A man who was captured on camera cashing in stolen lottery tickets has been busted.

Talk about a new golfing hazard -- a Jacksonville man and his friends encountered an alligator on the fourth hole this past weekend.

After several delays, NASA has launched five rockets from Virginia that are part of a study of the jet stream.

The Chapel Hill town council voted 5-4 in favor of a ban on all cellphones behind the wheel.

People have rallied around the country calling for shooter George Zimmerman's arrest, and that movement made its way to the steps of the Pitt County Courthouse Monday.

After a number of complaints from non-smoking county workers, Pitt County commissioners discussed the idea of banning smoking in all county buildings Monday.

16 year old Daquze Howard', 17 year old Marquell Ward, 18 year old Khalil Mitchell, 21 year old Marlin Mcmillan' and an underage juvenile were arrested on armed robbery charges in Greenville early Saturday morning.

The IRS says you are likely to notice a smaller tax refund check this year.

Organizers of the Taking Back Our Freedom rally say the Saturday event in Walkertown is aimed at a 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that prohibited Forsyth County commissioners from beginning their meetings with prayers from a particular religion.

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Some Charlotte ministers plan to preach against the state's proposed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.

Hundreds of students in the east filled their backpacks with water and walked four miles Thursday all for a good cause.

In conjunction with National Poison Prevention Week, many locations across Eastern Carolina will be participating in "Operation Medicine Drop" this weekend.

Three national supermarket chains, including one with stores across Eastern Carolina, have decided to stop selling ground beef that contains the filler known as "pink slime".

Coroner's officials have ruled Whitney Houston died by drowning, but heart disease and cocaine use were contributing factors.

A modern survey of the state line between North Carolina and South Carolina has sent 93 property owners into another state.

A helicopter makes a hard landing, a reporter has a feisty encounter with a bird, and a big chunk of rock flattens a car. We have the video that will have you talking in Take a Look at This!

In an election campaign season in which issues such as birth control and gay marriage have made headlines, a growing number of Americans think political leaders are talking too much religion, according to a new national survey.

A truck that spilled treated human waste fertilizer Monday in New Bern had some of our viewers voicing concerns about product safety.

Our self-defense laws are more limited than Florida's, according to Pitt County District Attorney Clark Everett. Even if the laws were the same, locals involved in community watch groups say the whole situation could have possibly been prevented.

The 72-foot tall Schooner Jeanie B. is docked at the Washington waterfront.

A pear tree that miraculously survived the Sept. 11 terror attack blossomed at ground zero on the first day of spring.

With picket signs in hand, hundreds of people filled the auditorium at Pamlico Community College ready to give their two cents on the proposed temporary rule changes for ferry tolling.

We're following the story out of Jones County about dozens of puppies rescued from an alleged puppy mill last week. Two dachshunds that spent their entire lives at that alleged puppy mill are now heading to a temporary home.

Katrina Parker of Holly Ridge won her battle round Monday night on "The Voice" with the song "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis.