Delco, NC

According to the National Weather Service (NWS), Tropic Storm Colin developed from a tropical depression in the early morning hours of Saturday off the coast of South Carolina. The storm is expected to move northeast along or just inland of the coast and exit the area Saturday evening. Throughout Saturday...

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — Tropical Storm Colin has forced officials with the NC 4th of July Festival to cancel events scheduled for Saturday. The system quickly developed in the early morning hours off the coast of the Carolinas, prompting tropical storm warnings along the North and South Carolina coast from Charleston, SC to Duck, NC. There is a high risk of rip currents and winds gusts of up to 30 miles per hour.

Washington county Sheriff's investigators want to know who apparently ambushed a Leland man and shot him inside his car. Investigators say retired farmer Ben Walker was returning home from a local restaurant, when the incident took place. They say Walker was shot in his car. Right now, investigators aren't saying...

CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. (WECT) - Authorities are investigating an officer-involved shooting at the Dolphin Lane Motel in Carolina Beach. The Carolina Beach Police Department says two on-duty officers were involved in the shooting at 318 N Carolina Beach Avenue. Neither were injured in the incident but the suspect involved was transported to New Hanover Regional Medical Center with injuries.

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NC (WWAY) — Wrightsville Beach Police have identified the body found in Banks Channel earlier this week. Paul Parker, 25, is the person pulled from the waterway on June 27. Wrightsville Beach Police responded to a call for service in the 500 block of Waynick Blvd. on...

The NC 4th of July Festival has canceled all events for Saturday because of potential impacts from Tropical Storm Colin. "The safety of Festival-goers, vendors, volunteers, emergency workers, and everyone is our highest priority," organizers said in a press release. Tropical Storm Colin formed overnight just south of Georgetown, South...

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — A Wilmington man pleaded guilty to several drug charges in New Hanover County this week. Gerald Jacobs, 40, pleaded guilty to one count trafficking in cocaine by transportation, one count of possession with intent to sell and deliver heroin, and one count of possession with intent to sell and deliver MDMA, according to the district attorney’s office.

Nearly four years after damage from Hurricane Florence forced many Wilmington residents out of their public housing units, one building remains boarded up and fenced off. Situated a block back from Dawson Street between Eighth and 10th Streets, a row of contemporary-looking housing units stand silent, ringed by a chain-linked fence with boarded-up windows. ...

If you love living close to the water, this 1,152-square-foot cottage may be for you. It offers four bedrooms, two full bathrooms, and lots of ocean views!

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - A Wilmington man pled guilty to trafficking cocaine and other drug offenses in the New Hanover County Superior Court on Thursday, June 30. He was sentenced to 52-90 months of prison and given a fine of $50,000. According to a release from the NC General Court...

Stephanie Prestage was a youngster when she first appeared as one of the Vonn Trapp children in Sampson Community Theater’s production o

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - There are plenty of celebrations going on this holiday weekend around southeastern North Carolina, but the Wilmington Police Department wants to make sure you and your loved ones return home safely. The Fourth of July holiday is one of the deadliest when it comes to drunk-driving...

HOLDEN BEACH, NC (WWAY) — An advisory against swimming was posted today at an ocean-side site in Brunswick County, where state recreational water quality officials found bacteria levels in the water that exceed the state’s and Environmental Protection Agency’s recreational water quality standards. The advisory is for...

LELAND, N.C. (WWAY) – The second annual Bash at the Beach will take place at West Brunswick again, and will feature 11 local teams. Games begin Friday at 5:30 and continue Saturday at the same time. FRIDAY:. 5:30 — South Columbus vs. South Brunswick. 6:30 — Havelock vs....

Every week more and more changes are coming to Brunswick County. Here's the latest. Southport Marina will become Morningstar Marinas Southport as new owner takes over. Find out what it'll mean for boaters. In Shallotte, Coastal Church bought the former Coastal Cinemas building for their new church facility, which will...

This master shipwright and longtime professor at Cape Fear Community College reinvented its wooden boatbuilding program. Master shipwright Mark Bayne is standing in an open bay at his workshop in downtown Wilmington. Here, he has been teaching the art of building wooden boats at Cape Fear Community College for the past 10 years.

‘We want you to get home safe. That is our goal:’ WPD wants you to have a plan in place before celebrating the holiday. ‘We want you to get home safe. That is our goal:’ WPD wants you to have a plan in place before celebrating the holiday.

Coated in a thick layer of barnacles and algae, the boat belonging to a missing Carolina Beach resident washed ashore last week after a seven-month journey across thousands of miles of Atlantic Ocean water.  Joseph Johnson, 44, was not aboard the capsized vessel. Johnson left on a solo fishing trip on Nov. 22, 2021, and never returned home. ...

NEW HANOVER COUNTY (WWAY) — Starting Sunday, WAVE Transit is cutting the wait time in half for three routes in Wilmington. Routes to Market Street, Carolina Beach Road, and downtown Wilmington will offer rides every thirty minutes rather than every hour. WAVE Transit also plans to add more stops on Market Street between College and Gordon Rds.