Archive - Apr 2012

A five-month-old Wilmington girl has the new heart she's been waiting for. Hannah Dombrowski received a heart transplant Friday night after waiting since February, when doctors found an inoperable tumor on her heart. Full story...

A judge says a key prosecution witness in the criminal trial of former presidential candidate John Edwards contacted other witnesses in the case to ask about their planned testimony, a possible violation of federal law. Full story...

A Raleigh man accused in the death of a member of North Carolina's State Board of Education is going on trial for his life. Full story...

Republicans in the North Carolina Senate are rolling out a package of public school initiatives they say would create performance bonuses for teachers but end their employment tenure so that districts could more easily dismiss ineffective ones. Full story...

Highway Patrol arrested the son of Brunswick County's Sheriff Saturday for drunk driving. John W. Ingram VI is charged with DWI. Full story...

Newt Gingrich is spending time in North Carolina this week trying to rebuild momentum for his Republican presidential campaign. Full story...

A General Assembly committee has recommended legislation to repeal proposed new and higher tolls on North Carolina ferry routes that have been at the center of a dispute between Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue and Republican legislative leaders. Full story...

The line for tickets and the interest in hearing President Barack Obama speak about student debt is high at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Full story...

Mud bog races returned to Winnabow this weekend to an impressive turnout. Full story...

New Hanover County Sheriff's detectives have found the body of a man missing from Figure Eight Island. Full story...

A teenager is dead after crashing his SUV near Varnamtown Saturday afternoon. Full story...

A Wilmington woman has been charged after a police officer rescued her from the Cape Fear River early Saturday morning. The woman gave false names before police could identify her as Lydian Beck, 20. Full story...

Homebuilder D.R. Horton says it's being more direct in telling homebuyers that the company keeps for itself drilling rights for natural gas under homes it sells in North Carolina. Full story...

Cindy Ho's UNCW women's golf team captured first place in the CAA women's golf championship on Sunday. It's the second title in as many years for the Seahawks. Both Seahawk tennis teams came close, but they both fell short in winning a CAA tennis title. The UNCW baseball team is still a few weeks away from tournament play. After a sweep this weekend the Seahawks have a firm grip on first place. Full story...

It's a diet that failed. The North Carolina Department of Transportation will be reversing the Carolina Beach "road diet" starting Monday. Full story...