Pitt County News

After last week's rainfall flooded several roads- some are wondering if they should prepare for more detours with Tropical Depression Beryl poised to bring more rain to the east Wednesday.

Two men charged in the deaths of three people in Pitt County last month have now been charged with killing two people in Edgecombe County in March.

Christopher Lee Williams, 25, was charged Saturday by the Jones County Sheriff's Office with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, assault by pointing a gun, and possession of a firearm by a felon.

Two people already charged with the murders of three convenience store workers in Pitt County are now charged with a double murder in neighboring Edgecombe County.

A man is charged with attempted murder after Pitt County deputies say he put a pillow over a woman's head at her home and wrapped an oxygen cord around her neck.

Mills Road is closed near Blackjack-Simpson Road and will probably remain closed until June 1. The road collapsed after the storms, creating a five-foot wide gap in the road.

Pitt County Sheriff's Office responded to an armed robbery at a home on the 1200 block of Saguaro Road in Greenville.

Crews were checking other bridges in the area and noticed the road's shoulder was giving way near a 48-inch pipe that goes under the road to accommodate a drainage canal.

The National Weather Service at Newport/Morehead City has issued a Flood Warning for Chicod Creek near Simpson.

Deputies have arrested two Greenville men accused of beating a customer over the head with a bat during a robbery.

There are reports of water about 10 inches deep at the intersection of Highways 264 and 17 in Washington about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Fifty-seven-year-old Arthur Ridenour is standing trial in Pitt County in the case of Teresea Foster.

Jason Painter of Staunton, Va., has been named director of The Science House at North Carolina State University.

Two women are behind bars again after they were arrested on drug charges two months ago.

North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Dee Freeman talks to Catawba County Manager Tom Lundy on Monday at PalletOne during a celebration of the county being named No.

What's one accessory owned by grandmothers, and single women alike, wealthy ladies to low income women? The answer is guns.

The Highway Patrol says 40-year-old Wanda Faye Godley was traveling south on Porter Road in Pitt County around 5:00 p.m. Sunday.

A traffic alert is in effect for Pitt County about a bridge replacement project that starts Monday and will last about three months.

The North Carolina Highway patrol says the plane crashed Saturday afternoon shortly after taking off from the South Oaks Aerodrome.

One person was hospitalized with minor injuries after a plane crash in Pitt County Saturday afternoon.