An estimated 300,000 people attended this weekend's Azalea Festival and 15 Alcohol Law Enforcement agents were looking for violations.

Several businesses are offering freebies on Tuesday, April 17.

Actor and comedian Bill Cosby says the debate over the killing of Trayvon Martin by a neighborhood watch volunteer should be focused on guns, not race.

As states across the middle of the country prepared for the worst, storms were already kicking off in Norman, Okla., where a twister whizzed by the nation's tornado forecasting headquarters but caused little damage.

ECU says John Sieglinger was arrested around 2:30 a.m. Friday at Reade Circle and Fifth Street.

Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin says he was chased and nearly caught by four bears that were raiding his birdfeeders.

Someone in the East may be walking around with a lottery ticket worth $1 million right now.

Ever wanted to be an extra for a Hollywood film? Movie executives are looking for just that, right here in our state for "Iron Man 3."

Four daredevils were busted Wednesday night trying to jump off a TV tower in Jones County.

Neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman has made his first court appearance on a second-degree murder charge in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.

Special prosecutor Angela Corey says that the 28-year-old Zimmerman is in custody. She wouldn't disclose Zimmerman's whereabouts for his safety, but said that he will be in court within 24 hours.

Now local pharmacists say they're staying on high alert after drug store break-ins in Onslow and Jones counties in the past few months.

Carlos James, a bricklayer from Maysville, purchased his winning ticket at the Piggly Wiggly in Maysville.

Beaufort County deputies say they were called just after midnight Easter Sunday to a home on Gage Lane outside of Washington.

Maryland Lottery officials say three public school employees are sharing the spoils of the record Mega Millions jackpot.

William Balfour is accused of killing Hudson's mother, brother and nephew in 2008.

The City Council voted five to one to pass a resolution that opposes the controversial issue on the May 8 ballot.

Baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. arrived in Greenville Tuesday to announce a special project to help exceptional kids.

Jacksonville Police Department officers raised more than $3,000 for the North Carolina Special Olympics.

25 headstones have been knocked over and destroyed in a private family cemetery in Pamlico County. Authorities say some of the headstones were more than 100 years old.

You can vote for Katrina Parker starting at 9:55 p.m. Monday through 10:00 a.m. Tuesday. You can vote on nbc.com, on The Voice's Facebook page, or you can call 866-U-LOVE-01.

Mirlande Wilson may or may not have a Mega Millions lottery ticket entitling her to a piece of a $656 million dollar-pie, but there's no question she has the country pie-eyed, waiting to find out what's behind her ever-evolving story.

Throughout southern Illinois' tiny Red Bud, folks are still giddy that someone has one of three winning tickets for a $656 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot in their midst. They just wish they knew who.

The Trayvon Martin case is dividing the country racially, generationally, politically, and by economic status.

The event will kick off at 3:00 p.m Saturday outside the church and will feature a local band, a puppet show, a BMX show and for the first time in the church's history it will host an egg drop, where more than 10,000 candy eggs will be dropped from an hot air balloon.