Southport News

George Clooney stars in "The Men Who Stare at Goats," opening Friday, Nov. 6. A There's an interesting mix of new movie openings this week: A revamped Christmas classic, a wacky comedy based on real-life governmental happenings that's not "The Informant!", a thriller about alien abduction and another thriller about killing people you don't know.

Submitted by WWAY on 4 November 2009 - 6:59pm. Brunswick County voters ready for new faces Judging by the results at the polls, Brunswick County voters were ready for some new faces.

Detectives with the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office are searching for four black males they say robbed four people at gunpoint at their Shallotte home.

Published: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 8:45 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 8:45 a.m. Here's how races are shaping up in three southeastern Brunswick County towns.

I know it's not even Halloween yet, but you can't ignore the Christmas decorations popping up on shelves everywhere.

"Michael Jackson's This Is It" is poised to be the No. 1 movie in America this weekend.

Published: Monday, October 26, 2009 at 9:16 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, October 26, 2009 at 9:16 a.m. Thanks to the extraordinary foresight of three women vacationing in Africa in 2004, more than 1,500 Ugandan woman have raised themselves and their families out of poverty by making beads from brightly colored recycled paper.

Brunswick Community College is set to receive $200,000 in federal funds for renovation and improvements of the Southport Continuing Education Center.

Published: Friday, October 16, 2009 at 10:35 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 16, 2009 at 3:20 p.m. North Carolina beachfront property owned by West Virginia Rep.

Sheriff's detectives are searching for a Wilmington man they say stabbed a man in Southport multiple times before fleeing the scene Saturday night.

Published: Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 8:43 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 8:43 a.m. SOUTHPORT Circle Entertainment presents its fifth benefit concert at the historic Amuzu Theatre in Southport.

North Carolina beachfront property owned by West Virginia congressman Alan Mollohan and a former aide is going to a courthouse auction.

In my quest for off-the-beaten-path pizza, I asked a high school friend who lives in Southport to tell me her favorites.

Activists against a proposed international container port are urging people to send feedback to the Wilmington District of the US Army Corps of Engineers in regards to the proposed project in Southport.

The Associated Artists of Southport are sponsoring an "Empty Bowls" event Wednesday for part of World Hunger Week.

Published: Friday, October 9, 2009 at 9:50 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 9, 2009 at 9:50 a.m. Tom MacDonald has found a way to combine his two former careers into a retirement project.

Published: Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 9:48 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 9:48 a.m. For many in Southport, the high-profile issues in this year's aldermen and mayor races fit into two categories: The N.C. Ports Authority's planned international terminal, proposed for 600 acres just north of Southport, and everything else.

Town commissioners indicate they favor granting a 20-year vested rights agreement for a future 900-acre residential development at The Pearl Golf Links.

Federal investigators say there is little danger from 25 pounds of radioactive material missing at a nuclear fuel plant in South Carolina.

Question 1. Southport has backed out of several agreements with other agencies recently.