Wilmington NC

WENDELL, N.C. (WNCN) — Friends and family are mourning a North Carolina college student from Wendell who died after she was hit by a train in Clayton this week. EllaRyan “Ell” Marie Miller, 21, of Wendell, died Tuesday afternoon during the collision with an Amtrak train in Clayton, officials said.

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office is searching for 45-year-old Mario Borriello Jr. He was last seen on Aug. 8 at 7275 Carolina Beach Road. He is five feet and nine inches tall and weighs around 140 pounds. He has brown hair and short black...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) -Your First Alert Forecast offers daily high temperatures in the lower and middle 80s, humid breezes, and a risk of passing downpours through the weekend. Rain chances are 30% Saturday, 40% Saturday night, and 50% Sunday, make sure to keep the WECT Weather App handy. In the...

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Solar powered reverse osmosis at the New Hanover County landfill is helping keep harmful waste water out of surrounding waterways. The county recently installed solar panels on top of a reverse osmosis plant at the landfill off US 421. Modern landfills have liners that prevent...

OCEAN ISLE BEACH, N.C. (WECT) - This week marks 5 years since the landfall of Category One Hurricane Isaias. The storm struck on the evening of August 3rd, 2020 destroying homes and roads in areas like Southport and Ocean Isle Beach. “It flooded under these homes, and several people lost...

BURGAW, NC (WWAY) — Nearly 40 people gathered in the Burgaw Town Center for Mayor Olivia Dawson’s ‘State of the Town’ address, where she gave an update about the progress that has been made over the years. “We are proud to report this evening that the...

A new music drama series is coming to Prime Video called The Runarounds! The upcoming new show hails from the creators of Outer Banks – Jonas Pate, Josh Pate and Shannon Burke – and centers around a group of high school grads who form a band, and it stars real life musicians. Keep reading to [...]

Castle Hayne man extradited to North Carolina for allegedly murdering wife. David Snow was accused in July of allegedly murdering his wife Lynda Neubeck, who was found dead from blunt force trauma. Annual Battle of the Badges blood drive set for Aug. 14. Updated: 4 hours ago. Wilmington’s police and...

A pedestrian died as a result of a traffic incident in northern Brunswick County. Kenneth Wayne Klutz, 57, died after being involved in a traffic incident off R and R Way, near Malmo Loop Road, on Aug. 8, the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office confirmed. The incident report shows it occurred at 7:52 a.m. "We...

BOLIVIA, NC (WWAY) — A Brunswick County man has been convicted of trafficking cocaine, methamphetamine, and fentanyl. After seven days of trial and a day of deliberations in Brunswick County Superior Court, a jury retuned guilty verdicts for Julian Ivory Johnson on more than three dozen counts of narcotics...