Wilmington NC

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Some Downtown Wilmington business owners want city leaders to do something about homeless people driving customers away from their establishments. Chap Wallace has owned Port City Cheesesteak for almost a decade. His restaurant is located on Front Street and receives a lot of foot traffic....

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - A wreck on US 17 is causing delays, according to the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office. The wreck occurred in the northbound lanes near Galloway Road. Drivers are advised to use caution. WECT has reached out to officials for more information.

BURGAW, NC (WWAY) — A Burgaw man will spend 26.5 to 39 years in prison for raping a woman in Hampstead in 2023. On August 1, 2025, a Pender County jury convicted Tony Robinson, 66, of Burgaw of first degree forcible rape, first degree kidnapping, discharging a weapon within an enclosure to incite fear, possession of...

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — Brunswick County has filed a lawsuit against a contractor for failing to install new filters at a water treatment plant. The county filed suit against Oscar Renda Contracting, Inc for failing to deliver on a $122 million contract to install reverse osmosis filters at the Northwest Water...

I love visiting historic sites of all kinds, but Brunswick Town near Wilmington, N.C. is a special treat for a number of reasons. First, it played a major role in the American Revolution, and secondly, a Civil War fort was built on the same site, giving visitors a lot to see!

There’s something magical about watching candy being made by hand. The sweet aroma filling the air, the rhythmic pulling of taffy, and the careful pouring of chocolate into molds – these traditions are alive and well in North Carolina. I recently took a sugar-fueled road trip across the...

The power of positive thinking paid off for Audrey Peele of Wilmington when a $20 scratch-off delivered the first $100,000 prize in a new lottery game. “I always thought I would win big one day,” Peele said. “In my mind, I manifested it.” According to a Wednesday, Aug. 6 news release from the North Carolina Education...

Archaeologists recently discovered multiple shipwrecks at an area of a Brunswick County historic site at risk due to significant erosion. A team with East Carolina University’s Program in Maritime Studies made the discoveries at the Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson (BTFA) State Historic Site, according to a news release...

A college student from Wendell was killed in an accident with a train in Clayton, police said Wednesday. EllaRyan Marie Miller, 21, died Tuesday evening after stepping in front of an Amtrak train, according to a news release from Clayton Police Chief Greg Tart. Miller, a UNC Wilmington student, was doing a summer...

This May in North Carolina, New Hanover County’s first early childhood substitute teacher from a new centralized substitute pool worked a shift at The Learning Tree, a licensed childcare center in Wilmington. Marquita Williams has since filled in several times in different classrooms at the center, providing coverage...