Wilmington NC

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY-TV) — This week marks National Fire Prevention Week and local fire departments are encouraging residents to be aware of their use and disposal of lithium ion batteries. Lithium batteries are found in most household electronics and rechargeable devices. These batteries are known to overheat and...

PENDER COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - An accident is impacting traffic in Pender County on Wednesday morning. According to Pender County Emergency Management, Penderlea Highway is shut down in the area of New Savannah Road. Drivers are asked to avoid to area if possible.

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - The NC Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) has issued a pending swimming advisory in the Cape Fear River near Brunswick County. According to the NCDEQ’s Recreational Water Quality program, the beach area adjacent to the municipal pier at S. Davis Street in Southport showed...

BOLIVIA, NC (WWAY) — The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating a collision involving a barge that occurred Tuesday morning in the Intracoastal Waterway near Bolivia. The crash happened just after 9 a.m. in the area of Swain and Sunset Drive Southeast. A barge being pushed by a tugboat struck a private dock along the...

After a mass shooting in Southport, North Carolina killed three people and left five others injured, North Carolina Governor Josh Stein brought up the idea of introducing red flag laws. Red flag laws allow the government to temporarily require people to turn their guns in if their mental health may...

Lifepoint Church is gearing up to start renovations on a building that formerly housed the YMCA’s Ogden Activity Center, after buying the property last month for $3.5 million. The approximately 16,500-square-foot building at 7207 Ogden Business Lane will house the church’s Porters Neck campus, according to Daryl...

Just a note, this report contains discussion of sexual abuse. Tracy Harrison, the executive director of Wilmington-based nonprofit, Keep Your Hands Off Me, Inc., is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse (CSA). She pulls on her own experience to explain why these incidents are under-reported. “I mean, my dad once...

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - The Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) is searching for 15-year-old Taj Parker. According to BCSO, Parker was last seen on Oct. 6 around 3:45 p.m., leaving the Abbington Oaks area of Southport, NC. Parker is approximately 6′5″tall, weighs 175 pounds, and is described as...

SOUTHPORT, NC (WWAY) — More than a week after the mass shooting at American Fish Company, many Southport residents are trying to move forward. Sales associate Judy Luff works at Ocean Outfitters in Southport. She says more people are slowly starting to make their way back. “I think just...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Live Oak Bank, Plastic Ocean Project (POP), and Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity are planning to plant trees at a new Habitat for Humanity affordable housing location in Wilmington. The three organizations will plant nine hardwood trees at ‘Haven Place,’ in an initiative they say will...