Newport News

A ribbon cutting and open house for the SECU Crystal Coast Hospice House is planned for Sunday from 3-5 p.m. The public is invited to attend this celebration.

Hurricanes come in all shapes, sizes and threats and don't always fit into the traditional categories for hurricane strength warnings.

Any weekend plans on the Neuse River will likely stay intact as a National Weather Service flood warning for Lenoir County won't be significant.

A Carteret County man with a history of breaking and entering offenses is back in jail accused of stealing from neighbors and selling some of the goods on Craigslist, authorities said.

The Highway Patrol says 64-year-old Anthony Rodriguez of Newport was killed in the crash at 6:18 p.m. Tuesday near Newport.

High school officials and students have been shocked to open their yearbooks to find names changed to insults or crude epithets, and one school discovered a student had exposed himself in a photo.

After bringing rains, heavy winds and even tornadoes to parts of Florida, Tropical Storm Andrea moved quickly across south Georgia and was leaving the Carolinas waterlogged on Friday while sparing the area any serious damage.

A Newport man killed by police gunfire on May 31 committed "suicide by cop," according to a report on the investigation.

The storm was racing through South Carolina early Friday and was expected to move into eastern North Carolina by midday.

More than 8,000 students in Carteret County head out on summer break today after a final few hours in the classroom.

Residents spent much of the day getting ready for the first tropical weather system of the season, which was expected to bring heavy rains and gusty winds to the area late Thursday and Friday.

Carteret County deputies say they arrested 31-year-old Christopher Matthew Jolin of Newport for using Facebook, which is a violation of his sex offender registry conditions.

Susan White Garcia, 42, of Newport, had a first appearance in Carteret County Superior Court on Monday on eight Class-C felony counts of obtaining property by false pretenses.

Carteret County Deputies say that they arrested 48-year-old Dallas Harvell Jr., of lot #17 Dutch Treat Mobile Home Park in Newport.

Authorities say they were investigating a domestic situation involving death threats on Friday afternoon when 54-year-old Michael Neal Peters of Newport told them by phone that he didn't want to live anymore and threatened to harm someone else also.

Authorities say a Newport woman stole more than $5 million from her employer over five years, spending the money on travel, merchandise from the Internet and gambling sites.

Broad Creek Middle School in Newport is delaying dismissal by 15 to 30 minutes on Thursday because of a propane tank leak.