Bethel, North Carolina

Five church members got quite a scare Friday night when a barn adjacent to the church they were in caught on fire.

Jeannie Bethel , owner of Home Again Consignments, and manager Ashley Whitehurst, have seen a steady flow of business despite a generally weak economy.

Those interested in seeking public office in the 2010 election have a short time frame in which to sign up.

A nurse from Pitt County, who was in Haiti when the earthquake hit, is back home in eastern Carolina.

Some local residents say their loved ones were on a mission trip to Haiti when the massive earthquake struck.

A nine-month investigation by the Kinston Department of Public Safety and the State Bureau of Investigation concluded Friday with the arrest of the former principal of a Christian academy on sex-related charges.

Hali Worley learned the hard way the lesson her classmates experienced for fun at Pisgah High School.

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

On Oct. 19, the 10 candidates running for town council and the mayorship of Conetoe will have their chance to make a public appeal to voters.

Christiana Lutheran Christiana Lutheran Church will celebrate homecoming this Sunday.

Skipper Russell's Cold Mountain Corn Maize in the Bethel community of Haywood County, opened in 2005, has a new purpose this year: helping to find a cure for cancer.

A Pitt County man says it's a dream come true. That was the reaction from Kenneth Morris of Bethel after winning the Carolina Cash 5. Morris won $146,668 in the Tuesday night drawing.