1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (731+ words) WILMINGTON, N. C. (WECT) - One mother is calling on the Wilmington community to unite against gun violence after one of the men charged in her son's 2022 murder received a sentence of 67 months. Dr. Tracion Flood watched in the New Hanover County courtroom…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (111+ words) WILMINGTON, N. C. (WECT) - The former superintendent of New Hanover County Schools has been tapped to lead a proposed all-boys charter school in Wilmington. Dr. Charles Foust will serve as superintendent of the proposed New Hope Technology Preparatory Academy (NHTPA), according to…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (125+ words) WILMINGTON, N. C. (WECT) - According to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, a single-vehicle crash happened on the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge on Sunday. A trooper said the crash happened around 8 a. m. and involved a red Jeep Cherokee. According to the Highway Patrol,…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (57+ words) WECT TRAFFIC ALERT: Portion of Oleander Drive shut down following four-vehicle crash North Carolina launches "Speed a Little. Lose a Lot" campaign to combat speeding Future Islands to play two nights at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater Tommy James and the Shondells…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (57+ words) WECT TRAFFIC ALERT: US 421 shut down at Thomas Rhodes Bridge due to wreck Sunny Point Military Ocean Terminal to conduct controlled burn in Kure Beach Brunswick Nuclear Plant siren test scheduled for next week Graham Nash and Pixies coming to…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (79+ words) WECT Ocean Isle Beach to hold public hearing on proposed dredging project Graham Nash and Pixies coming to Wilson Center this summer Special Olympics Spring Games draw more than 1, 000 to Brunswick County Shallotte police ask community for help identifying suspect…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (216+ words) SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB/Gray News) - A couple is in jail after their teenage daughter overdosed on fentanyl at her middle school. According to the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office, deputies were called to LA Ainger Middle School Tuesday morning after the…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (98+ words) WECT National Weather Service surveys damage at Jacksonville American Legion Wilmington couple says vehicles were struck by thrown objects near the same intersection " six months apart Lawsuit filed against Town of Carolina Shores over golf course rezoning denial Allergy season…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (99+ words) JACKSONVILLE, N. C. (WITN) - The American Legion in Jacksonville was destroyed this afternoon as straight-line winds and possible tornadoes moved through Onslow County. Catie Ulrich-Rentz says she lives in an apartment complex next door to the Legion on Broadhurst Road. "It was…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (145+ words) MIDDLETOWN, Ohio. (WXIX/Gray News) - A police officer in Ohio is accused of allowing a teen who was handcuffed to be whipped by their stepfather, according to prosecutors. Middletown police officer Jamie Patterson faces two misdemeanor charges of dereliction of…...