The University of Tennessee and North Carolina State University will share a federal grant to improve the safety of organic produce.

Schools and government buildings in North Carolina practiced tornado drills as part of Severe Weather Awareness Week.

Police have charged with driver of a car that just left a Greenville restaurant with drunk driving after an accident overnight.

The Highway Patrol tells us both drivers in the accident contributed to crash.

A detour expected to last more than eight months begins today in Beaufort County.

About 1,100 people were injured, many by flying glass as they flocked to windows to see what had caused the flash of light.

Three teenagers were charged with breaking into an apartment with the help of an alert neighbor and some quick cops.

If you're looking to have breakfast for lunch or dinner today, then you may want to head to your local IHOP since today is IHOP's National Pancake Day.

A solution to ridding North Carolina of its $2.6 billion in unemployment debt more quickly through lower benefits and higher taxes has received approval by the full House.

With huge losses in revenue, Greene County is planning to make some major budget cuts, and county employees are fearing the worst.

A second group of county commissioners here in the East has gone on record as endorsing gun owners' rights.

We're watching for the first court appearances today of two men charged with an armed robbery right across from the campus of ECU.

The Adopt-A-School program serves elementary schools in Greenville that do not have school resource officers.

The company that makes Triaminic and Theraflu is pulling millions of cold and cough syrups from store shelves because the child-resistant caps didn't work in some cases, as at least four families found out the hard way.

Officials say the blaze also spread to nearby homes in the coastal Pender County town.

For the past 31 years the Cape Hatteras research vessel has been a staple to the Duke Marine Lab in Beaufort. The ship will dock Wednesday morning for the final time after its final mission.

Legislative leaders say they want to improve public education, scale back regulations and overhaul the tax system in part through lower income tax rates.

Resendez says, "I love digging into learning with hands-on activities, students leading others, and getting messy all for that 'ah-ha' moment the students give when they truly understand."

The suspension of a high school football coach will stand, that after an appeal hearing this morning in Pitt County.

Tuesday marks the tenth anniversary of the explosion in Kinston that killed six and injured dozens more. At 1:29 p.m. on January 29, 2003, a tiny amount of dust ignited and set off a deadly explosion.

The 3:40 a.m. accident on Highway 17 in Craven County claimed the life of a passenger in the vehicle.

Pamlico County deputies have charged Adrian Trull of Oriental with second degree burglary and three counts of felony B&E and larceny.

A man already serving a prison sentence for break-ins will appear before a judge on new charges against him in Greenville Friday.

Three people from Bertie County were transferred from the jail in Pasquotank County, where they were facing a handful of charges, to the jail in Pitt County, where the list of charges against each of them grew significantly.

Hedgepeth has been teaching in Beaufort County for eleven years and currently teaches kindergarten.