Pitt County News

A woman is accused of reporting a fake robbery outside a Grifton store to cover up damage she did to a car.

The N.C. Center for Missing Persons has issued a Silver Alert for a missing endangered woman, 60-year-old Mary Gladys Waters.

A man was sentenced to prison Thursday for having one of the largest child porn collections in Pitt County history.

Police said they responded to Brooks Drive in Farmville at about 7:35 p.m. on Wednesday.

Close to 100 people gathered outside the Pitt County Courthouse in Greenville Wednesday to pay respects to the eleven law enforcement members from the county who died in the line of duty over the years.

A hose on a Pitt County school bus burst Monday morning, sending a few middle school students to a hospital, an official said.

With help from the Pitt County Sheriff's Office, Greenville Police said they have arrested a break-in suspect who fled to California when he heard he was wanted.

The Daily Reflector of Greenville reports that 65-year-old John Alton Moore Jr. and 59-year-old Edelmira Najera Nichols of Fountain have been accused of trying to hire someone to kill two family members.

The Pitt County Sheriff's Office kicked off "Operation Support Your Child", an effort to aggressively collect overdue child support from delinquent parents.

A Lincoln County woman is facing charges after deputies say she lied about her young daughter being kidnapped, sparking a statewide Amber Alert.

Pitt County deputies have charged Twyman Arnold with maiming without malice, assault on a female and kidnapping.

Pitt County Detention Center officials say that 57-year-old Debra Schultis was brought in by the Sheriff's Office around 12:37 Sunday morning.

An East Carolina University student is in custody after authorities discovered he was wanted on a federal warrant for deserting the military.

Court has gone nocturnal in Pitt County. The courthouse held it's first session of night court Thursday.

A Japanese auto parts manufacturer plans to add more assembly lines and hire another 200 workers at an existing North Carolina factory by the end of 2016.

J.H. Rose senior Jordan Frazier is the only student in Pitt County, and one of just 68 in the state, to earn the $2,500 scholarship.

We're working to get more information about a man facing child sex crimes and other charges in two counties in the east.

We're working to get more information about a man locked up in a local jail on the unusual charge of being a military deserter.

Pitt County deputies and police are on the scene of two separate shootings reported within 12 minutes of each other.

A Pitt County woman said she and her daughter were trapped in their minivan because a black bear was rummaging through the trash in their yard.