Archive - Jul 9, 2007

Wild behavior at Wrightsville Beach is making news around the state. The town has allocated $10,000 to purchase surveillance cameras for the beach's downtown area. Full story...

As you drive around Wilmington you may have noticed road signs, covered over with black. And you may be wondering what's hiding underneath. You can see them as you drive north on Martin Luther King Highway and again as you head back toward town. They're not just on the highways a few can be spotted on Carolina Beach Road. Full story...

Overweight and obesity and their associated health problems have a significant economic impact on the US health care system. A new study finds that severely overweight employees have a disproportionate impact on corporate health care. Full story...

Much of the US is dealing with some oppressive heat. And for some parts of the country extreme heat isn't something people are used to. Full story...

No more smoking in the boys' room. That's the way it will be if the tobacco-free schools bill passes. If signed by the governor a bill passed in the General Assembly would mean the end of tobacco products, at any time, on school premises. Full story...

There's too much revelry in Wrightsville Beach. Locals say the bar district is overrun with people trespassing, urinating, vomiting, and fighting. Full story...

If you had the chance to dramatically transform your physical appearance, would you do it? With the help of ABC one woman made some big changes. Makeover winner Heidi Ecker said, "I'd been overweight my whole life, I was a size 24 and I just wasn't happy." Full story...