On Feb. 1, the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office Impact Team and Vice/Narcotics Unit were on patrol in Elizabethtown when they ...

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - A man has been arrested after police linked him to a series of shootings across New Hanover ...

A deputy stopped the car and immediately smelled a strong odor of marijuana from the car. The driver, 18-year-old Brantly William Hunt of Lumberton, and the passenger, 19-year-old Madison Dawn ...

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - Law enforcement is warning residents about romance scams with Valentine’s Day just a week ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The Wilmington Police Department (WPD) arrested a man on drug charges during a traffic stop on ...

Men & Women United designed the third annual ‘Bridging the Gap to Food Insecurity’ event to empower farmers and future ...

A convicted felon is now in custody after a police chase on Thursday. The N.C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has announced that an intersection in Brunswick County will be changed to an all-way ...

Columbus County Sheriff’s Office says Simmons is a convicted felon who was wanted in connection to a shooting incident in ...

CHADBOURN, N.C. (WECT) - The Chadbourn Police Department (CPD) has arrested two men involved in a shooting in December 2024. According to a press release from CPD, Eugene “Scoot” Olajwion Cromartie ...

The United States Colored Troops played a role in the history of Fort Fisher from the Civil War to World War II.

Cooper, who served as governor from 2017-2025, will join Harvard University as a Menschel senior leadership fellow at the T.H ...