Wilmington NC

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - A 33-year-old man received a prison sentence Wednesday after pleading guilty in a fatal drug case that claimed a woman’s life in 2023. Michael Lawrence Walker Jr. pleaded guilty to Death by Distribution and Possession with Intent to Manufacture, Sell, or Deliver a Schedule II Controlled...

Wilmington, NC (WWAY) — New Hanover County Fire Department was dispatched to an abandoned structure fire around 4 this morning on North College Road. When crews responded, they initially had issues finding the fire as it was hidden by thick brush, but they were eventually flagged down. Crews were able to extinguish...

SOUTHEASTERN N.C. (WECT) - The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) discussed the possible winter weather coming to Southeastern North Carolina this weekend. According to the WECT First Alert Weather team, a cold snap on Sunday, Jan. 18, will bring rain or a brief wintry mix to the area. New...

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - Emergency crews responded to a fire in New Hanover County on Friday morning. According to the New Hanover County Fire Marshal, the fire happened at an abandoned house off of Castle Hayne Road on Jan. 16. “It looks like we have a homeless slash...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Two huge white sharks were tracked off the North Carolina coast in the last two days, according to an ocean research group. The most recent ping came late Wednesday morning from a quarter-ton shark off the southeastern North Carolina coast near Wilmington, according to OCEARCH, a group that...

CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. (WNCN) — A man fishing along the North Carolina coast shared with CBS 17 videos of two sea creatures a little too big to capture with a rod. Ryan Cooper, originally from Clayton, spotted two humpback whales earlier this week about eight miles off the coast of Carolina Beach. Cooper is a […]

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Chef Dean Neff and his team at Zora’s Market and Kitchen announced their way of giving back to the community with the introduction of a new program. Zora’s Fish Bank is a free fish program that utilizes Black Sea Bass raised and donated by...

In January 1865, as the Civil War entered its final months, Henry F. Evans wrote home from aboard the USS Susquehanna following the bloody capture of Fort Fisher near Wilmington, North Carolina. Evans, a native of Wales who had emigrated to Scranton, Pennsylvania in 1859, was serving as a sailor...

LELAND, NC (WWAY) — ABC announced on Wednesday that the new drama series “RJ Decker” will premiere in the beginning of March. The series was shot in the Wilmington area. It’ll premiere Tuesday, March 3, at 10 p.m. on ABC and stream the next day on Hulu.

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office made another arrest in an apparent deadly overdose. According to the sheriff’s office, deputies responded at 1:28 a.m. on Sunday to an unresponsive person at 5135 Carolina Beach Road. Kenneth Hudgins was pronounced dead at the scene from an apparent...