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$600 million, that's the current Powerball jackpot. And people are flocking to stores in the east to buy their tickets.
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A regional science and technology center moved one step closer to reality in Greenville Friday. More>>
9 On Your Side is keeping you updated on a pest-control problem we first told you about last week.
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Greenville Police are investigating an overnight armed robbery. More>>
Deputies arrested two men they say broke into a Washington house and stole a television and stun gun. More>>
Tests can make anyone nervous -- so how about dancing out your fears? More>>
It's taken nearly 50 years, but the students at a Kinston elementary school are finally getting their dream playground. More>>
The CDC released a report Thursday showing that 58 percent of public swimming pools in the U.S. have fecal contamination. More>>
Highway Patrol confirms they are responding to an overturned gas truck in Chocowinity. More>>
The N. C. Education Lottery is warning players to be on alert about a lottery scam targeting recent winners. More>>
The Swansboro Rotary Club will have a cornhole tournament on June 8th at the town Civic Center. More>>
Wayne County deputies say they've arrested a man who took money and car from two people at an Exxon gas station off highway 117. More>>
New numbers from the state Commerce Department show the unemployment rate lower than it's been since 2009. More>>
15 Pitt County high school seniors will present research to the Brody School of Medicine. More>>
Nearly 200 high school students showed up to class on two wheels this morning.
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In a story May 16 about tornadoes that swept through North Texas, The Associated Press misspelled the name of the executive director for Trinity Habitat for Humanity in Fort Worth. He is Gage Yager, not Yeager. More>>
It's a big day for Southeast Elementary School in Kinston. Their dream of a new playground is coming true.
Did you know one in nine babies in the country is born prematurely? In fact, it's the leading cause of newborn death and lifelong disabilities. To raise money and awareness about this issue... More>>
Two men were arrested in Greenville this week after an investigation revealed they had large amounts of drugs and a stolen handgun in their possession. More>>
Big changes are on the way for the GED test. The current testing system expires at the end of this year. More>>
Onslow County deputies took a man in custoy that they say robbed a bank in Sneads Ferry. More>>
The numbers sum up the frenzy that has taken over the Golden State since it became the newest in the nation to join the madness over Powerball, which saw its jackpot soar Thursday to $550 million. More>>
When it comes to sending your children off to school, safety is a top priority. More>>
Police want to know who lost their patience at an area McDonald's this week.Surveillance video from the scene showed a red or maroon truck, possibly a Toyota Tacoma, barrel its way out of the drive-thru More>>
Following the deadly tornadoes in Texas, 9 On Your Side wanted to know how your emergency services personnel notify you of emergencies. More>>
For 80 minutes each day, students at J.H. Rose High School in Greenville live by one rule: "Be smart." More>>
NC Department of Health & Human Services Aldona Wos visits ECU's Heart InstituteGov. Pat McCrory is keeping the ball rolling on his proposed restructuring of our state's Medicaid program, potentially putting a large portion of it in private hands.
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North Carolina legislators are getting their money's worth as a "crossover deadline" approaches. That's a self-imposed deadline for bills that don't require tax changes.One of those proposed bill More>>
A mother and her child are still alive after a tractor trailer slammed into their car and threw her out into the road. More>>
A Camp Lejeune Marine is in custody after deputies arrested him in Duplin County. More>>
A chance to play on The Price is Right would be a dream for a lot of game show fans, but a couple from the east got to live that dream and they didn't walk away empty-handed. It's a story you'll only More>>
Could an extra, casual drink at dinner land you behind bars? More>>
Many of you have called, emailed, Facebooked and Tweeted 9 On Your Side about delayed Social Security benefits putting your family in a bind. More>>
More school resource officers, textbooks and vocational training for your children. Those are just a few of the things Pitt County commissioners want to see from school leaders next year and it More>>
Dozens of Camp Lejeune Marines came out for a consumer protection information session on base. More>>
Rochelle Middle School in Kinston gets a new principal. Maya Swinson will take the reins of the middle school in summer, but it won't be her or her husband's first time walking the halls.
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The Pitt County Sheriff's Office kicked off its annual "Operation Support Your Child" Campaign this week. More>>
University officials at East Carolina University say ECU Police are looking into a possible peeping tom case.
