Pitt County News

A worker preparing for an Independence Day celebration was killed and four others critically injured after fireworks exploded Saturday morning on a remote North Carolina island dock, authorities said.

Community members in Greenville, N.C., have planned a protest for the July 13 meeting of the Pitt County Commissioners meeting after one board member proposed adopting a resolution to oppose marriage by same-sex couples.

By Amanda VanDerBroek Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald Published Thursday, July 2, 2009 GASTON a ' An arrest has been made in a weekend shooting that left a woman injured here.

A motorcyclist was seriously injured in a wreck in Pamlico County late Wednesday afternoon, but details surrounding what happened remained unclear in the evening.

Kenneth Andrew Sprouse called police after being robbed in his Greenville apartment by three men armed with a bat, knife and gun at about 3 a.m. April 17.

Same sex marriage, a controversial issue on both the federal and state levels now becomes a burning topic for one county here in the east.

Updated at 3:07 p.m. to add information on the location of the wreck. A Wilson woman is dead and two men are hospitalized after a Sunday wreck, according to the North Carolina Highway Patrol.

An east Kinston resident was airlifted to Pitt County Memorial Hospital on Saturday after authorities said she was stabbed after an altercation with a roommate.

Pitt County Sheriff's Office announced Saturday the success of Operation Medicine Cabinet.

For Joan Taylor, Hurricane Fran arrived in Eastern North Carolina at the worst possible time.

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A New Bern man was arrested Monday night and charged with stabbing a man during the weekend near a downtown nightclub.

Pitt County launched an internal investigation after a deputy shot and killed a dog while looking into the mobile home park shooting near Farmville.

Authorities have information about a suspect in an early Tuesday afternoon shooting where a man was sprayed with bullets.

The state's budget deficit has reached $4.7 billion, Gov. Bev Perdue said Monday during her visit at South Central High School.

Stimulus money is beginning to pour into our state and a lot of it is going towards infrastructure.

The toxicology report has been released on a man who was found dumped along on Highway 264 in Pitt County back in February.

A Kinston woman was injured when her vehicle overturned this morning. Stephanie Wiggins, 34, of Kinston, was driving her 2006 Honda Accord home from work when she fell asleep at the wheel.

Lawmen need your help finding a suspected armed robber. His alleged partner-in-crime is already in custody.

A 16-year-old has been treated at a hospital after getting shot by a police officer.