Martin County News

Shots rang out in one Martin County neighborhood, with one of those bullets striking a 12-year-old. It happened around 10:40 p.m. on Bailey Road outside of Williamston.

Thousand of dollars in stolen goods have been recovered and two men are in jail, charged with multiple counts of breaking and entering In Martin County.

An Edgecombe County man is wanted by Edgecombe County Sheriff's deputies for allegedly assaulting two other people at his residence on Sunday.

Fay Brown is the only woman in a group of 20 inmates set to released after a controversial ruling by North Carolina's Supreme Court.

North Carolina plans to release 20 longtime inmates, including three from eastern Carolina, because of a ruling on a decades-old law that appeared to define life sentences as only 80 years long.

North Carolina plans to release 20 longtime inmates after state courts agreed that a decades-old law defined life sentences as only 80 years long, officials said Thursday, and dozens more violent criminals could be eligible for release in coming months.

Firefighters from two counties battled a house fire Wednesday morning that destroyed a Martin County home.

Deputies say they have solved a rash of break-ins that hit one town last month, all on the same day.

For Edgecombe County officials, Hurricane Floyd left a legacy the area still deals with today, but they said it also brought out much of the best in people who helped in the recovery effort.

Martin County authorities say a man was injured after a home invasion Thursday afternoon near Hobgood.

A Martin County teacher is due in court today on charges police found child pornography at his home.

Martin County Animal Control is setting up emergency rabies clinics this weekend so pet owners can get their animals vaccinated.

The General Assembly closed Tuesday after more than six months of work dominated by the recession, a tight state budget and tax increases.

North Carolina legislators are close to giving a Canadian paper company up to $10 million to help it finance a production switch and retain hundreds of jobs in one of the state's poorest regions.

Highlights of legislation passed by the 2009 General Assembly include: - changed the state's calculation of corporate income taxes to give Apple Inc.

North Carolina legislators are close to giving a Canadian paper company up to $10 million to help it finance a production switch and retain hundreds of jobs in one of the state's poorest regions.

North Carolina legislators are close to giving a Canadian paper company up to $10 million to help it finance a production switch and retain hundreds of jobs in one of the state's poorest regions.

A major employer in the East is in danger of shutting its doors and putting hundred of people out of work in an already tough economy.

North Carolina legislators spent two days preparing to give a Canadian paper company up to $10 million before hitting the brakes on Thursday.

A man already under arrest for a murder in Martin County has now been charged in a shooting that happened in Greenville earlier that same day.