Chocowinity News

Someone is breaking into newspaper boxes in Beaufort County and lawmen want to see if you know who the thief is.

It happened around 7p.m. Friday on NC-33 about 3.7 miles east of Chocowinity according to Highway Patrol.

Betsy Erin Stainback of Greenville and Timothy "Dwane" Brinson of Richlands will exchange wedding vows at 5:30 p.m. May 22 at the Edenton Street United Methodist Church in Raleigh.

There are multiple accidents across eastern Carolina Saturday evening because of the icy roads.

Highway 17 Between Washington and Chocowinity is back open after being closed for a little over an hour while DOT Crews dealt with icy slick surfaces.

A high school student is under arrest, after deputies say he had a knife on campus this week.

Deputies say they got a call around 2:00 p.m. to an accidental shooting at 182 Bayside Drive in Chocowinity.

One arrest has been made and lawmen are searching for another in a home invasion that happened last month in Beaufort County.

Students expelled from Southside High School are taking their legal battle to the highest court in the state.

Unfortunately, there are always families in need during the holiday season. There is no better way to share the holiday spirit than making a Christmas donation.

Four people are under arrest on heroin related charges following tips to crimestoppers.

Washington police say they're now looking for two people for Tuesday night's shooting on Havens Street.

The legal fight stemming from a fight at a local high school could go all the way to the State Supreme Court.

An investigation is underway in the death of a Grimesland man, who was initially found unresponsive in a yard in Beaufort County.

Camp Charles will be packed with 620 Cub Scouts and family members this weekend for the largest single event ever at the 200-acre camp.

The Beaufort County Sheriff's Office arrested David Laughman of Memory Lane in Chocowinity for first degree sex offense with a child, indecent liberties and sex offense in a parental role.

Beaufort County businessman Ashley Woolard told the Republican Men's Club in Chocowinity on Thursday that he will seek the 1st District U.S. House seat now held by Democrat G.K. Butterfield.

A Beaufort County man has been charged on a sex crime involving a teenager. Cornelius Sparks of Chocowinity has been charged with one count of statutory rape of a person who is 13, 14, or 15 years old.

Nearly four months after a Beaufort County man was reported missing there has been an arrest in his murder.

Right now stoplights are out at a busy intersection in Chocowinity because of a car crash Monday afternoon.