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WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Greetings and Salutations. My name is Scott Pachilis, and I was fortunate enough to sit down with someone I consider to be a local living legend, Blair Elementary School’s ...
Part 3 of this 5-Part series is available now on the WECT YouTube page. Just click this link. In today’s segment, we flip through a ton of photos from Stacey’s personal collection. So, you can expect ...
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Greetings and Salutations. My name is Scott Pachilis, and I was fortunate enough to sit down with someone I consider to be a local living legend, Blair Elementary School’s ...
WECT’s Ava Brendgord sat down with Brady Hepner, one of the stars of the family crime drama ‘The Waterfront’, before its release on June 19. Events. 50th annual Cape Fear Sevens tournament to be held ...
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - On this somber Memorial Day Monday, your First Alert Forecast offers more clouds and additional chances for showers & storms with a few embedded heavy downpours. Overnight ...
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - After a potent cold front Friday, your First Alert Forecast features drier skies for the weekend with rain chances of 20% Saturday and 10% Sunday. The weekend will also have ...
PENDER COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - The autopsy for the 2024 death of a Pender County teacher has been released. Heather Fennell, a 46-year-old, was found dead inside a Hampstead home on December 4, 2024.
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Wilmington experienced one of the coolest Memorial Days on record Monday, with a high of only 71 degrees. Your First Alert Forecast offers more clouds and better chances for ...
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Your First Alert Forecast features steamy sunshine, passing clouds, scattered showers, isolated gusty storms, humid breezes, and high temperatures in the 80s. Behind a cold ...
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Your First Alert Forecast features decreasing clouds for the rest of tonight after early evening rain and isolated gusty thunderstorms. As drier air moves into the area we’ll ...
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The Cape Fear Memorial Bridge could become a toll bridge. The Wilmington Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (WMPO) voted 8 to 4 to include a toll as a potential ...
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The community brought out their kilts to the 2025 Port City Highland Games on Saturday. The event took place in Wilmington on Randall Parkway. It’s a way to celebrate ...