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Common Cold cases increase raising concerns for small children as new variants of COVID-19 arise.

Students in K-5 social studies classes may learn history in a more diverse and inclusive way this fall.

Pres. Joe Biden officially declared June 19, the day the last slaves were told they would be free in 1865, a national holiday Thursday.

A small plane crashed Thursday night at the Kinston Drag Strip along NC Highway 11 and 55.

Carnival Corp. said Thursday that a data breach in March might have exposed personal information about customers and employees on Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America Line and Princess Cruises.

‘Natural’ remains on the top of the leaderboard after reeling in a 521.6-pound blue marlin Tuesday.

Jeremy Nichols, of Grimesland, is charged with extortion and conspiracy to obtain property by false pretense.

The Pitt County Sheriff’s Office says G Sweepstakes on Highway 33 was held up around 9:30 p.m. on June 7th.

Sgt. Tim “Mac” McInerney was a 26-year veteran of the Greenville Police Department.

Last Thursday, deputies raided the home on Davis Road and found meth, Schedule VI controlled substance, and psilocybin mushrooms.

The news will likely hit Charlotteans hard, as well as thousands of people who would regularly make the drive to the Camden Road restaurant from miles around to get their on-of-a-kind fried chicken.

Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Sergeant Cory Bishop at 252-247-2474 ext. 21 or email at jbishop@townofpks.com.

Sgt. Tim “Mac” McInerney was a 26-year veteran of the Greenville Police Department.

Kat Lewandowski appeared on WITN News at Sunrise Thursday morning to show off the park’s baby Greylag Geese.

A more dangerous COVID-19 variant has spread across the country and has hit us here in North Carolina.

The North Carolina House wants to exempt military retiree pay from state income taxes for more veterans in North Carolina.

Kinston’s City Manager is resigning from his position of 9 and a half years to move himself and his family to a new city with new opportunities.

No blue marlins were caught Wednesday on Day 3 of the 63rd annual Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament.

The House passed a bill Wednesday that would make Juneteenth, or June 19th, a federal holiday.

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services says the state is expanding availability of its at-home COVID-19 test collection.

An official report has not yet been released, but surveyors said evidence points toward a strong microburst, not a tornado.

Climate change could cause more severe weather patterns.

The Senate passed a bill that could officially recognize Juneteenth, a day to remember the emancipation of slaves in the United States, as a federal holiday.

A human skull was found at a construction site in Wake County on Wednesday afternoon.

Authorities say a man has died after being shot by a police officer trying to serve a warrant.

Charles Finch was released from Greene Correctional Institution in May 2019 after a federal judge ordered his freedom.

North Carolina’s ban on most abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy must remain unenforceable, a federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday.

A report from the National Park Service shows that over 488,000 Cape Lookout National Seashore visitors spent $21,905,000 in the local communities last year.

Three men were arrested for trafficking in methamphetamine and are under $1,000,000 secured bonds.

Joel Isaiah Brewer, who is already in the Mecklenburg County jail in connection with two April 2021 Charlotte murders of transgender women in hotels, now faces charges for the murder of Joshua Tramaine Allen in Union County.