Wilmington NC

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - After reviewing the Battleship North Carolina’s financial processes, an accounting firm has recommended more than a dozen changes to address internal issues plaguing the ship. The review comes after the state auditor’s office found more than $2 million in financial reporting errors in...

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY-TV) – An award-winning chef has opened a new restaurant in downtown Wilmington. Keith Rhodes, a two-time James Beard nominee soft launched his new bistro, Voyce, earlier this month. The restaurant is located at 11 Market Street in downtown. The bistro is named after Rhodes’s grandparents –...

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY-TV) – The wife of a Wrightsville Beach man accused of second-degree kidnapping a child in downtown Wilmington spoke out on Wednesday. On December 12, 2025, Daniel Summers was in downtown Wilmington passing out blankets, food and jackets to the unhoused. “We have a hundred blankets, half...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — According to Avelo Airlines, its base at Wilmington International Airport in North Carolina is being discontinued. This will cut off Rochester as a destination, among 10 other destinations as well. This comes as the airline looks to streamline operations around its four primary bases, such as...

The proposed extension has been a part of the city’s thoroughfare plan since 1972. In 2014, the Council adopted a resolution supporting the expansion — requesting a design that would improve north-south connection as long as the crossing was at-grade with the existing CSX rail corridor — which CSX subsequently turned...

A start date has been set for the construction of a new overpass near the Isabel Holmes Bridge. The N.C. Department of Transportation has had a flyover ramp on U.S. 421 in the works for roughly a decade. The project, which will transform the intersection of U.S. 421 and U.S. 74, aims to alleviate congestion in the...

Sawyer said the money, which totaled around $667,000, was meant for the Lower Cape Fear Water and Sewer Authority (LCFWSA). The fraudulent payments date back to September 29, when the scammer — posing as a vendor — requested a change to their bank transfer details. "Now, I'm not...

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — A man will spend at least 25 years in prison after being convicted of multiple charges in Brunswick County Superior Court Wednesday. 21-year-old Lucas Sutton was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and one count of discharging a weapon into an occupied vehicle.

The ghostly memorial sits on the side of 23rd in Wilmington, right by the airport. There's no shoulder. It's a tall road bicycle, painted all white, a plaque affixed to it with simple words:. This Ghost Bike is dedicated to Dashiell Titus Parker,. 1/07/88 - 10/07/18. "Dash Loves You." He...

Avelo Airlines plans to cut nine nonstop flights and close its base at Wilmington International Airport, according to company officials. The budget airline will continue its service to four destinations, including Nashville, Tennessee (BNA), New Haven, Connecticut (HVN), Tampa, Florida (TPA) and Washington,...