Tyrrell County News

On Monday Tyrrell County Deputies arrested 26 year old Benjamin Johnson Brickhouse of Columbia on two counts of felonious breaking and entering and larceny.

A fire this past weekend claimed one woman and injured another in Tyrrell County.

The number of teens getting pregnant in North Carolina has reached a 30 year low but that number is no comfort for the many teens, parents and families dealing with adolescent girls becoming new moms.

One area non-profit director says that her organization losing funding for the past two years has had an effect on Edgecombe County's increased teenage pregnancy rate.

Nine people have been arrested after a joint drug investigation in Tyrrell County.

The N.C. State Highway Patrol, State Bureau of Investigation and Washington County Sheriff's Department assisted in the arrests.

OSHA is investigating the death of a worker who fell to his death Thursday. Tyrrell County deputies say Granville Simmons, Jr., who was also known as J.R., died while working on a roof at Cherry Farms on Highway 94 South in Columbia.

Tyrrell County has seen two home invasions in the past two weeks. In one of those cases the victims were beaten with a hammer and baseball bat.

Moore County's Web site scored a C-minus in the Sunshine Review of the nonprofit Sam Adams Alliance.

While North Carolina faces a major childhood obesity problem, there are programs in eastern Carolina that are reaching out to children to help them lead more healthy and active lives.

There is damage reported to homes on River Road in Washington. There is no official word the damage is from a tornado.

A 2006 BMW was seized, along with 18 rocks of crack cocaine in the Tyrrell County drug bust.