Wilmington NC

Hospitals across Eastern North Carolina are facing a critical medical crisis as the American Red Cross reports a dangerous dip in the regional blood supply. Recent winter storms have forced the cancellation of dozens of community blood drives, leading to a thirty-five percent drop in available units. The shortage is...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - North Carolina’s State Crime Lab has generated 10,000 leads through a national ballistic database, Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced Tuesday. The milestone involves the National Integrated Ballistic Information System (NIBIN), which connects ballistic evidence from firearms used in...

OAK ISLAND, N.C. (WECT) - An Oak Island Marine Corps veteran has been chosen to be one of the 2026 Purple Heart Patriot Project honorees. Corporal Robert Cloninger will be North Carolina’s representative at the multi-day tribute to America’s combat wounded. Candidates are selected from hundreds of nominees...

New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Eric Paul Williams was arrested in the early morning hours of Sunday, January 18, after allegedly speeding drunk through Carolina Beach, according to court documents. Williams was allegedly driving at 60 m.p.h. in a 35 m.p.h. zone of North Lake Park Boulevard at...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office (NHCSO) is asking the public to help identify a man who allegedly attempted to kidnap a store clerk more than a year ago. The incident happened Feb. 2, 2025, at 3:21 a.m. at the Scotchman Gas Station on Carolina...

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — The Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office said K9 Oti officially retired after years of service. Prior to retiring, he had one last successful track. His final call was a crash on Brick Landing Road. Oti picked up the scent from a shoe found on the driver’s floorboard and using the...

With a length of roughly 26 miles and a projected price tag of more than $1.3 billion, the proposed Wilmington Harbor deepening project would be a big and expensive undertaking. It also is proving to be a controversial one, based upon the pushback from several towns and environmental groups. In...

NEW HANOVER COUNTY (WWAY) — On Monday, a man pleaded guilty in court following a hit-and-run that killed a Wilmington teen last June. It was determined that, because of how the North Carolina law is set up, he will only serve up to four weeks total in jail, a sentence the family says doesn’t come close to bringing...

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — An Oscar-nominated movie was shown at Thalian Hall on Monday night, and the North Carolina actor who appeared in several scenes came out to the event. Paul Schneider, who was born in Asheville and now lives in Wilmington, had several scenes in Train Dreams, a...

PENDER COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - A fire closed all lanes of Highway 17 in both directions on Monday, according to the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT). The fire was reported around 11:30 a.m. in the Hampstead area near Transfer Station Road. The Pender County spokesperson says the fire was...