Posted: 7:46 PM - A tornado warning has been issued for Edgecombe and Nash counties until 8:15 pm.

Posted: 5:39 PM - A cold front will bring showers and possible storms to eastern Carolina overnight.

Posted: 5:06 PM - The Indians have recalled third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall from Triple-A Columbus.

Posted: 3:49 PM - Grifton Police Chief Bryan Cauley says a woman found the injured cat underneath her car on McCrae Street.

Updated: 6:18 PM - The DoubleTree by Hilton Atlantic Beach Oceanfront reopened this morning following a $5 million renovation.

Updated: 6:20 PM - An arrest has been made in a hit and run accident that killed a college student last year.

Updated: 6:24 PM - East Carolina University says an alert sent out last night via Twitter that the campus was on lockdown was sent out by mistake.

Updated: 6:19 PM - Greenville police say the armed thieves stole cash, electronic and the victim's keys.

Posted: 3:19 AM - Police said a man caused a three vehicle wreck Monday night and then left the scene, only to later be arrested and taken to jail.

Updated: 6:19 PM - Police said a black bear is taking in the sites around a town with its likeness at every corner.

Updated: 06/17/2013 - The village of Simpson in Pitt County officially voted Monday to eliminate it's police chief position. Some residents worry there could be more crime with no chief.

Updated: 6:42 PM - A Jacksonville woman is among the 8 astronaut candidates selected by NASA Monday. Their mission will be to help lead the first human mission to an asteroid and then on to Mars.

Updated: 06/17/2013 - The Pitt County Schools superintendent for the past 7 years Doctor Beverly Emory said her goodbyes Monday night at her last school board meeting before she heads up another North Carolina school system.

Posted: 06/17/2013 - Warm and humid with scattered thunderstorms across the area on Tuesday.

Posted: 06/17/2013 - More than 80 people are facing criminal charges after the seventh week of protests led by the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP.

Posted: 06/17/2013 - A motorist saw the woman with the sign and called 911 while following the vehicle into Duplin County.

Updated: 06/17/2013 - A native of Boone, Jim Holshouser was the first Republican elected governor in the state in the 20th century when he won during President Richard Nixon's landslide victory in 1972.

Updated: 06/17/2013 - A church in Eastern Carolina turned into a crime scene on Father's Day after a break-in where the burglars helped themselves to breakfast.

Posted: 06/17/2013 - Construction of a new turn lane on Davenport Farm Rd. means it won't be open to traffic where it intersects with Highway 11 in Winterville this week.

Posted: 06/17/2013 - The shifting sands along the Outer Banks have been cleared away from a ferry channel between Hatteras and Ocracoke islands, allowing the ships to resume their regular route for the first time in five months.

Updated: 06/17/2013 - A police report just made public shows a home was shot into Thursday night, and a woman inside the home was injured.

Updated: 06/17/2013 - Police say a dog managed to swim to safety after she was tossed over a bridge.

Posted: 06/17/2013 - Deputies said a checkpoint lead to a marijuana bust in both a vehicle and the driver's home.

Posted: 06/16/2013 - Greenville Police are investigating the robbery of an ECU student near campus.

Updated: 06/17/2013 - A man who deputies say attacked his brother and mother with a butcher knife early Friday appeared before a judge this morning.