Wilmington NC

Warning: This article contains offensive language. Cooper, who’s now running for a U.S. Senate seat, posted on Facebook, “These horrific shootings in Minnesota should not have happened — American citizens should not be targeted and killed. As someone who has prosecuted violent criminals, I understand the importance...

SHALLOTTE, N.C. (WECT) - Christian Recovery Centers, Inc (CRCI) has announced it will be expanding its services in Brunswick County with a new Recovery Campus. According to CRCI, the organization bought a 28-acre property in Shallotte. It will be a full-service site for the organization’s clinical treatment program,...

Start your week off right by tuning into your curated Monday Mix: a look at the week ahead in GrepBeat and the North Carolina tech communities. This show is a part of The GrepBeat Podcast, where we share the latest and greatest stories, advice, and news in your region. We want to note that due to the winter weather...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Thalian Association Community Theatre is looking for artists to participate in the 30th Orange Street ArtsFest on Memorial Day weekend. According to event organizers, Orange Street ArtFest is a juried arts festival in downtown Wilmington that will feature over 80 artists from North Carolina...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. North Carolina — Damp streets shine under early light around the Cape Fear River as fog lifts and light rain fades. The air still feels mild, for now. A colder pattern is already moving in behind it. No...

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...