North Carolina Missing Person Alert
Last Updated: 1:30 PM 01/07/09 -
Right now authorities in Clinton are looking for a mother and her son after they suspiciously disappeared. (Full Story) |
Jones Relaunches Effort To Include Marine Corps In Department Name
Last Updated: 1:24 PM 01/07/09 -
Congressman Walter B. Jones introduced a bill today that would redesignate the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps. (Full Story) |
Reward Offered In Case Of Slain Brinks Guard In NC
Last Updated: 11:38 AM 01/07/09 -
Brinks has offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who killed an armored truck guard in North Carolina last month. (Full Story) |
4 NC Officers Cleared For Using A Taser
Last Updated: 1:33 PM 01/07/09 -
Four Greensboro police officers have been cleared in connection with the death of a man who was shocked with a Taser during a traffic stop. (Full Story) |
UPDATED: Man Accused Of Animal Cruelty Arrested, Used Bones For Necklaces
Last Updated: 7:56 PM 01/06/09 -
A man accused of animal cruelty in Wayne County was arrested Tuesday afternoon. Authorities say they found dismembered animals, dead puppies and what appeared to be a goat's head on a grill. (Full Story) |
Man Arrested On More Than 20 Break-In Charges
Last Updated: 9:48 AM 01/07/09 -
Greenville police say they have solved a series of break-ins with the arrest of Eric Little. (Full Story) |
Camp Lejeune Marine Dies In Kuwait
Last Updated: 8:32 AM 01/07/09 -
The cause of death appears to be cardiac arrest. (Full Story) |
Body Found In Dumpster
Last Updated: 5:16 AM 01/07/09 -
Authorities say they don't know who the man is. (Full Story) |
Goodbye Goody's
Last Updated: 7:25 AM 01/07/09 -
Goody's family clothing, which has ten stores in Eastern Carolina, will begin going-out-of-business sales as early as Friday. (Full Story) |
Local Victims Of Crime Share Their Horrifying Stories
Last Updated: 7:25 AM 01/07/09 -
David Johnson says he was at home alone with his two dogs after eight Monday night, when two men came to his back door. (Full Story) |
CPSC Recalls Thousands Of Baby Cribs
Last Updated: 12:43 AM 01/07/09 -
More than 56,000 of Jardine cribs are the subject of a new recall from the Consumer Product Safety Commission. (Full Story) |
Conquering The Common Cold
Last Updated: 1:52 AM 01/07/09 -
Lots of people swear that a steaming cup of tea or other hot drink helps ease the sniffles, aches and pains of the flu or common cold. Now, researchers have put the claim to scientific test. (Full Story) |
Bummer: Man's Bottom Bared In Vail Ski-Lift Mishap
Last Updated: 9:33 PM 01/06/09 -
A guy who dangled upside down from a ski lift with his bare bottom exposed probably doesn't want to hear any "ski bum" jokes. (Full Story) |
Police: 6-Year-Old Misses School Bus, Takes Family Car, Crashes
Last Updated: 4:15 PM 01/06/09 -
A 6-year-old Virginia boy who missed his bus tried to drive to school in his family's sedan and crashed. (Full Story) |
Gates Estimates 2009 War Costs At $136 Billion
Last Updated: 10:48 AM 01/07/09 -
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is estimating that military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan will cost almost $136 billion. (Full Story) |
Fewer Drivers, Fewer Accidents
Last Updated: 7:37 AM 01/07/09 -
The North Carolina Transportation Department estimates the number of people killed on the state's roads in 2008 dropped by 18 percent, compared with the previous year. (Full Story) |
Russia Stops All Gas Supply To Europe Via Ukraine
Last Updated: 5:45 AM 01/07/09 -
Russia has shut off all its gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine — the latest move in a pricing dispute that has reduced or halted fuel deliveries to a dozen countries during a winter cold snap. (Full Story) |
Stimulus Aside, Obama Vows Future Budget Restraint
Last Updated: 4:28 AM 01/07/09 -