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Flags across the state flew at half-staff today to honor fallen law enforcement officers. Governor Pat McCrory says his order is meant to emphasize the critical contributions and sacrifices made by members More>>
Beaufort County Department of Social Services is an award winning agency. More>>
Police are looking for the suspect in the armed robbery of an area tobacco store.It happened Tuesday night at Emily's Tobacco Shop located in the Piney Green Shopping Center in Jacksonville.Officers said More>>
Human remains found in an open field in Nash County could be those of a man reported missing nearly two weeks ago. Capt. Patrick Joyner with the Nash County Sheriff's Office tells 9 On Your Side, skeletal More>>
Police in Los Angeles arrested a man wanted in two Greenville break-ins. More>>
J.H. Rose High School is getting ready for a Rose Garden Fashion Show.Wednesday May 22 at 6:00pm, students will present creations designed from local boutiques like Pink a Lilly Pulitzer store, Bevello, More>>
A mother of five children is facing an assault charge for punching another woman's daughter. More>>
A meeting to discuss the state of New Bern's mayor will not go on as planned today. More>>
Troopers in Duplin County are investigating an accident involving a tractor trailer and a school bus. More>>
A tipped over peanut truck closed down part of Highway 11 Tuesday night. More>>
It happens at stores, ATMs, and online. Identity theft is everywhere."A lot of people get away with this crime," said Detective Tom Woolard, Greenville P.D. Financial Crimes Unit. He would know. He works More>>
Changes are coming to Greenville. Plans for a new parking deck were approved, but city officials said a proposed office building nearby isn't going to happen. The parking deck and the office space More>>
Would you want to know whether you're going to get cancer? More>>
Despite being in a wheelchair, an eastern North Carolina man saved himself and his two dogs, after his Kinston home caught on fire Tuesday morning. More>>
"I hope that other women can benefit from my experience," Angelina Jolie wrote in a powerful op-ed article Tuesday, explaining her decision to go public with having her breasts removed to avoid cancer. More>>
A third straight week of NAACP protests at the North Carolina General Assembly prompted about 50 arrests Monday. That brings the civil rights group's total since it launched its offensive against the More>>
The soil found in a Fayetteville man's car likely came from a rural location where the body of a 5-year-old girl was found more than three years ago, according to state analysts in court Tuesday. Mario More>>
Should North Carolina reduce the blood-alcohol level that determines whether a driver is drunk?The National Transportation Safety Board is considering recommending to states that they reduce that level More>>
Two women led police on a high-speed chase in a stolen car and end up behind bars.Jacksonville Police arrested 31-year-old Naomi Titus and 25-year-old Cristina Chavez. Officers responded to a shoplifting More>>
Evelyn Mills Moore - Shelbytstar.comA western North Carolina woman is accused of beating another woman with a Bible.57-year-old Evelyn Mills Moore of Kings Mountain was arrested and charged with assault inflicting serious injury.An arrest More>>
Jacksonville Police are investigating the death of a toddler that fell into a swimming pool over the weekend. More>>
A Marine officer in charge of snipers shown in a video urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters Afghanistan will be court-martialed. More>>
The numbers are coming in from the 2013 Stamp Out Hunger food drive.
More than a year after it happened, Greenville Police are asking the public for help with an unsolved murder. More>>
A funeral is set for the Pamlico County man who died after his house exploded. More>>
When you call 911 you want emergency crews to get to your home as fast as possible. More>>
A teacher is accused of biting off part of his ex-girlfriend's ear.Deputies said Twymon Antonio Arnold, a teacher at Washington Union Middle School in Roper, arranged a meeting with his ex-girlfriend in More>>
A statewide Amber Alert was canceled after deputies found a missing 3-year-old girl safe in Beaufort County. More>>
More jobs in our state are on the chopping block. This time, the governor has his sights set on teacher assistants. More>>
Two Pitt County residents are behind bars after police said they hired someone to kill two people. More>>
A large mural shuts down parts of Uptown Greenville. On Monday, the Public Art Collaborative, "Art-Force Program" began installing a three- dimensional mural on Fifth and Evans street. More>>
Croatan High School students are in the running to win some money for their art department.Students painted white sneakers for the "Vans Custom Culture Contest." Now it's up to the voters to determine More>>
President Obama addressed the nation today and spoke on the two topics that are currently bringing his adminstration into question. The President spent the majority of his speech dismissing the cristism More>>
Students at JH Rose High School got a special visit from man's best friend on Monday. But this wasn't just any dog, it was a specially-trained service dog that can alert a diabetic if his or her blood More>>
North Carolina's Department of Transportation is looking to collect more ideas on ways to pay for upgrades to Interstate 95, including the possible cost of tolls for businesses.The DOT is holding the first More>>
Police are investigating two shootings within two days in Kinston. More>>
Two men were arrested in front of the New Bern Books-A-Million book store and police said they were involved in a drug deal. More>>
57-year-old Debra Shultis is due in court Monday. Shultis was arrested over the weekend, charged with two counts of indecent liberties with a child. She's out jail on a $50,000 bond. More>>
Greenville drivers will need to take a detour this summer.NCDOT crews closed a section of Old River Road from Black Place Drive to Benjamin Drive at 8 o'clock Monday morning to replace the bridge over More>>
Crews responded to a gas leak in New Bern Monday morning. More>>
Gunmen opened fire on people marching in a neighborhood Mother's Day parade in New Orleans on Sunday, wounding at least 19. More>>
Edenton Police need your help looking for a bank robber. More>>
They've been fighting for their lives, but on Saturday they got the chance to just be regular kids.
