Posted: 10:37 PM - The first internet sweepstakes trial has concluded in one Eastern Carolina district with a not guilty verdict.

Posted: 10:29 PM - The Pitt County School District is the only one in the state that earned a national award on student athlete safety.

Posted: 10:20 PM - The Pitt County Sheriff's Office and one of its sergeants was honored Wednesday for their participation in the Toys for Tots program.

Posted: 10:11 PM - Several recent armed robberies, attempted armed robberies, and shoplifting cases across Eastern Carolina a reminder, police say, that some crimes tend to tick up during this time of the year.

Updated: 9:49 PM - A month long drug investigation results in nine arrests in Washington and more are expected.

Posted: 9:10 PM - A vehicle collided with a tractor trailer in Washington Wednesday afternoon sending one driver to the hospital and shutting down Highway 264 for hours.

Updated: 9:10 PM - Greene County officials say two horses were found dead in a pasture and fifteen other face an uncertain future due to their conditions.

Posted: 8:01 PM - Bethel Police say they've arrested one person but are still looking for another after an infant with multiple serious injuries required emergency surgery at Vidant Medical Center.

Updated: 8:21 PM - The Jones County Sheriff's Office says it is searching for a man missing since Sunday.

Updated: 8:49 PM - Greenville Police responded to an attempted armed robbery in the parking lot of Pier 1 at the Greenville Mall around 6:35 Wednesday night.

Posted: 5:13 PM - Kinston police have been looking for 16-year-old Randy Romfo. A family member told police that he was found in the Dudley area of Wayne County.

Posted: 4:59 PM - Lots of sunshine and chilly temperatures can be expected across the area on Thursday.

Updated: 5:15 PM - The N.C. Department of Revenue announced Wednesday that Rep. Deborah H. McManus, D-Chatham, faces three counts of embezzlement of state property.

Updated: 10:00 PM - East Carolina junior quarterback Shane Carden has been named Conference USA¹s Most Valuable Player.

Updated: 9:35 PM - Greenville police are searching for a driver whose vehicle struck a house early Wednesday morning and kept going.

Posted: 10:48 AM - The indictment stems from the November 15th disturbance in the Pitt County Courthouse.

Posted: 7:57 AM - A clean-energy advocacy group is asking a North Carolina appeals court to reopen a probe into whether Duke Energy misled state regulators before a merger that made it the country's largest electric company.

Updated: 8:23 AM - The national director of the Deaf Federation of South Africa says a man who provided sign language interpretation on stage for Nelson Mandela's memorial service, attended by scores of heads of state, was a "fake."

Updated: 7:26 AM - The Teacher of the Week for Wednesday, December 11th 2013 is Katelyn Knapp.

Posted: 11:40 AM - 'Tis the season for fevers, severe body aches and fatigue.

Updated: 5:43 AM - New Bern police said the search is on Wednesday morning for two men who held up a mini mart at gunpoint.

Updated: 8:49 AM - Greenville police officials said a diner called for help after two young men walked into a Waffle House restaurant, guns drawn.

Updated: 9:11 PM - A former state lawmaker was dragged out of his burning home early Wednesday morning and is now in critical condition in Chapel Hill.

Updated: 9:10 PM - The owner of a Lenoir County store that was hit Tuesday night by a repeat robber has tripled the reward being offered.

Updated: 9:49 PM - A six-state private ambulance service that shut down without explanation over the weekend was sued Tuesday for allegedly firing more than 2,000 paramedics and other emergency workers with no notice that they were losing their jobs.