Some animals are simply easier to adopt at an animal shelter. Certain breeds, certain colors, the way they wag their tail…you may be amazed on what can cause a dog or cat to be passed over time and time again.
Jill Jones knows this, so she targets the underdog(or cat).
In an address to the nation tonight, President Obama laid out his most detailed plan yet to confront the vexing problem of ISIS, the militant group that executed American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff in Syria and terrorized civilians in Syria and neighboring Iraq.
A Wilmington man will spend at least 11 years in prison after admitting to sex trafficking, the District Attorney’s Office says. It’s the first sentence handed down for such crimes under a law that went into effect last year.
A Duplin County K-9 deputy left in a squad vehicle was found dead the next day
Volunteers from Forsyth County are joining in the search for an Appalachian State University student who has been missing for a week.
The Charlotte Observer reports volunteers from Kernersville were preparing on Wednesday to walk along the Mountains to Sea Trail, a 900-mile route of footpaths beginning in the Blue Ridge Mountains, to look for Anna Marie Smith. The 18-year-old freshman from High Point was last seen on the campus in Boone on Sept. 3.
An election reform group says two specific portions of North Carolina’s new voting law prevented hundreds of people from having their ballots counted during the May primary.
Democracy North Carolina held a news conference Wednesday to remind people about the voting restrictions and to urge people to register to vote before the Oct. 10 deadline for the November election.
VA clinics are facing severe scrutiny across the country. Now, one local veteran is speaking out saying he’s facing ‘ridiculous’ wait times right here in the Port City.
A North Carolina prosecutor says the wishes of the victim’s family and the number of pending cases will help him determine whether to pursue charges against another suspect in a notorious 1983 murder case.
A judge’s decision last week to free Henry McCollum from death row and Leon Brown from a life sentence after 30 years hinged largely on Robeson County District Attorney Johnson Britt’s conclusion that new DNA evidence negated the case put forward at their trials for Buie’s slaying.
A North Carolina panel is considering whether to grant parole to a man convicted of killing a Clayton police officer 32 years ago.
WRAL-TV reported the North Carolina Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission heard from witnesses on Tuesday about the possibility of releasing 64-year-old Bobby Earl Smith.
The losing skid is over at South Brunswick High School. The Cougars hadn’t won a football game since 2012 until they beat Pender by 30 points last week. That’s just one of the reasons we’re honoring South Brunswick with the WWAY Farm Bureau Insurance at Mayfaire Team of the Week award.
It was a full house at last night’s Oak Island Town Council meeting as residents sounded off about golf carts used for handicap accessibility.
Dog court was in session today.
It’s a system that allows pet owners to appeal violations from New Hanover County Animal Services. Like many others, dog owner, Lauren Freeman, says her eight-pound Maltese Bo is part of the family.
A law enforcement official says he sent a video of Ray Rice punching his then-fiancee to an NFL executive three months ago, while league officers have insisted they didn’t see the violent images until this week.
A Castle Hayne man will spend at least 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple sex crimes.
The Boiling Spring Lakes Police Department is looking for information for who killed an alligator.
Wilmington Police have released the name of a man killed early yesterday morning.
Investigators say Erasto Hernandez Lopez, 26, was found stabbed to death in a home on Oriole Drive around 1 a.m. Tuesday.
Duke Energy and firefighters are investigating to figure out what caused a turbine to catch fire at the Sutton Combined Cycle Plant in New Hanover County overnight.
Firefighters were called to Duke Energy’s Harris Nuclear Station near Apex around 5 a.m. Wednesday after an employee reported a fire in an industrial washer.
Give us a million dollars. That’s the pitch trustees from Charter Day School, Inc., gave to the Brunswick County School Board tonight.
On Tuesday we showcased two high school soccer games on WWAY. New Hanover edged Laney in the Mideastern Conference opener for both squads. Coastal Christian knocked off South Brunswick. Plus, it appears former New Hanover Wildcat football standout Daquan Barnes will miss the entire 2014 college football season for East Carolina.
The Chicago Sky and Wilmington’s Tamera Young will need an impressive comeback to win the WNBA title this year. Chicago trails the best of five title series two games to none against Phoenix. Plus, the schedule for the UNCW women’s basketball team is out.
Brunswick County School Board members made a decision on a book’s future in schools Tuesday night.
A television news outlet and North Carolina’s two largest newspapers will hold a debate next month in the U.S. Senate race even if Democratic incumbent Kay Hagan doesn’t participate.
Time Warner Cable News North Carolina says it will air a live debate Oct. 21. The Charlotte Observer and The News & Observer of Raleigh also are producing the debate. The cable channel says Republican Thom Tillis and Libertarian Sean Haugh have agreed to participate if they meet criteria.
A federal appeals court is hurrying to hear arguments in a case challenging changes to North Carolina voting law.
The new law is considered one of the toughest in the country and critics say it will suppress minority voter turnout.