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CRIME & SAFETY
Vigil for Sonya Massey to be held at 1898 Monument in downtown Wilmington on July 26
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - People in the Wilmington community are organizing a vigil to stand in solidarity with the family of Sonya Massey on Friday, July 26, at 6:30 p.m. People will be gathering at the 1898 Monument at 1018 N. 3rd Street in Wilmington. Deputies responded to Massey’s home...
Ceiling collapses in townhouse at Hillcrest Apartments
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Two weeks ago, Gene McClean was sitting in his living room in the Hillcrest apartment complex when a 6-foot-long section of the ceiling fell. “I was sitting here playing my puzzle, Sudoku and I thought people was on the porch trying to come in,” McClean said. “But it was like a crackling sound that cracked right there and then fell. And then it started a lot and a lot and the rest of it fell all over this way, stuff right and I was in shock, man.”
"You had the right shirt on." How a NHC firefighter jumped into the Cape Fear River to save a life
Steve Hunt didn’t grow up with dreams of being a fireman. But not long after the economy tanked in 2008, he checked out the New Hanover County Fire and Rescue. He was hoping to find a more stable job — but, instead, he found a calling. "Like, to...
Wilmington councilman asks city to review alleged fire and police department issues
At the close of last week’s city council meeting, Councilman Luke Waddell raised concerns that had been brought to him by Wilmington Fire Department (WFD) and Wilmington Police Department (WPD) employees. “I met with a group of rank-and-file members of the Wilmington Fire Department and the Wilmington Police Department....
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