for Halifax and Northampton counties.

A 46-year-old from Greenville has posted bond after getting charged with stabbing her ex-boyfriend.

Airport officials in Greenville say a high demand for hangar facilities has prompted them to build a new $400,000 hangar for non commercial planes.

The Pitt County Sheriff's Office kicked off "Operation Support Your Child", an effort to aggressively collect overdue child support from delinquent parents.

Greenville Police are asking for the public's help in solving a murder from a year ago.

Elizabeth City State University could face the loss of federal financial aid as well as nearly $4.4 million in fines for not reporting more than 120 crimes as required by law.

Below normal temperatures will continue on Tuesday across our area.

We now know the name of toddler who drowned Saturday in an above ground pool in Jacksonville, while the child's mother was convicted three years ago in another toddler drowning.

A substitute school teacher is accused of biting the ear of his ex-girlfriend, causing her serious injury.

Regina Speight of Dudley is charged with armed robbery and first degree kidnapping.

Three people were wounded in two separate shootings over the weekend in Kinston, and police have named a suspect in one of those shootings.

Officials said a car hit a gas meter on Monday morning, causing a gas leak.

New Bern Police said one man is in custody after an armed robbery where the victim says the weapon was either a BB gun or airsoft gun.