Updated: 10:29 PM R&B singer Keyshia Cole's promoter Lorenzo Ferguson announced Tuesday on the Next Levelinc company Facebook page he will refund ticket-buyers' money after Cole canceled a concert at the Greenville Convention Center Saturday.

Posted: 10:03 PM Connie Grant from Battleboro in Edgecombe County learned of her big win of $100,000 Friday when she scratched off her lucky Mega Bucks ticket at Faulkner's Store in Red Oak.

Updated: 10:00 PM Scary moments Sunday night for people in one Pitt County neighborhood when a bear, enjoying some trash, trapped them in their car.

Posted: 9:36 PM A special needs student from Carteret County has won a national writing competition.

Posted: 9:20 PM The state says the Humane Society Shelter in Carteret County has two months to fix some major issues before its doors are forced closed.

Posted: 7:50 PM Any day now, billions of cicadas with bulging red eyes will crawl out of the earth after 17 years underground and overrun the East Coast. The insects will arrive in such numbers that people from North Carolina to Connecticut will be outnumbered roughly 600-to-1. Maybe more.

Updated: 11:44 PM Law enforcement officers biking up the east coast to honor fallen officers made a pit stops in the east Monday and Tuesday..

Posted: 10:52 AM Study finds most parents admit to using cell phones or other devices while driving with their kids.

Posted: 12:15 PM Customs officials are being ordered "effective immediately" to verify that every foreign student arriving in the U.S. has a valid student visa.

Updated: 12:02 PM State officials say thousands of people with medical problems are in danger of losing coverage as the Obama administration winds down one of the earliest programs in the federal health care overhaul.

Updated: 3:00 AM WITN's Dave Jordan was the emcee Thursday night for the first ever International Taste of Greenville fundraiser for Vidant Children's Hospital, which serves 29 counties in Eastern North Carolina.

Updated: 9:50 PM An Emerald Isle street now bears the name of a courageous man who meant a lot to his community in honor of him giving his life in the line of duty working for the U.S. Coast Guard. As of Thursday, Station Street was renamed Terrell Horne III Way.

Posted: 8:22 PM Rhode Island has become the 10th state to allow same-sex couples to marry following Gov. Lincoln Chafee's signature of gay marriage legislation.

Updated: 11:46 PM James Parker was honored Wednesday night at opening day of his baseball team in the Parks and Recreation Little Tarheels League.

Updated: 10:02 AM A high school senior in the east is the first ever to be accepted to Harvard University from Pamlico County High School. It's s big deal for the small town of Bayboro.

Posted: 8:27 PM Scientists say they have found the first solid archaeological evidence that some of the earliest American colonists survived harsh conditions by resorting to cannibalism.

Updated: 10:12 PM PepsiCo, born in New Bern 115 years ago, announced at a luncheon in the "Bear City" Tuesday that shareholders meeting will now be held there.

Updated: 7:25 PM The defense team representing the Boston Marathon bombing suspect got a major boost Monday with the addition of Judy Clarke, a San Diego lawyer who has won life sentences instead of the death penalty for several high-profile clients, including the Unabomber.

Updated: 6:48 AM Opening statements are scheduled to begin Monday in a case filed by Michael Jackson's mother against the company promoting his planned series of comeback concerts.

Posted: 8:19 PM Clint Eastwood may be 82 years old, but he dreams of making films for two more decades.

Updated: 7:10 PM You really never know when news is going to happen, even during weather forecasts.

Posted: 7:21 PM Manti Te'o, in the news earlier this year because of a hoax involving a fake girlfriend, is headed to the San Diego Chargers.

Updated: 7:59 PM Police say an armed robber ordered dinner at a McDonald's after carjacking a woman last weekend in Greenville.

Updated: 12:05 PM Witnesses describe massive explosion on fuel barge.

Updated: 9:20 AM A WITN viewer has some incredible video of a shark off the North Carolina coast.