Pitt County News

The Progressive Pulse says: The Asheville Citizen-Times reports that Buncombe County lawmaker Susan Fisher has joined Ellie Kinnaird, Pricey Harrison, and the Pitt County commissioners in calling for an investigation into anti-health reform mailers and robocalls produced by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina.

Part of a street is closed in the Pitt County town of Winterville because of a water main break.

Rocky Mount police are offering $1,000 rewards to anyone who can help them solve two unrelated murders that occurred late this summer.

No arrests have been made in a shooting and stabbing Sunday in Farmville. Police say just before 1:00 p.m. they responded to a shooting at 4006 South Main Street.

Two men are behind bars, and another man is in the hospital, after a robbery and shooting in Pitt County about 2:00 a.m. Saturday.

When WITN asked "How Cool is Your School," the students at Pactolus Elementary in Pitt County answered.

The Pitt County School Board will meet face to face Thursday with a group that says the school system is failing it's African-American students.

Two arrests have been made in a convenience store holdup nearly two months ago in Pitt County.

Pitt County Superior Court Judge W. Russell "Rusty" Duke Jr. heard arguments Tuesday in a request to drop television station WCTI-Ch. 12 from a civil lawsuit brought by a 21-year-old and involving meteorologist Skip Waters.

A Greenville man is in jail on a $400,000 secured bond after his arrest for raping a woman this weekend.

Wilson police have arrested one man in a recent smash and grab robbery at the Wilson mall and are searching for a second suspect.

Numerous complaints by residents prompted the Pitt Sheriff's Department to seek and get a warrant for the home of James Earl Jenkins.

The Pitt County Coalition for Educating Black Children says there are clear signs African American students aren't getting an equal education in Pitt County.

A woman who was attacked ten days ago by a wild pack of dogs is improving at the hospital.

Shots rang out in one Martin County neighborhood, with one of those bullets striking a 12-year-old. It happened around 10:40 p.m. on Bailey Road outside of Williamston.

A new organization established a Pitt County chapter recently with a mission to have Congress recognize a national symbol of gratitude and recognition for lives lost in military service.

Two men were shot at 104 E. Shine Street in Kinston at 3:19 a.m. Sunday. Commander Rick Harrell tells WITN one of the men was shot in the face while the other was shot in the upper chest.

An elderly woman, who was shot in the head last week, is now back at home recouperating.

A fire inspector had ordered the Pitt County Detention Center to reduce its inmate population by 104 inmates.

An elderly couple was airlifted to Pitt County Memorial Hospital after sustaining injuries in a serious accident Friday afternoon on U.S. 301 near Elm City.