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Skip to content 2021 Wilmington Area Law Enforcement Ceremony (Source: WECT) By WECT Staff | May 14, 2021 at 6:18 AM EDT - Updated May 14 at 6:18 AM WILMINGTON, N.C. … [Read more...] about Wilmington Area Law Enforcement Ceremony remembers fallen officers

By Jon Evans | May 14, 2021 at 5:30 AM EDT - Updated May 14 at 5:30 AM HOUSTON, TX (WECT) - Shaneequa Vereen, who grew up in the Brunswick County community of Bolivia, is currently a Public … [Read more...] about Shaneequa Vereen: From SENC to NASA, now documenting our journeys into space (“1on1 with Jon Evans” podcast)

Skip to content Popular high school football player remembered at memorial celebration By WECT Staff | May 13, 2021 at 10:07 PM EDT - Updated May 14 at 12:00 AM … [Read more...] about Hundreds gather, celebrate Johnnie Magbie during night of remembrance

Shots fired near ballpark full of children in Whiteville By WECT Staff | May 13, 2021 at 7:50 PM EDT - Updated May 13 at 11:59 PM WHITEVILLE, N.C. (WECT) - Many shots were fired and … [Read more...] about Many shots fired at apartment complex in Whiteville near ballpark

By Kendall McGee | May 13, 2021 at 5:46 PM EDT - Updated May 13 at 5:55 PM WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Jury selection began Thursday in the trial of Wayne Soller, 25 years after he allegedly … [Read more...] about Jury selection begins for Wilmington cold case rape trial

By Ann McAdams | May 13, 2021 at 5:44 PM EDT - Updated May 13 at 8:05 PM WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Gas pumps around our viewing area have been running dry since the shutdown, and many have … [Read more...] about Despite steady supply, bottlenecks at Wilmington fuel terminals causing distribution delays

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(Source: HNN) By CBS 17 Digital Desk | May 13, 2021 at 3:26 PM EDT - Updated May 13 at 3:26 PM RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – North Carolina did not perform the necessary monitoring to ensure … [Read more...] about NC failed to ensure $3.1B in federal COVID-19 relief funds were properly spent, audit says

Skip to content Partnership between Novant Health and NHRMC became official Feb. 1, 2021 By Frances Weller | May 13, 2021 at 3:20 PM EDT - Updated May 13 at 4:06 PM … [Read more...] about 100 days: NHRMC and Novant Health mark anniversary of partnership

Skip to content Hunt, Whitlock (Source: BCSO) By Jack Gallop | May 13, 2021 at 12:37 PM EDT - Updated May 14 at 5:40 AM LELAND, N.C. (WECT) - UPDATE: The Brunswick County … [Read more...] about MISSING: Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office now searching for two missing teens