Local News

Three candidates are vying for the City's top job. One of those candidates is the City's current mayor, Bill Saffo, who says he wants to keep his seat over the next term. He says he'll be campaigning hard over next few months. Full story...

New Hanover County commissioners are disagreeing over the decision to give a private soccer organization thousands of dollars. $150,000 will be given to the cape fear soccer association over the next three years. The money will help build seven soccer fields here at the park off Highway 421. Some people though, believe the money could be going to a more deserving cause. Full story...

The Defense Department says a North Carolina-based Marine was killed over the weekend in a non-hostile vehicle accident in Iraq. Full story...

Lifeguarding may seem like the perfect job. What could beat getting paid to spend all day on the beach? But in reality, that's not the case. Lifeguards dedicate their entire summer to intense training. Full story...

State budget cuts have closed substance abuse clinics one of them in Brunswick County. Residents say drugs are on the rise, and counselors say addicts have fewer places to get help. Full story...

A Castle Hayne man is charged in last week's Figure Eight Island bridge accident. Alcohol was a factor. Full story...

A Virginia teen who started a romance with an underage Pender County girl on MySpace plead guilty to sex charges today. Full story...

We now know what led authorities to arrest two teens for the murder of an Oak Island restaurant owner. According to the search warrant, the teens confessed to killing Phillip Cook. The search warrant lays out the details of what happened the night Phillip Cook was murdered. Full story...

Great news from UNC-Wilmington Monday. For the first time in its history the school has received four donations of at least $1 million each within a single fiscal year. Full story...

Shanetta and Latashia Stukes, both of Wilmington, were seeing the performer Young Joc when they say a woman who they believe was with the group stabbed them with a blade. Full story...