Local News
Local news for the Shallotte area in Brunswick County, North Carolina
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
Carolina Beach Town Manager Michael Cramer has been fired, according to Councilman Steve Shuttleworth.
SOURCE: WECT 6 Wilmington
Carolina Beach Town Manager Michael Cramer has been fired, according to Councilman Steve Shuttleworth.
SOURCE: WECT 6 Wilmington
It’s been four days since anyone last saw 6-year-old Maddox Ritch. He went missing at Rankin Lake Park in Gastonia on Saturday, where he was spending the afternoon with his father.
SOURCE: WECT 6 Wilmington
Tammie Hedges was facing 12 counts of misdemeanor practice/attempt veterinary medicine without a license and one count of solicitation of a schedule IV controlled substance.
SOURCE: WECT 6 Wilmington
Governor Roy Cooper on Wednesday ordered $4 million to fund mosquito control efforts for 27 counties in North Carolina — including all the counties in the Cape Fear Region — affected by flooding from Hurricane Florence.
SOURCE: WECT 6 Wilmington
Governor Roy Cooper got another look Wednesday at the damage caused by Hurricane Florence in our area.
SOURCE: WECT 6 Wilmington