A Columbus County woman accused of stealing a car drove 100 mph through a highway work zone while fleeing deputies, according ...

A Friday sunrise memorial at Wrightsville Beach brought dozens of area students together to mourn Laney High School rising ...

Bladen County Emergency Services is warning residents on several roads to hold off on doing laundry after water line flushing caused brown and discolored water to flow from taps. What began a ...

New additions include a new playground, a splash pad, new benches, a Veterans memorial and an amphitheater at the center of ...

LELAND, N.C. (WECT) - The Embers are set to headline the grand opening of Leland’s Founders Park, with lead singer Craig Willard sitting down with WECT ahead of the show to talk about the band’s ...

A crash has closed US-17 southbound at Sidbury Road in Pender County, south of Hampstead, according to DriveNC.

BURGAW, N.C. (WECT) - After years of planning, Pender County residents will soon have access to new athletic fields, a ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - A day after a deadly crash involving a Laney High School student, friends and classmates honored ...

Three people are facing drug charges after Columbus County Sheriff’s Office investigators found trafficking amounts of heroin ...

Leland is on track to surpass 74,000 residents by 2045, more than double its current population, according to town ...

The Midtown YMCA has broken ground on a $15 million expansion that will nearly triple the size of its campus and add new facilities for aquatics, fitness and child care.

COLUMBUS COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - A man will spend the rest of his life behind bars after a jury convicted him Friday of first-degree murder in the 2022 shooting death of his estranged girlfriend.