Pender County News

Playoff fever is causing loads of excitement at Topsail High School this week, but it's not just the football team. It's the football team and the soccer team. Full story...

Parents of Topsail High School students came before the Pender County Board of Education Monday night begging for answers about the school's former leader. Full story...

The Pender County Sheriff's Office is asking for help identifying a fraud suspect. Full story...

Andy Wood looks at his snails and can't help thinking they're his own California condors or Bengal tigers. Wood may be the only reason the magnificent ramshorn snail is not extinct. The snail, which once called freshwater beaver ponds and millponds home, hasn't been seen in the wild since 2005. Full story...

During closing arguments the defense successfully argued former Pender Co. Sheriff's Capt. Mark Sloan did not commit solicitation of prostitution because state law says prostitution involves intercourse, which the state defines as involving a man and a woman. Full story...

About 10,000 people are without power in Pender County. Full story...

Two months after Hurricane Irene swept along the Cape Fear Coast, FEMA is back in Pender County this weekend to help storm victims. Full story...

Topsail High School's principal has been suspended, but no one is saying why. Pender County Schools spokeswoman Joyce Keith says Marcus Skipper was suspended Monday with pay. Keith said in an e-mail to WWAY, "There are no further comments." Full story...

A sea turtle rescue group now has enough money to buy a digital radiograph machine, thanks to an auction of fiberglass versions of the real animals. Full story...

Two major construction projects would dramatically change the drive between between Hampstead and Wilmington. Some residents welcome the change, but it could come at a cost for others. Full story...

Pender County has been awarded $72,404 from the State of North Carolina Recreational Trails Program to develop the first segment of the West Pender Rail-Trail. Full story...

A Marine aide-de-camp for a Camp Lejeune three-star general had his first appearance in court Tuesday after being arrested for possession of child pornography. Capt. Daniel Joseph Nilsson, 32, of Surf City, was charged Oct. 5 by the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation following a three-month probe into suspect computer activity, and charged with six counts of second degree exploitation of a minor, a Class E felony offense. Full story...

The student that possessed a shotgun on the Topsail high School campus was charged today with possession of a gun on educational property. Full story...

Topsail Beach Police are looking for help finding a man they say broke into a home and assaulted an officer. Full story...

A few weeks ago, we told you about a local science standout headed to the national science fair. He's back home with an award. Full story...