Ogden News

Submitted by WWAY on 28 June 2009 - 10:21am. Severe weather across the area has kept first responders busy the past few days.

Published: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 9:29 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 9:29 p.m. Ogden Before the Wall that Heals was brought to Ogden Park in early June, members of Chapter 11 of the Disabled American Veterans had to raise $20,000. They had a barbecue lunch, sold cookies, organized a motorcycle poker run and received donations ...

Published: Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 2:42 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 2:42 p.m. Southbound lanes of Market Street in Ogden are closed due to an accident with injuries.

Daniele McCullen of Wilmington smokes a hookah at Hookah Cafe on Market Street. Due to a state wide smoking band on restuarants and bars that will go into affect January 1, 2010, Hookah bars will be impacted as well.

A group of local citizens met in the Cape Fear River Watch headquarters in downtown Wilmington on June 9 to discuss an alternative development plan for the more than 1,800 acres that is otherwise earmarked for Titan America LLC, opening up yet another front on the issue over a cement plant that is scheduled to be erected in Castle Hayne but could ...

Chapel Hill freshman Walker Percy, later the author of "The Moviegoer" and many other books, extends his leg while waiting in line for a movie at the Varsity Theatre, then known as the Carolina Theatre, on Franklin Street, circa 1933-34. Photo courtesy of North Carolina Collection, UNC-Chapel Hill Who will bail out the movies? That's the question I ...

Published: Thursday, May 14, 2009 at 7:55 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, May 14, 2009 at 7:55 p.m. Under the recommended budget, New Hanover County residents won't see a property tax increase next year - unless you live in the unincorporated areas.

Submitted by WWAY on 6 May 2009 - 6:05pm. Area chefs compete for state's best dish A total of 19 restaurants have been selected to compete this summer for best dish in North Carolina and two of them are right here in the Cape Fear region.

Published: Friday, May 1, 2009 at 1:02 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, May 1, 2009 at 1:02 p.m. The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority has a new water treatment plant in Ogden that's slated to come online this summer and is in the middle of a multiyear, multimillion-dollar project to expand the capacity of its primary drinking water plant just north of ...

Firefighters worked hard Sunday to contain a blaze that destroyed a home on Gordon Acres Drive in Ogden.

Published: Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at 8:32 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at 11:06 p.m. Even before the public hearing began, chants of 'Throw the bums out' and 'Let us vote' rang out from the steps of City Hall, where hundreds gathered Tuesday evening to protest the proposed Monkey Junction annexation by Wilmington City Council.

Published: Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at 9:49 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at 9:49 p.m. Dozens of people stood outside the Wilmington City Hall on Tuesday night, waving signs and shouting their opposition to the city's proposed annexation of the Monkey Junction area.

Bond has been denied for a North Carolina woman charged with murder in the death of her baby, who was found near a trash pile in February.

Published: Friday, April 3, 2009 at 12:07 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, April 3, 2009 at 12:07 p.m. A 33-year-old convicted felon facing two charges of first-degree murder in the death of his mother and stepfather will be tried for his life, a judge decided Friday morning.

Published: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 5:36 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 5:36 p.m. Nearly six decades of community protection is coming to an end in northeastern New Hanover County.

Published: Friday, March 27, 2009 at 7:33 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, March 27, 2009 at 7:33 p.m. A Wilmington police officer found guilty on Friday of driving drunk and speeding is appealing a judge's decision.

Published: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at 1:10 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at 1:10 p.m. As law enforcement officials interviewed witnesses at Big Lots on Wednesday afternoon, James King, 64 and a lifelong Wilmington resident, sat in his SUV and counted cars.

Published: Monday, March 23, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, March 23, 2009 at 6:04 p.m. Morgan is the self-described academic and easygoing.

Crews from the New Hanover County and Ogden Fire Departments battled flames at a home on Placid Drive at Market Street near Porter's Neck Thursday afternoon.

Submitted by WWAY on 12 March 2009 - 5:50pm. Pedestrian safety a concern in New Hanover County For eight consecutive years, AAA has rated New Hanover County as the state's most dangerous county for drivers.