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East Carolina University is sending out another graduating class. Friday marked the first day of the rest of their lives. More>>
The teenage years can be tough with high school and growing up there's a lot going on; but, one event in the East hopes to make it all a little easier to manage.
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Police report Jared Benjamin has returned home safely. More>>
Even amid the euphoria over finding a woman alive in the rubble of a garment factory that collapsed more than two weeks ago, rescuers on Saturday returned to the grim task of dismantling the wreckage and retrieving... More>>
Plymouth Town Council Member Aneka Gibson is in jail facing felony charges after troopers say she hit a teenager while driving intoxicated and left the scene. More>>
Vidant Medical Center is now equipped with the newest technology in brain surgery. More>>
Comedian Stephen Colbert re-energized the debate over barbecue in the Carolinas on Wednesday night, saying he would learn to love the North Carolina version – and then pretending to gag when he tried it. More>>
Goldsboro Police arrested a Burger King employee they said stole from the restaurant. She's charged with embezzlement.Police said 29-year-old Chennelle Dean stole a little more than $800 over the course More>>
The Greenville Regional Drug Task Force arrested 3 people they said were selling drugs. Police say Kendell Smith of Winterville had $3,000 worth of cocaine. He's in jail with bond set at $200,000. Investigators also More>>
Deputies arrested a man who's been on the run for years. They said he's wanted for several crimes across the east. His name is Cruz Abney. Deputies said his crimes involve drugs, breaking and More>>
A Duplin County elementary school teacher is in serious condition after police said a car hit her while at school. And the driver could face charges. It happened Thursday at Kenansivlle Elementary More>>
Police released a composite sketch of a suspect accused of robbing a family in a parking lot. More>>
Investigators call it one of the worst cases in Eastern North Carolina History. More>>
There are as many as 300 puppy mills in North Carolina. That's according to animal rights groups.Lawmakers in Raleigh are hoping to clean them up. The House passed a bi-partisan "Dog Breeding Standards More>>
Garran BrowningA Jacksonville man is behind bars, accused of sex offenses with a juvenile.22-year-old Garran Browning was was charged with two counts of Statutory Sexual Offense, two counts of Indecent Liberties with More>>
The silver spire topping One World Trade Center on Friday brought the structure to its final height of 1,776 feet. Loud applause and cries of joy erupted from construction workers as the spire was gently More>>
Greenville Police are investigating an overnight robbery near ECU's campus. More>>
If you get a speeding ticket, you may not have to take off work anymore to handle it court. More>>
A couple, married for more than 60 years, is dead after their home caught on fire. More>>
When it comes to your child's school, less money means fewer resources. And some educators say it's driving the best teachers away. More>>
? Photography by Jay ClarkThe first black student to earn a degree from East Carolina University died this week. Laura Marie Leary Elliott graduated in 1966. She remembered her time at ECU as "lonely" and "scary". But her legacy More>>
A 3 hour checkpoint resulted in 36 tickets. More>>
Three Camp Lejeune officers have been relieved of their command following a training accident that killed seven Marines back in March. More>>
Officers arrested an ECU student and charged him with being a military deserter. 27-year-old Adam Johnson has been wanted by the Armed Forces since 2009. ECU Police arrested him on the city's greenway More>>
An effort to curb future gun violence netted seventeen different arrests in Rocky Mount.Operation Direct Impact, a partnership between the Rocky Mount Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Alcohol More>>
Rocky Mount Police arrested a man in an unsolved murder from nearly four years ago. In August 2009 police responded to a report of a shooting and robbery. The victim, 40-year-old Henry Boney Jr. More>>
Pitt County dispatchers tell 9 On Your Side a call came in late Wednesday night of a possible shooting in Belvoir. More>>
Greenville Police responded to a call of shots fired on 12th Street late Wednesday night. More>>
A rare tornado touched down in Bakersfield, California. A local resident caught it on camera. No injuries reported.Source: NewsFix More>>
