CFPUA customer service and payment software offline until Tuesday WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – Cape Fear Public Utility Authority’s customer service and payment software is temporarily offline. The service went down Friday afternoon to allow staff to transition to our new billing system. Between 5 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. Tuesday, February 25, CFPUA will be […]
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Annual Polar Plunge benefiting Special Olympics Brunswick County
Skip to content The annual Polar Plunge fundraiser for Special Olympics Brunswick County is on February 29. OAK ISLAND, N.C. (WECT) – The Special Olympics Brunswick County Polar Plunge is on Feb. 29. The annual event benefits Special Olympics Brunswick County. It’s on Saturday, Feb. 29 at Middleton Park on 46th Street in Oak Island. […]
AMBER ALERT: Matthews Police search for missing 6-month-old boy
Skip to content Matthews Police are looking for missing 6-month-old Chi-Liam Brown-Erickson. (Source: Matthews Police) MATTHEWS, N.C. (WBTV) – The Matthews Police Department is searching for a 6-month-old baby boy. Police say an Amber Alert has been issued for the child. Police say 6-month-old Chi-Liam Cody Brown-Erickson and his mother, 30-year-old Tamara Jernel Brown, had […]
Missing Brunswick County woman last seen early Saturday morning
Skip to content BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) – The Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office needs your help in locating a missing woman. 26-year-old Kaitlyn Brea Olowin was last seen leaving a house on Eleanor Street in Supply on foot at around 1:30 a.m. Saturday. Olowin was wearing an old blue plaid shirt, blue jeans, and cowboy […]
Annual recital featuring Leah Hawkins honors Wilmington’s Caterina Jarboro
Caterina Jarboro was the first African-American opera singer to perform with all-white company Leah Hawkins featured in The Caterina Jarboro Memorial Recital (Source: WECT) By WECT Staff | February 21, 2020 at 11:51 PM EST – Updated February 21 at 11:51 PM WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – Opera Wilmington held its annual Caterina Jarboro Memorial Recital […]
Corrections officer shares harrowing story of 2017 inmate attack
By Anna Phillips | February 21, 2020 at 9:52 PM EST – Updated February 21 at 9:52 PM Graham had just begun a shift as a corrections officer in the dormitory of the Columbus Correctional Institution when an inmate approached him at his desk with focused eyes. “When he got to the desk he flipped […]
Brunswick County chase ends when suspect crashes in New Hanover County
(Source: Pixabay) February 21, 2020 at 6:18 PM EST – Updated February 21 at 6:20 PM WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – A suspect is in custody after running from deputies Friday. Investigators say a suspect with outstanding warrants ran from Brunswick County deputies down I-140 Friday afternoon. The chase ended in New Hanover County when the […]
Sand build up in Lockwood Folly Inlet causing issues as waterway waits for dredging
By Emily Featherston | February 21, 2020 at 5:24 PM EST – Updated February 21 at 5:24 PM BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) – The narrow passage between Oak Island and Holden Beach is even more narrow than usual as sediment buildup has left Lockwood Folly Inlet at critically-shallow depths. “About any boat that’s going to […]
Overnight freeze likely to damage blueberry crops
February 21, 2020 at 5:06 PM EST – Updated February 21 at 5:06 PM BURGAW, N.C. (WECT) – Pender County officials say Friday’s low temperature could be disastrous to the area’s blueberry crops. A press release from the Pender County Agricultural Extension Office says the warmer than average temperatures in January and February “tricked” many […]
Parents scramble to find outlet for children after schools cancel for bad weather
By Bryant Reed | February 21, 2020 at 8:15 PM EST – Updated February 21 at 8:16 PM WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – School systems across the Cape Fear shut down Friday for the possibility of bad weather, leaving thousands of parents scrambling to figure out what to do with their children. For some, there are […]
