According to Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue director Sam Proffitt, two people were struck by lightning on Shell Island ...

WECT Investigative Reporter Connor Smith sits down with Jon Evans to discuss his latest investigation, which looks into conditions at Solomon Towers.

An exhibit featuring 20 local veterans opened Friday at Burgwin-Wright House and Gardens, combining black and white ...

City Manager Matt Kirkland said the dam is now closed and the upper lake is the first of four ongoing dam projects to reach ...

Jeremy Mortensen has been named principal of Burgaw Middle School following a Pender County Board of Education vote on July 21. A Clarkton man is jailed without bond after investigators say a woman ...

Jeremy Mortensen has been named principal of Burgaw Middle School following a Pender County Board of Education vote on July ...

Three Topsail Island municipalities will coordinate a weeklong effort beginning Monday, July 27, to remove Beach Vitex.

North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine F. Marshall is set to travel to Columbus County to meet with small business owners.

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - Former New Hanover County elections director DeNay Harris is asking a judge to overturn her ...

Columbus County Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested O’Rico Wells, 34, of Green Sea, S.C., following a pursuit that crossed ...

A Clarkton man is facing kidnapping and sex offense charges after a woman called 911 to report she had been kidnapped and sexually assaulted at his home.