A 41-year-old man from Raleigh is in the Pitt County Detention Center for sexual charges against a child.Derk Cholon faces charges including cyberstalking, statutory rape, and indecent liberties with a More>>
Pediatric cancer and other chronic illnesses can keep kids from finding the joy in their young lives, but a local pilot is working to change that. The 2nd Annual Free To Be Me event is coming up... More>>
New jobs are on the way to Greenville.Governor Pat McCrory announced Wednesday that ASMO North America will expand in Pitt County. The global supplier of advanced automotive technology, systems, and components More>>
A man suspected of keeping three women captive inside his decrepit house for a decade was charged Wednesday with kidnapping and rape, accused of holding them under conditions so oppressive they were allowed outside for only... More>>
The Young and the Restless grand dame Jeanne Cooper, who played Katherine Chancellor has passed away. More>>
Children and healthcare. There's an interesting debate in the state senate. More>>
A good education doesn't come cheap. And now, more than ever, state legislators are cutting funding and drafting and passing bills that require teachers to do more with less. More>>
Students in eastern North Carolina are helping others make their American dream come true, by putting their construction skills to use.
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As that warm weather crawls in so do the bugs. You might want to get your house sprayed but if it's not done right it could cost you everything.
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A man wanted on a warrant for homicide-attempted murder in Greene County was taken into custody at the Mexican border.It happened Sunday at the Eagle Pass port of entry. That's where an inspection of a More>>
Travis "Pig" RobersonPolice have a teen in custody for assault with a deadly weapon.18-year-old Travis "Pig" Roberson of Greenville was charged with 2 counts of discharging a weapon into an occupied vehicle. His arrest follows More>>
America's largest retailer is opening a new store in the east and it's looking to hire hundreds of people to work there. More>>
The Coast Guard rescued a man from a sailboat east of Kitty Hawk on Wednesday.Officials said the 72-year-old Trevor Wilson of Great Britain requested a medevac from the 24-foot sailboat around 9 a.m. Watchstanders More>>
A Cleveland hospital says one of three women found alive in a house this week is now in good condition. More>>
Tymone Shyeem MurphyPolice have arrested a teen in the robberies of two Kinston businesses. More>>
More than 10 years after last hearing Amanda Berry's voice, her family in Elizabethton got the miracle they've waited for Monday night. More>>
Congress holds a hearing today over last year's deadly attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya. A high ranking State Department official is expected to testify that he asked for help during the More>>
After some concert-goers were left waiting for refunds after a Keyshia Cole concert is canceled, the promoter says they will get their money back. More>>
A new line of nurses are ready to pursue their passion for caring for others. Pitt Community College honored their new nursing graduates with a formal pinning ceremony Tuesday night. More>>
You could see extra bicycles during your commute Wednesday as students throughout the state participate in the second annual Bike to School Day. More>>
One neighbor says a naked woman was seen crawling on her hands and knees in the backyard of the house a few years ago. Another heard pounding on the home's doors and noticed plastic bags over the windows. More>>
Deputies in Currituck County say an assault report filed in April was false. More>>
This weekend, college seniors around the country will make their moms proud with a degree on Mother's Day weekend. But in an ever-changing economy, a college degree doesn't automatically mean a paycheck.Seniors More>>
You can find anything at Wal-Mart. So when a judge needed a handful of jurors to serve during a criminal trial, that's exactly where the sheriff's office bailiffs headed. It happened More>>
Two city aldermen are running for mayor. First ward alderman Sabrina Bengel and third ward alderman Dennis Bucher made the announcement last week. More>>
A final vote on a controversial gun bill passed the North Carolina House Tuesday.
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They're honoring the fallen and remembering the survivors. More>>
It happened around 11 a.m. just north of Nashville at 2000 Exum Road.A young cadet's actions were called into question after a member of the Civil Air Patrol sent out a news release crediting her with saving three people from a burning house. More>>
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