Wilmington News

WILMINGTON, NC Employees of First Med in Wilmington said they were not allowed into work on Saturday morning, their only indication something was wrong with the company.

They lay forgotten for several decades. Dusty, with a chip in one lens, these field glasses, the 19th century-name for binoculars, lack in the appearance department.

Hundreds of people will be flocking to Downtown Wilmington for the 11th Annual Holiday Parade Sunday evening, but this year officials say they won't need to worry about parking.

Dec. 08 --The tiny village of La Loma clings at roughly 10,000 feet above sea level in the craggy Sierra Madre mountain range, which runs through Aquixtla , a municipality in the northern corner of the Mexican state of Puebla .

A New Hanover County commissioner has been arrested for the fourth time since he was elected to the board in 2010.

Candle tea may sound like an odd drink, but it's actually the name given to an open house offered through the Covenant Moravian Church in Wilmington.

Saturday marked the 72nd anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a date President Franklin D. Roosevelt said "will live in infamy."

Havana's Restaurant is at 1 Cape Fear Blvd. , Carolina Beach. They open at 11 a.m. Monday through Saturday and 9 a.m. on Sunday for brunch and brunch is served until 2 p.m. You can follow them on Facebook, visit www.havanasrestaurant.com, or call 910-458-2822 or email This email address is being protected from spambots.

Now, they're as much a part of the yuletide scenery here as the lights at Marion Square.

Witnesses in the area say it sounded like a shoot out. They say there were at least two series of gunshots consisting of around 6 shots each.

Myrtle Grove Christian School, which recently adopted a controversial "Biblical morality" admissions policy, will not accept state-funded vouchers, according to Head of School Stacey Miller.

My wife loves her birthday. Ever since she was a child, she considered it her special day and wanted others to do likewise.

According to New Hanover County Dispatch, the eastbound lane on I-40 near mile marker 420 is closed to drivers due to a wreck that happened Friday morning.

The hearing for the fired former head of the state's alcohol law enforcement agency wrapped up this week after testimony that his self-imposed demotion and re-assignment to his home district was approved by higher-ups.

If you missed the Small Business Saturday Holiday Open House & Jewelry Sale at aMuse Artisanal Finery , don't fret.

But, a witness at the scene told WWAY that a huge group of women swarmed the area to attack someone around 5:30 p.m. A fight broke out and some people were stabbed.

WILMINGTON, NC The Wilmington police are in the area between 14th and 15th Streets on Wooster Street, after receiving reports of multiple people being stabbed.

Civil War historian Chris E. Fonvielle will be speaking at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10, at the Fort Fisher State Historic Site, off U.S. 421 south of Kure Beach.

A Buncombe County man has been charged with killing his wife. Forty-year-old Brian Walter Jones has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of 43-year-old Lynn Friedrich Jones.

The North Carolina Board of Transportation has approved the designation of Airlie Road as the state's newest Scenic Byway , according to a news release from NCDOT.