Lewiston Woodville News

" Fire has left a home here completely destroyed. The Main Street home was located beside the Roxobel Fire Department.

" Quick thinking by a convenience store clerk prevented a robbery - " or, at worst, injury or death - " here Saturday night.

" A 54-year-old man is behind bars after being charged with a pair of child sex offenses.

A brother and sister have been arrested by North Carolina officials on charges of insurance fraud.

One Eastern Carolina woman says she's glad to be alive after a bullet entered her bedroom and landed on her pillow.

Princeville leaders found a new town manager. Town officials appointed David Overton, a retired Windsor resident, as its interim town manager this week during a closed session of its regular board meeting.

It did not take Princeville long to find and hire a town manager. Sam Knight, who held the job since 2003, retired Thursday.

Bertie County in North Carolina is under a severe thunderstorm warning until 9:15 p.m. Shortly before 8:30 p.m. the National Weather Service radar indicated a severe thunderstorm capable of producing penny-size hail and damaging winds in excess of 60 mph.

Murfreesboro police over the weekend arrested six men in two separate, drug-related incidents.