Memorial Day is a time to honor the men and women who died while serving the country. For Pender County resident Destiny Flynn-Draher, it is also a deeply personal reminder of love, loss and resilience.
While many high school seniors are focused on prom, graduation and time with friends, one Cape Fear student has spent more than a decade committed to a different path.
On the coldest nights in Wilmington, the Warming Shelter ILM on Grace Street opens to provide warmth, safety, and a place to rest for people seeking protection from freezing temperatures.
At 91 years old, Wilbur Jones is still working to preserve the history that shaped his life and the city that raised him.
Nearly 18 years ago, Gwen Whitley began working at Lower Cape Fear LifeCare, guided by an experience that had changed her life years earlier.
Candy Pegram is Community Coordinator for the Greater Wilmington Tennis Association, and she also coaches wheelchair players through the Wheel Serve NC program in Wilmington, NC. She says these are some of her favorite athletes, and she counts them among her friends.
95-year-old retired Montford Point Marine Francis "Buddy" Hooper shares his strategies for living well into your tenth decade, and beyond.
Founder Jeanne Scott says the group has sewn and distributed more than 13,000 butterfly-patterned pillowcases to end-of-life patients in the Cape Fear over the last 14 years.
UNCW Deputy Athletic Director Tiffany D. Tucker shows how she turned a sports injury into a high-powered career in college athletics.
When 71-year-old Ginny MacColl saw her name and picture in the 2024 Guinness Book of World Records, she knew her nearly decade of hard training had paid off. She's now the oldest female competitive ninja athlete, and she shows no signs of stopping!
When Shelly Mongelli first drove a school bus for Brunswick County Schools as a teacher's assistant in the early 2000's, she had no idea she would become an Assistant Principal in 2023. But it happened....
WWAY checks in on some favorite Extraordinary People we've featured over the last 12 months to see how they're spending their time, and what other amazing things they're accomplishing.
Christy Judah was looking for a retirement activity for her and her dog, and when she discovered there was no search and rescue operation in Brunswick County in the late '90's, she started one.
Chiaki Ito is a lawyer, musical director for local theatre productions and now a dog agility trainer. There seems to be no end to her talents, and her interests.
She's a self-taught businesswoman running a successful internet-based swim wear design business from her home in Wilmington, NC, and she's 26 years old.
SOUTHPORT, NC (WWAY) -- To hear Lee Dixon tell it, he's just a retired guy who wants to give back to the community. But the people he helps…
OAK ISLAND, NC (WWAY) -- Her name is Marion. And while she's not a librarian, she does work with books weekly in her volunteer…
Call her businesswoman, entrepreneur, blogger, podcaster or visionary, but Stephanie Lanier's favorite title is "mom". She's a working mom who does more before her morning coffee than most of us do in a day.
On most afternoons at Kids Making It, you'll hear the buzz of busy kids, learning woodworking skills in a nondescript building on a quiet section of Castle Street near downtown Wilmington, NC.
Amy Wright is a mother of four. Two of her children are diagnosed with Down Syndrome. She'll surely tell you they are two of the best parts of her world. And her message to our world: "It starts with a voice."
A New Hanover County couple is celebrating 50 years of marriage this month. They are truly a case of love at first sight and got engaged after one date!
In 2007, she was named Woman of the Year by New Hanover County. She is a leader in the community in bringing different cultures, races and ethnic backgrounds together. You might just recognize the voice.
It's an inspiring community mission to spread positivity in some of the least expected places and no doubt about it, the whole idea ROCKS!
Clean water is something many people take for granted. An elementary school in the Cape Fear is trying to teach students the value of it while helping kids their age in 3rd world countries.
Over the Thanksgiving weekend, some magic happened in Hampstead. We told you about a special six year old girl who lives with juvenile arthritis earlier this month and how a community was creating a memory for her. Today....we take you to it.