To a public wary of government spending, President-elect Barack Obama is offering a salve with his massive economic stimulus package: the promise of long-term fiscal discipline. (Full Story) |
Boy's 1999 Disappearance Raises Questions, Regrets
Last Updated: 6:02 AM 01/07/09 -
No one claims to know what happened that summer in 1999 when 11-year-old Adam Herrman disappeared from the mobile home park where he lived with his adoptive parents. (Full Story) |
Death Of Travolta's Son Raises Medical Questions
Last Updated: 5:52 AM 01/07/09 -
Millions of children and adults have seizures in the United States, but dying from one is rare. (Full Story) |
Democratic Leaders Seek To Resolve Burris Saga
Last Updated: 4:12 AM 01/07/09 -
Roland Burris failed to capture President-elect Barack Obama's old Senate seat Tuesday in a wild piece of political theater, but the Democrats' opposition cracked when a key chairwoman said seating him was simply the legal thing to do. (Full Story) |
Gunfire Places School On Lockdown
Last Updated: 6:22 PM 01/06/09 -
Sounds of gunfire near a Greenville elementary school put the building on lockdown Tuesday afternoon. That lockdown is now over. (Full Story) |
UPDATED: Woman Finds Burglar In Her Home
Last Updated: 12:49 PM 01/06/09 -
Greenville police say only an iPod was taken in the break-in which was later recovered outside the back door. (Full Story) |
Coleman Sues Over Minnesota Senate Recount Result
Last Updated: 4:20 AM 01/07/09 -
Republican Norm Coleman filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging Democrat Al Franken's apparent recount victory in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race, delaying a resolution of the contest for weeks or months. (Full Story) |
Israel To Halt Ops For 3 Hours For Food Aid
Last Updated: 6:05 AM 01/07/09 -
Israel was set to pause its Gaza offensive for three hours Wednesday to allow food and fuel to reach besieged Palestinians, and the country's leaders debated whether to accept an international cease-fire plan or to expand the assault against Hamas. (Full Story) |
Anna Nicole Smith Judge Cleared Of Wrongdoing
Last Updated: 4:24 AM 01/07/09 -
Authorities say the former judge who presided in the dispute over Anna Nicole Smith's remains has been cleared of any wrongdoing. (Full Story) |
No Bonuses For Bank Of America Top Executives
Last Updated: 10:27 AM 01/07/09 -
Bank of America Chief Executive and Chairman Kenneth Lewis is recommending that he and his top executives receive no bonuses for 2008. (Full Story) |
Four Year-Old Accused Of Shooting Babysitter
Last Updated: 9:59 PM 01/05/09 -
Police say an angry 4-year-old boy grabbed a gun from a closet and shot his baby sitter. (Full Story) |
Nursing Industry Desperate To Find New Hires
Last Updated: 4:50 AM 01/06/09 -
Please, please accept a high-paying job with us. In fact, just swing by for an interview and we'll give you a chance to win cash and prizes. (Full Story) |
Surveillance Photos Released On Attempted Bank Robber
Last Updated: 12:06 PM 01/06/09 -
Jacksonville police have released surveillance photos of a man who tried to rob the main branch of First Citizens Bank Monday afternoon. (Full Story) |
Winterville Man Cashes In On $200,000 Forgotten Lottery Ticket
Last Updated: 2:19 PM 01/05/09 -
With just days before his winning ticket was set to expire, a Winterville man is $200,000 richer thanks to the North Carolina Education Lottery. (Full Story) |
Goldsboro Man Arrested For Allegedly Attacking Dog
Last Updated: 12:12 PM 01/06/09 -
A Goldsboro man is behind bars right now after he allegedly beat his dog right in front of a school bus full of kids. (Full Story) |
Fate Of La Grange Police Still Undecided
Last Updated: 10:37 PM 01/05/09 -
People of La Grange in Lenoir County came out Monday night to hear the fate of their boys in blue. A proposal to cut the police force has many people worried. (Full Story) |
Flags At Half-Staff In Honor Of Slain Marine
Last Updated: 10:49 AM 01/07/09 -
