The youth are our future, we know that. It's also no secret that far too many kids don't get the inspiration they need to see how wonderful their future can be. Our Extraordinary Person of the Week is Suprena Hickman who is helping girls grow into confident women.
The Cape Fear Memorial Bridge is a grand gateway into the Port City. It supports a lot of people every day. Our Extraordinary Person of the Week knows all about support, too!
Storytelling can be found in almost everywhere you look. It can be in person, in books, on tv and the big screen.
Running an animal shelter is tough. Our Extraordinary Person of the Week inherited even tougher conditions at a shelter that was the center of some controversy at the time.
A former Extraordinary Person of the Week is now a member of the Disney Parks team!
The bond between a father and daughter is huge. In fact, a male role model has a huge impact on children regardless of the relationship.
The Cape Fear River is vital to our area from the massive environmental aspect all the way to it being a factor in the tourism industry. Our Extraordinary Person of the Week is making sure all of those benefits are protected.
We begin 2017 honoring a Family of the Year for 2016. They are from New Hanover County and they are knocking down all the pins when it comes to helping the community.
Every week WWAY features someone in the community who is doing extraordinary things. It's been an up and down year in the headlines, but one guarantee is that you'll find positive stories in the Extraordinary Person of the Week series.
A massive journey is about to take place and it begins in Carolina Beach. Our Extraordinary Person of the Week is a couple who are about to depart on a life saving mission to Haiti and some remote islands around the world.
It has long been said that music is the one place where you can both lose and find yourself at the same time. Our Extraordinary Person of the Week is hitting all those high notes.
Wilmington is home to a Pearl Harbor survivor. He's no stranger to the WWAY airwaves as we've followed his wonderful spirit on the dance floor and in the air.
20 years ago a man would pack his bags and move from the west coast to the east coast in hopes of helping train service dogs. 20 years later and a lot of ups and downs in between, our Extraordinary Person of the Week is celebrating a milestone.
We've been following Amy Wright's mission to get meaningful work for folks with intellectual disabilities for a year now. The team is so thankful for everything that has happened in that time frame.
It's known for angel trees, giving shelter, food, life skill's programs and countless other services. Right there leading the way and inspiring people who are in need of direction is Major Richard Watts, our Extraordinary Person of the Week.
Hannah Block will be honored this weekend to mark the 75th anniversary of the Hannah Block USO Building in Wilmington. She played a pivotal role in both what went on inside the building decades ago and what went on outside of it to save it.
Want to blow up a pumpkin this weekend? Maybe close out the fair or even check out the event that is skating into town?
Raising a family is extraordinary in itself for a mother and father, but this week, our Extraordinary Person of the Week is actually an entire family. A family of 11 here in the Cape Fear...a family of hope.
An investigative sports writer for ESPN calls Wilmington home. He stumbled upon the Cape Fear while on assignment for the network and decided that he didn't want to leave.
Tuesday morning, the crew of Bitty and Beau's Coffee in Wilmington got some big time news from a national television show.
Music is a universal language. Instruments teach something that makes people shine inside and out. Our Extraordinary Person of the Week goes above and beyond to make sure kids get the tools to speak that language.
There is something very scary inside Saint Paul's Episcopal Church. It's where we find our Extraordinary Person of the Week!
Parrots are beautiful birds and a lot of people have them as pets. Unfortunately, a lot of times they don't make the best pets. Enter our Extraordinary person of the Week.
Fate can be magical. Take Judy Girard, who's retired in New Hanover County. Here's Part 2 of the GLOWing Journey of Judy.
A lot of folks move to our area to retire and then end up giving back in major ways to the community. Our Extraordinary Person of the Week is a textbook example.