Ayden News

Police are looking for a gunman tonight and a man is recovering after being pistol whipped.

Five Pitt County Schools met federal academic standards last year, but most schools came close, according to preliminary results for math tests released Monday.

A friend told me about his encounter with an older man at the gas pump last week.

There is ample justification for local utility companies to impose the rate increase announced on Thursday.

Hey, read the rules! Ayden police are investigating a crash between a van and a Department of Transportation tractor that happened along Highway 11 South in Pitt County Tuesday afternoon.

They call it the barbecue capital of the world! And if you follow the North Carolina barbecue trail to a tee you'll start right here at the Skylight Inn, Ayden , NC .

Greenville Police Department officers investigated a report that a 27-year-old woman was hit in the face Thursday by a relative at a residence in the 200 block of Nash Street.

More than 80,000 businesses and homes are having to boil their water this afternoon.

Charles L. Becton, a Raleigh lawyer and former state Court of Appeals judge, will be sworn in Saturday as president of the N.C. Bar Association during the group's annual meeting.

The first night Davis Pittman was home from the hospital after his May 27 birth, he lay on the couch near his father, who was watching a basketball game on television.

Soon, Stanley Purvis will fulfill his childhood dream of becoming a barber. Purvis will be one of 17 students to graduate from the first class of a new program administered by Pitt Community College at Grace ...

Haywood County Sheriff's Office n Brian Keith Gibson, 19, 156 Monterey Place, Waynesville, was charged June 2 with misdemeanor communicating threats and two misdemeanor counts of assault on a female.

The school year is coming to a close today and summer is about to be in full swing.

If you've been traveling Highway 264 over the last two days, you may have noticed a lot of flashing blue lights.

A 42-year-old Grimesland woman was assaulted by her child with a knife at her home in the 4600 block of Boyds Road on Saturday.

Officials from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Pitt County are seeking financial aid from the county to help relocate the program in Ayden.

In every area of medical care Chris Sutton worked, he continued to notice a real void in service - the need for reliable in-home care for seniors.

May 22, 2008 A Winterville police officer resigned earlier this week after he was charged with assault, according to Winterville Police Chief Billy Wilkes.

A motorcyclist became Pitt County's 14th highway fatality of 2008 Friday night, according to State Highway Patrol reports.

Many bicyclists don't want to hog the highway, and they think motorists should feel the same way.