New York Gov. David Paterson has ordered flags on all state office buildings be flown at half-staff on Friday to honor a New York City Marine who was killed in Afghanistan. He was assigned to Camp Lejeune, N.C. (Full Story) |
Safety Experts Cite Crosswinds In Denver Air Crash
Last Updated: 4:16 AM 01/07/09 -
Aviation safety experts said Tuesday strong crosswinds likely were a factor in an accident last month that sent a Continental Airlines jet into a bone-jarring veer off a Denver runway and across open, snowy fields before it came to a halt and caught fire. (Full Story) |
Israel Ground War Drives Up Civilian Casualties
Last Updated: 5:41 AM 01/07/09 -
The rising civilian death toll in Israel's campaign in Gaza highlights the pitfalls of Israel's powerful army using lethal force against often invisible Hamas guerrillas taking cover among civilians. (Full Story) |
Brain Pacemaker Helps Parkinson's, But With Risks
Last Updated: 5:56 AM 01/07/09 -
Parkinson's sufferers who had electrodes implanted in their brains improved substantially more than those who took only medicine, according to the biggest test yet of deep brain stimulation. (Full Story) |
DiCaprio, Eastwood Are Palm Springs Film Winners
Last Updated: 6:10 AM 01/07/09 -
The world economy is in dire straits, but you sure wouldn't know it from the red carpet at the 20th-annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala. (Full Story) |
More Showers Then Sunshine
Last Updated: 9:57 PM 01/06/09 -
A cold front will bring more showers across eastern North Carolina on Wednesday followed by colder air late in the week. (Full Story) |
Perdue Completes Cabinet Picks
Last Updated: 8:38 PM 01/06/09 -
North Carolina Gov.-elect Beverly Perdue has wrapped up her Cabinet picks by choosing a former deputy secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to lead the agency. (Full Story) |
Highway 24 Study
Last Updated: 8:36 PM 01/06/09 -
Its one of the most congested areas in Onslow County -- Highway 24 near Camp Lejeune. (Full Story) |
Camp Lejeune Marine Dies At Kuwait Base
Last Updated: 8:15 PM 01/06/09 -
Military officials say a Marine lance corporal based at Camp Lejeune has died while serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom. (Full Story) |
More Marines Heading To Iraq
Last Updated: 3:09 PM 01/06/09 -
Some 200 Marines from Camp Lejeune boarded buses Tuesday afternoon for the beginning of their 12-month deployment to Iraq. (Full Story) |
Edgecombe County Has State's Highest Unemployment Rate
Last Updated: 1:02 PM 01/06/09 -
All 100 North Carolina counties experienced a rise in unemployment in November, with 17 posting double-digit jobless rates. (Full Story) |
UPDATED: $54 Million Lost Pants Man Isn't Stopping
Last Updated: 4:21 PM 01/06/09 -
A former District of Columbia judge who unsuccessfully sued his dry cleaners for $54 million over a lost pair of pants isn't giving up. (Full Story) |
Memorial Service Set For Harrier Pilot
Last Updated: 11:05 AM 01/06/09 -
Killed in last Monday's crash in Havelock was Captain Alberto Bencosme of Miami, Florida. (Full Story) |
Fire Destroys Home In Greene County
Last Updated: 6:06 AM 01/06/09 -
A 3 alarm house fire in the East called out several firefighting crews overnight. (Full Story) |
Woman Improving After Police Say Husband Attacked Her With A Hammer
Last Updated: 9:38 PM 01/05/09 -
A pregnant woman, whose husband allegedly hit her on the head with a hammer, is improving. (Full Story) |
Silver Alert Issued For Enfield Man
Last Updated: 11:59 AM 01/06/09 -
Missing is 80-year-old George Hilliard. He was last seen wearing black pants, a blue shirt with a sweater vest, a black coat and a black ball cap. (Full Story) |
Speak Out On Redistricting In Onslow County
Last Updated: 12:16 PM 01/06/09 -
Tuesday night will bring the chance for interested parents to speak straight to the school board. (Full Story) |
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