Archive - 2012

A Cape Fear Community College student who was shot to death and robbed of a sandwich, cell phone, and $10 was remembered at a service in Clayton Wednesday. Full story...

Nutrition and weight-loss supplement-maker Herbalife is revamping a defunct Dell Inc. computer manufacturing plant in North Carolina for an East Coast production center that will employ about 500 in three years. Full story...

A Leland couple is charged with failing to properly care for four horses they owned. The Brunswick County Sheriff's Office arrested Edward Dean Oxendine and Rosemary Gettie Waldrone of Sandy Run Drive with four counts each of misdemeanor cruelty to animals. Full story...

President Barack Obama is asking a team led by Vice President Joe Biden to offer "concrete proposals" to curb gun violence no later than January, in the aftermath of the horrific massacre at a Connecticut elementary school. Full story...

Deputies in Bladen County say an observant neighbor led to four people being arrested for allegedly stealing ATVs. Full story...

Companies that produce the software behind video sweepstakes games want to delay closing down North Carolina's sweepstakes halls as they seek help from the US Supreme Court. Full story...

From the Presidential Election and Superstorm Sandy to the horror of mass shootings and the spectacle of the Olympics, Katie Couric takes a look at the stories that made headlines this year, including interviews with the biggest stars and newsmakers of the year. Don't miss "The Year with Katie Couric" TONIGHT at 9:30 on ABC and WWAY NewsChannel 3. Full story...

An overturned tractor trailer has slowed traffic on US 74/76 in Columbus County. Only one eastbound lane is open at the scene of the accident between Lake Waccamaw and Delco. Full story...

President Barack Obama has been named Time's "Person of the Year" for 2012. The short list for the honor included Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager who was shot in the head for advocating for girls' education. Full story...

A convicted felon is in jail after police say he set fire to a historical home on Richard Switch Road. Jamie Early Barton is facing a slew of charges and is being held without bond. Full story...

One man's mission to reach out to the homeless and hungry in our community has developed into a full-time ministry. Rick Stoker has teamed up with his wife LeeAnna to impact lives for the better. Full story...

State workers and their advocates say the employees deserve a voice in a study that legislators are planning of North Carolina's compensation plans. Full story...

It has been just 5 days since 19-year-old Joshua Proutey was murdered in Downtown Wilmington. Tonight, WWAY’s Matt Ray was the only reporter to talk to two of the suspects. Full story...

On Tuesday on WWAY we covered six different basketball games. This included high school basketball action from Lake Waccamaw, Whiteville and Shallotte. It also included hoops from a holiday collegiate tournament at Brunswick Community College. Full story...

New Hanover County Commissioner Brian Berger was arrested again this morning. This time for driving while impaired. Wilmington Police arrested Berger in downtown Wilmington around 2 a.m. Full story...