The Wake County Sheriff’s Office has arrested an 18-year-old man wanted in connection with deadly shootings in Halifax and ...

Forty-seven people from countries around the world became U.S. citizens Friday at a naturalization ceremony on Fort Johnston ...

SOUTHPORT, N.C. (WECT) - The North Carolina Fourth of July Festival parade drew crowds to Southport on Friday as the state marked America’s 250th anniversary. The festival drew spectators, small ...

The ocean rescue team logged more than 170 rip current rescues in three days as red flags fly through the holiday weekend.

On this edition of the WECT Investigates Insider podcast, WECT Investigative Reporter Connor Smith joins Jon Evans for a ...

Three groups have filed certificate-of-need applications with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to add acute care beds in New Hanover County.

A brother and sister have transformed their family real estate office into a colonial-era law office to mark the 250th ...

Newly released 911 calls from the June 6 shooting at a downtown Wilmington bar capture the chaos that unfolded in the moments ...

Businesses along the downtown Wilmington waterfront are preparing for one of their busiest weekends of the year as the Fourth ...

New Hanover County Fire and Rescue is urging residents to check for burn bans and take precautions before setting off ...

The Town of Leland has filed a lawsuit against the Town of Belville, arguing that Belville illegally annexed land that sits ...

The Southport Fire Department is stationing a mobile medical trailer in downtown Southport during the Fourth of July festival to expand medical support for visitors amid high temperatures.