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WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The Wilmington Police Department is searching for a woman they say may be endangered. Charity Rouse, 38, was last seen two weeks ago at the Cando Street bus station. Police aren’t sure what she was wearing at the time or where she was headed. Rouse...

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...

As of 11 p.m. Saturday, Colin has been downgraded to a Tropical Depression and was positioned about 15 miles N of Wilmington, North Carolina, bringing periods of heavy rainfall, gusty winds and rough surf to the South Carolina and North Carolina beaches. Colin is forecast to move away from the...

At 1100 PM EDT (0300 UTC), the center of Tropical Depression Colin was located near latitude 34.4 North, longitude 77.8 West. The depression is moving toward the northeast near 7 mph (11 km/h). A slightly faster northeast to east-northeast motion is expected during the next day or so. On the forecast track, the center of Colin or it remnants is expected to move northeastward along or just inland of the North Carolina coast through Sunday afternoon.

The National Hurricane Center issued tropical storm warnings for parts of the South Carolina and North Carolina coastlines during the early-morning hours on Saturday after a rapidly-developing low-pressure system along the Southeast coast of the United States strengthened into Tropical Storm Colin, the third named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season.

Conditions were expected to clear up throughout the remainder of the weekend after a tropical storm moved across coastal North Carolina Saturday. Overnight Friday into Saturday morning, Tropical Storm Colin developed near the South Carolina coastline south of Georgetown and just inland from Charleston, according to the National Weather Service. Wilmington and surrounding areas were placed under a tropical storm warning early Saturday morning in preparation for the storm. ...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — Colin is the third named tropical system of the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane season and it weakened just as fast as it strengthened. Colin was upgraded to a tropical storm early Saturday morning, but as of approximately 10:30 p.m. tropical storm, Colin is no more.

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...

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. ...

Tropical Storm Colin formed along the South Carolina coast on Saturday morning, bringing rain and winds, though the storm later weakened and conditions are expected to improve by Monday’s July Fourth celebrations. The National Hurricane Center in Miami warned of the possibility of localized flash flooding along the Carolinas coast through Sunday morning. By late Saturday night, Colin had weakened into a tropical depression and forecasters discontinued the tropical storm warning that had been in effect for parts of the North Carolina coast. At 11 p.m. EDT Saturday, the storm’s center was about 15 miles north of Wilmington, North Carolina, with maximum sustained...

Tropical Storm Colin formed in the early morning hours near the South Carolina coast with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph.

MIAMI — Tropical Storm Colin formed along the South Carolina coast on Saturday, bringing the threat of rain and high winds for a day or two during the holiday weekend before improving for Monday's July Fourth celebrations, but by 11 p.m. Saturday, the storm had been downgraded to a tropical depression and all coastal warnings had been cancelled.

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WNCT) — A run in the first inning proved to be enough for the Morehead City Marlins who won a rain-shortened 1-0 victory at Wilmington on Saturday in Coastal Plain League play. The game was called after five innings due to the weather caused by the remains of Tropical Storm Colin. Sean Johnson […]

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...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - As the heart of hurricane season draws near and the 2nd named storm has already formed, I thought I would focus on tropical systems for this weather trivia question. Check it out below and make your selection. Hint: We have had more than choice D, so...

Robert R. "Rusty" Starr worked at the old Wilmington Morning Star and Sunday Star-News from 1978 to 1983, rising to copy desk chief. He went on to a distinguished career as editor and publisher of newspapers in Alabama and Florida.  Now retired, Starr isn't writing his memoirs but rather a series of picaresque novels...

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) - Good to see you this Sunday! Your First Alert Forecast opens with news on the tropical weather front: Colin has lost steam and, as of Sunday morning, only remnants remain. Rough surf and rip currents will likely continue along the coast through this evening with a shower or two lingering along the coast.