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Local news for the Shallotte area in Brunswick County, North Carolina
A Japanese macaque snow monkey that escaped its backyard cage Friday in Shallotte was killed in its neighborhood by a HVAC repairman after it attacked a woman Friday afternoon, Shallotte police Detective Sgt. John Holman said.
SOURCE: Topix.com
Police in a coastal North Carolina town say a repairman won't face charges after he fatally shot a pet monkey that escaped and attacked a woman. A Shallotte police detective told The Charlotte Observer Friday evening that the snow monkey escaped a backyard cage and “went bananas,” biting the woman and scratching her arms and legs.
SOURCE: Topix.com
A Japanese snow monkey was fatally shot after he escaped from an enclosure in his owner's backyard Friday afternoon. According to Sgt.
SOURCE: Topix.com
A Shallotte woman was one of two women who died in an Horry County Sheriff's Office transportation van that was trapped in floodwaters from the Little Pee Dee River caused by Hurricane Florence on Sept. 18. Wendy Newton, 45, of Shallotte and Nicolette Green, 43, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., died while deputies Stephen Flood and Joshua Bishop were taking them from Conway, S.C., to McLeod Darlington , a behavioral health facility, following involuntary commitments by physicians.
SOURCE: Topix.com
The Wilmington Fire Department quickly responded to a house fire in the 5400 block of Patricia Drive in Wilmington around 1 a.m. Thursday.
SOURCE: WECT 6 Wilmington
A 71-year-old woman in Bladenboro has survived a long list of tragedies, but the toll from Hurricane Florence has been the most difficult.
SOURCE: WECT 6 Wilmington
A former Marine who drove 18 hours through the night to Leland to rescue animals got some gifts from Ellen Degeneres.
SOURCE: WECT 6 Wilmington
Flooding from Hurricane Florence caused a pump station failure in Stoney Creek Plantation that resulted in 228,000 gallons of untreated sewage mixing with floodwater.
SOURCE: WECT 6 Wilmington
A sluggish cold front will promote unwanted rain chances in this forecast period. Falling rivers will probably not take on enough water to reverse course and start rising again, though.
SOURCE: WECT 6 Wilmington
The Adams Company held one-on-one meetings with Fair Bluff residents to talk about federal hazard mitigation money from Hurricane Matthew.
SOURCE: WECT 6 Wilmington