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Wilmington police looking for runaway teenager
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The Wilmington Police Department has announced that it is looking for 16-year-old Lucas Daylon Casteen. Per the WPD, Casteen is a runaway juvenile who was last seen riding an e-bike on Hunting Ridge Road. He did not take the charger for the bike with him. At...
What to know as plans to restore this Brunswick County fishing pier inch forward
Evening walks on the pier and afternoon fishing trips are classic parts of any beach trip. This year, however, marks the second summer in a row that Holden Beach visitors and residents have missed out on those memories. The Holden Beach Fishing Pier has been closed to the public since 2022, after the...
Brunswick County teacher says her students encouraged her as she battled cancer
As Kasey Bienkowski packs away her supplies and cleans out her classroom for the summer, posters made by her students still grace the walls. The messages, written in the students’ handwriting, are much the same: “We missed you, Miss B.!” “We love you!” “We hope you feel better!”
American Legion Post 68 swears in first female commander
LELAND, NC (WWAY) — John E Jacobs American Legion Post 68 swore in it’s first female commander during it’s July meeting Thursday night. Beatrice Frost has been a post-member for the past 5 years. A retired Air Force sergeant, Frost served one tour in Washington D.C., working...
First Alert Forecast: timing more possible showers and storms
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Your First Alert Forecast for this evening includes the approach of a weak cold front may drop additional clusters or lines of storms in from the northwest. Any cells may be locally heavy, gusty, and rich with lightning. Most storms should push off the coast of 1 to 2 a.m. Unsettled conditions continue through Saturday with plenty of dry time and occasional downpours and heavy thunderstorms. Thunderstorm chances tick back into the isolated category for the most part next week as highs remain in the seasonable range near 90.
North Carolina Man Arrested for Armed Incident at Tennessee Rest Stop
Cookeville, TN – Gregory James Daniel of Franklin, North Carolina, was arrested following a dangerous incident at a Tennessee rest stop early Sunday morning. On July 14, Gregory James Daniel,…
Gwinnett County Man Detained On Statutory Rape Charges
On July 3, the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office apprehended a man for reportedly bringing a 14-year-old girl from North Carolina to Georgia. On July 3, the United States Marshals reached out to the Sheriff’s Office Trafficking and Child Exploitation and Gang Units for assistance in locating the missing girl.
BSL manager: Sewer project an 'enormous task'
During the Board of Commissioners July 2 meeting, Boiling Spring Lakes City Manager Gordon Hargrove said the city sewer project “is an enormous task that city staff has been working on diligently.”. He told commissioners that city staff met with Brunswick County engineers to determine the remaining capacity of...
Opera Wilmington to perform Tosca at UNCW Cultural Arts Building
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – Opera Wilmington is set to perform Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca at the UNCW Cultural Arts Building on July 19, 21, 26 and 28. “Passion. Politics. Power. Opera Wilmington presents Puccini’s sweeping operatic thriller, Tosca, starring Shannon Kessler Dooley as the tempestuous diva, Floria Tosca, Jonathan Kaufman, as her lover Mario Cavaradossi, and Joshua Conyers, as the corrupt and obsessive Police Chief, Baron Scarpia,” the event page states.
Long-running UNCW field course merges science, policy
It’s not uncommon for Dr. Jim Herstine to hear his name enthusiastically called out when he’s out and about in Wilmington. Admittedly, he doesn’t always immediately recognize the smiling face greeting him in a parking lot or grocery store. By his estimates he taught some 300 students in a class that he and a couple of colleagues came up with to offer at the University of North Carolina Wilmington in the mid-1990s.
Three former Wilmington Sharks drafted to MLB
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WWAY) – Three more Wilmington Sharks alums will soon be playing professional baseball. 2021 Shark and former Kentucky right-handed pitcher Trey Pooser was selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 10th round. 2022 Shark and Binghamton second baseman Nick Roselli was selected by his hometown New...
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