WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – Two adults have died after being pulled from the ocean in distress Sunday morning in Holden Beach, according to police. Emergency responders were dispatched to the 1100 block ...

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) – New Hanover County Sheriff’s deputies found a husband and wife shot to death inside their home on Rowsgate Lane in the Murrayville area Thursday. “Nothing like this ...

PENDER COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) – A crash has closed the right lane of US-17 southbound at Sidbury Road in Pender County, south of Hampstead, according to DriveNC. Details regarding any injuries and the ...

EXCLUSIVE – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is seeking more than $470,000 in civil fines against a New York immigration attorney accused of filing fraudulent documents in support of ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – WECT Investigative Reporter Connor Smith sits down with Jon Evans to discuss his latest investigation, which looks into conditions at Solomon Towers. For years, residents at ...

LELAND, N.C. (WECT) – Leland officials will celebrate the grand opening of Founders Park with live music, family activities and food on Friday, July 31. “We are excited to officially open this space, ...

BURGAW, N.C. (WECT) – Jeremy Mortensen has been named principal of Burgaw Middle School following a Pender County Board of Education vote on July 21. Mortensen replaces Brian Allen, who was appointed ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – The Greater Wilmington Sports Hall of Fame (GWSHOF) has announced the five new athletes who make up its Class of 2027. “We’re very excited to honor these five individuals for ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – Donovan Newby is returning to UNCW men’s basketball, this time as the program’s director of player personnel, head coach Takayo Siddle announced Wednesday. Newby spent three ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – UNC Wilmington has released the lineup for this year’s Live Oak Bank Holiday Classic, a round-robin men’s basketball tournament set for Trask Coliseum over the Thanksgiving ...

The Los Angeles Angels rolled past the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday. But the game was overshadowed by a pregame incident that resulted in three ejections before the first pitch was ...

Sen. Tim Sheehy warned that a crisis in American shipbuilding has left the United States dangerously outpaced by an aggressively expanding Chinese fleet. Speaking on “The Fox News Rundown” podcast, ...