Archive - Dec 4, 2012

Carolina Beach Town Council is one step closer to filling the gaps in town leadership. Full story...

Lawyers for a former prosecutor stripped of her job for conduct that raised public doubts about fair justice want North Carolina taxpayers to pay her legal bills as she fights to reclaim her job. Full story...

Gov.-elect Pat McCrory and the nine other North Carolina executive branch officials elected in November have sat down and talked about trying to work together for the next four years. Full story...

Wilmington City Council addressed two zoning issues, one to change an area of Greenville Loop road for a 14 unit single family development and another on Lake Avenue for a low density multi-family development. Council voted unanimously to approve both changes. Full story...

One of three men charged in a Friday night street race is a New Hanover County 911 dispatcher. Full story...

It really says something about your job when you accept it and stay for good. Tonight's Teacher of the Week got her first job at Sunset Park Elementary, and she's still there more than five years later. You can tell as she talks to WWAY's Ashley Jacobs that Claire Caldwell loves it there. Full story...

A 16-year-old girl has been arrested for allegedly having drugs and alcohol today at Ashley High School. Full story...

Should a Marine accused of savagely beating a Surf City cab driver be allowed to leave the state? That's the question an Onslow County judge was faced with at a bond hearing this morning. Three months after the brutal assault of driver Charles Hawkesworth caught on camera, Marine Gunnery Sgt. John Adam Kinosh was back in court today asking a judge to help him seek help. Full story...

The Salvation Army Angel Tree in Wilmington is packed with angels that need your help. It's been said that the best gift is giving, and the Salvation Army hopes that people here in the Cape Fear agree. Full story...

An appeals court says couples must establish common-law marriages in other states before moving to North Carolina to be treated as spouses in divorce proceedings. Full story...

This morning the NAACP took its Wilmington 10 pardon campaign to Chapel Hill in an effort to prove its case. The Wilmington 10 were convicted in 1971 of arson and conspiracy. They are now asking Gov. Bev Perdue for a pardon. Full story...

The North Carolina Council of State has approved a plan to convert the Dorothea Dix Hospital campus in Raleigh into a new city park. Full story...

The warden at a North Carolina prison where inmates said they were forced to rub hot sauce on their genitals has been suspended pending the outcome of an investigation. Full story...

A Camp Lejeune Marine has been arrested after a hotel in Morehead City was evacuated for about five hours. Morehead City police and fire officials evacuated the hotel and two nearby restaurants Monday morning after getting a report that someone had threatened to commit suicide using chlorine. Full story...

See GMC anchors Ashley Jacobs and Tim Buckley work the dance floor in their own "Gangnam Style" video. Full story...