Wilmington NC

Take a walk around downtown Wilmington and, most of the time, it's bustling. Not just with patrons of bars and restaurants, something downtown has long been known for, but also with shoppers. For many retail merchants downtown, high traffic "translates well to sales. It's busy," said Jake Motsinger, co-owner of...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The Wilmington Fire Department (WFD) has provided an update on the firefighter who was hospitalized after a gas explosion on Aug. 19. The firefighter sustained serious burns to his hands and arms and was transferred to the UNC Burn Center in Chapel Hill, where he underwent surgery.

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C. — The memory of what happened to Tom Meyer’s home in Leland in September 2024 is still just too painful to talk about. “It’s just depressing to come home to this every day,” he said. “Every single day. I can’t rebuild it. It was an inch too low to rebuild this house.”

NAVASSA, NC (WWAY) — The town of Navassa held an agenda meeting Mondy evening and one of the topics was about the police department. We’ve reported before that the town has been without a police department, and the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office has been patrolling the area.

Flags to be lowered in honor of Major General Joseph McNeil. McNeil was one of four college students who refused to give up their seats at a segregated lunch counter at Woolworth Department Store on Feb. 1, 1960. Vibrio cases are on the rise with higher water temperatures. Updated: 2...

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — A Wilmington man was arrested on drug charges on Saturday after a traffic stop. According to Wilmington Police Department, an officer observed a man riding a bicycle in the 400 block of Evans Street. The officer initiated a traffic stop at the intersection of Gaston...

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - Power has been restored to over 2000 Duke Energy customers in Brunswick County, according to the Duke Energy outage map. The Duke Energy Outage map reported that 2923 people were without power from East Boiling Spring Road to Cogentrix Drive. The Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office...

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — September is Suicide Prevention Month, a time to spread awareness, hope and support. We met with three moms in a Wilmington based support group to share their story. “It’s important to be able to reach out and speak to anyone. We are family, we are...

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - A man has pleaded guilty to sex crimes involving a child under the age of 15. Alejandro Herrera-Mejia pled guilty on Sept. 3 to three counts of statutory rape of a child under the age of 15 and three counts of statutory sex offense with a child under the age of 15.

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WNCN) — A key road at the North Carolina coast reopened last week, nearly a year after an unnamed weather system dumped 20 inches of rain in Brunswick and New Hanover counties, washing out many roads, damaging homes, triggering at least 120 rescues, and leaving at least one person dead. On Sept. 16,...