It’s also a celebration of the educational system we have in Bladen County that has touched so many people for so many years. “We would love them to find employment right here in our community,” Lee ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - A man pleaded guilty on May 19 after the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office investigated a sexual abuse case that occurred in 2022. Christopher Nelson was sentenced to 15-23 ...

Read the full story. Two years ago, Senate leader Phil Berger sought to pass legislation to bring casinos to North Carolina, including one to his home county to counter a gambling complex opening just ...

Federal officials are asking for the public's help after a dolphin was found decapitated on an undeveloped Pender County barrier ... from the University of North Carolina Wilmington arrived ...

The driver sped off and the pursuit continued into Harnett County. At one point, the woman was caught in a traffic backup but managed to escape and again take off. She reportedly was going more ...

PRINCETON, N.C. (WTVD) -- A school bus was involved in a crash Wednesday in front of Princeton Elementary School, the Johnston County Sheriff's Office said.. The wreck also involved an SUV and ...

The tribe has membership with the N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs. Today, the tribe has almost 1,800 registered members, mostly living in Bladen and Columbus counties.

According to an obituary, Carl Friebel Jr. died May 6 at the age of 78. Friebel earned his undergraduate degree in sociology and anthropology from West Virginia Wesleyan College before getting a ...

Flooding and damaging winds made a mess for residents across central North Carolina on Monday ... The damaging winds left many in Edgecombe County surprised. "I wasn't expecting it to be this ...

Barbara Ann Moore Turner, 86, of Wilmington, North Carolina passed away on Sunday, May 11, 2025, at Lower Cape Fear LifeCare Center. Born on Friday, March 31, 1939, in Bladen County, North ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — A special prosecutor from the North Carolina Attorney General's Office has been appointed to handle the outcome of a state investigation into Buncombe County's Pretrial ...