Leland News

Brunswick Community College's Leland campus is undergoing a $500,000 renovation to become the center of industrial training for a number of industrial parks going up along U.S. 74-76. It will also be a presentation center for the county's economic development commission .

Submitted by WWAY on 20 November 2009 - 4:56pm. READ MORE: Friday is a night to remember victims of crime.

Published: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 8:58 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 8:58 a.m. A piece by a local artist will be included in an exhibition next year at a museum in Raleigh.

Published: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 9:48 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 9:48 p.m. The Leland Town Council voted unanimously Thursday to table a resolution supporting the Cape Fear Skyway.

Barry Eagle, general manager and partner of the Comfort Suites Magnolia Greens in Leland stands in front of the hotel on Wednesday November 18, 2009.

Kat Page, an assistant at the Brunswick County Library's Leland branch, reads a nursery rhyme during the popular Tuesday morning Story Time on Nov.

Martha Currie has defeated Roy Lettieri by one vote for a seat on the Leland Town Council.

Several Brunswick County groups are making sure needy families have food on the table for Thanksgiving day.

Submitted by Jenna Caiazzo on 16 November 2009 - 7:31pm. Bailiff under custody after alleged assualt accusations A former New Hanover County bailiff is now in the custody of the Sheriff's department.

The Town of Leland had a discharge of untreated wastewater of approximately 112,000 gallons on Nov.

Published: Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 7:33 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 7:33 p.m. Leland About 112,000 gallons of untreated wastewater was discharged, indirectly, into Sturgeon Creek Saturday after a pipe ruptured in Leland, according to a statement from the town.

An Arizona man whom authorities say assumed a new life while on the lam for 17 years has been arrested in Raleigh.

A North Carolina pastor has been released from jail after being arrested on charges of having sex with a child.

A North Carolina pastor has been released from jail after being arrested on charges of having sex with a child.

James T. Johnson, 46, founder of The Olive Branch church on Mt. Misery Road in Leland, was released from the Brunswick County jail on Monday after a member of his congregation put up property as collateral, according to court records.

While detectives with the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office Special Crimes Unit were investigating claims a Leland man sexually abused a child, he was serving as a pastor at Olive Branch Church.

Martha Currie has defeated Roy Lettieri by one vote for a seat on the Leland Town Council.

Brunswick County has recieved a $2.8 million econmic development bond from the federal government.

Published: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 9:39 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 9:39 p.m. When the members of The Olive Branch Church meet tonight for their regular Thursday night mid-week service at their Leland church, they will do so without the church's founder, James T. Johnson.

James Johnson faces three counts of indecent liberties with a child, two counts of first-degree sex offense with a child and one count of attempted first-degree rape of a child according to the sheriff's office.