Pitt County News

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.

A 20-year-old Vanceboro woman faces multiple charges, including misdemeanor death by vehicle, in connection with a two-vehicle car crash, which left a man dead.

As a social worker for the blind and visually impaired, Barbara Hansen taught people tricks for organizing paper money, identifying coins, or writing checks so they could do the things they thought they would no longer be able to do.

" Despite staring danger squarely in the face, a collective group of heroes are credited with saving the life of a Murfreesboro woman near here Monday.

A man charged with murder in Craven County has invoked his Fifth Amendment right, choosing not to speak with investigators about the crime he is accused of committing.

A man and his grandmother died after being shot in the grandmother's home in central Craven County.

A man is dead and his grandmother has been shot in Craven County. Rescue crews were called around 11:30 a.m. to a home on Dry Monia Road, that's between Highway 70 & Highway 55 near Tuscarora.

Researchers in England studied SIDS cases between 2003 and 2006, and found co-sleeping was involved in more than half of the cases.

A teenager is recovering after police say someone shot into a house early Friday morning.

A single car crash killed one person on Friday about 4 miles southeast of Greenville.

As a part of Pastoral Care Week, Pitt County Memorial Hospital's Pastoral Services Department will hold a public seminar dubbed "Being a Supportive Presence" Monday, Oct.

Health experts and county officials in the east gathered Thursday night for a summit on the H1N1 flu virus.