Troopers say a woman trying to put out her cigarette cause a school bus wreck this morning.

Imagine what your excitement level would be if you won a new car. That's what happened to one WWII veteran in Eastern Carolina, but he decided to cash in his car to help wounded warriors.

The Vanceboro Christian Help Center says donations are down, while the need for help is up. The non-profit is struggling to keep its doors open to provide services to about 900 people each month.

The man whose dramatic arrest prompted a riot in Washington early Thursday is expected to face charges.

You saw her all weekend on WITN during our Children's Miracle Network Hospitals telethon and now people everywhere will get a chance to see how special 6-year-old Michelle Coria is.

Bill Clinton suggested he could support a short term extension of all the so-called "Bush" tax rates set to expire at the end of the year.

Greenville police say since mid-May through the first week of June, the three have repeatedly stolen beer, household cleaning supplies, food and other items from the Trade-Wilco at 3000 Stantonsburg Road.

A potentially dangerous sexually transmitted disease that infects millions of people each year is growing resistant to drugs and could soon become untreatable.

A two-year-old child was not injured after climbing in the family's SUV as it rolled down their driveway.

As the Pitt County Sheriff's Office continues to arrest what it has identified as deadbeat dads, one suspect arrested says he can't pay.

Police say suspicious packages delivered to two Vancouver schools today appear to contain human remains.

The sponsors of California's same-sex marriage ban plan to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review a landmark appellate court ruling that struck down the law as unconstitutional.

Michael Windbourne of Pollocksville is charged with DWI, careless/reckless driving, felony flee and elude, and multiple traffic violations.

Pitt County Sheriffs deputies are asking for your help locating several parents delinquent in child support payments.

Aaron Causer's wife informed Onslow County deputies her husband was married to 2 women at the same time.

Many residents in the east could see slight reductions in electric bills in the near future.

It didn't take long for two women shown on camera allegedly stealing gas to come forward.

More debate is expected about funding for the sheriff's office. Commissioners voted Monday to use money from housing federal inmates at the jail for the general county fund, instead of for the sheriff's office.

A porn actor who police say killed and dismembered someone in Canada then sent body parts to political parties has been arrested in Germany.

A restaurant that has become a staple in one city in the east is preparing to close their doors.

A new policy at East Carolina University will require all freshman to live on campus starting this fall.

More than a million people have lined the banks of the River Thames on a rainy day in London to cheer Queen Elizabeth and a flotilla celebrating her 60 years on the throne.

"Snow White & the Huntsman" is the fairest in the land at the weekend box office.

A father and son who were found murdered Saturday night in Carteret County were laid to rest this weekend.

Phoenix police have arrested a woman who allegedly drove off after forgetting that her 5-week-old baby was in a car seat on the roof of her vehicle.