Wilmington NC

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - A juvenile has been arrested in connection with a shooting that left a 17-year-old injured, according to the Wilmington Police Department (WPD). Police responded to reports of a shooting that took place on Tuesday, Jan. 20, at 7:38 p.m. in the 200 block of Greendale Drive.

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - A pedestrian is dead after a traffic accident in Wilmington on Monday morning. According to the Wilmington Police Department (WPD), the crash happened in the 300 block of S. College Road at around 6:52 a.m. on Jan. 26. WPD said officers found a man lying in...

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WWAY)– “If you make a wrong move, you are going to end up on the ground, and I have been on the ground many times”. That is Tracy Turner, a retired police officer, who is talking about how it is wearing a prosthetic leg after being hit by a truck that made her lose her left leg.

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Wilmington Airport officially recorded a light glaze of twelve hundredths of an inch of freezing rain early Sunday. Your First Alert Forecast for Sunday night offers a few more tenths of an inch of plain rain - no ice - and possibly a rumble of thunder. Monday remains a First Alert Weather...

NC lawmakers wrestle with unfunded mandates, US cuts. North Carolina lawmakers are navigating rising service costs and the possibility of losing federal funding for SNAP if counties fail to miss new federal requirements. North Carolina could face hundreds of millions of dollars in new costs — or risk losing the...

UW - 5, UNCW - 2 SEATTLE – Washington won their day two consolation group contest today, 5-2, with a hard-fought meeting with the Seahawks of UNC-Wilmington. The Dawgs are now 1-1 at the conclusion of ITA Kickoff Weekend and are 3-2 on the year with a week off before their next matchup against the University of...

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WWAY)– Fish, Turtles, and Frogs are ready for a splashing move, as the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher is in its final days until closing, as it gets ready for renovations. “That is going to be very exciting for the team and the community,”...

New Hanover County has announced adjustments to operations at county facilities this weekend ahead of the winter storm.

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - The Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) is encouraging residents to stay off the roads after receiving reports of icing on several bridges. BCSO says N.C. Department of Transportation crews are actively brining and salting the roads, and as temperatures increase, conditions are...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Sunday: cloudy, patchy drizzle and freezing drizzle slickening some surfaces, temps clawing above freezing for Wilmington and the beaches this morning and far inland areas by the middle to late afternoon. Sunday night: cloudy with widespread rain of a quarter to a half an inch, stray...