The Pender Patriots and Wallace-Rose Hill Bulldogs both posted road wins Friday night to advance into the Eastern Finals of the high school football playoffs.
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - If you happened to visit Independence Mall today, the number of shoppers there served as a good reminder that it’s the busiest shopping day of the year.
According Whiteville Emergency Services Director Hal Lowder, firefighters responded to a home in the 400 block of S. Canal Street in Whiteville shortly after 4 a.m.
“So I give them 10 minutes of quite eating lunch time and so we were doing that and I was at my desk eating my lunch as well and I just had this feeling that something was not right. It was quiet but then I heard this commotion and this kind of pounding on the desk,” Toews said.
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - School isn’t in session and church isn’t in service on Thanksgiving, but both were busy as volunteers gathered to give out hot meals today.
Most people spend their Thanksgiving gathered with family and friends -- with a home cooked meal -- but some people don’t have a family to spend it with, or a place to call home. Members of Enoch Chapel Missionary Baptist Church made sure that everyone had a warm meal this Thanksgiving, and a friendly face to provide it.
Britteny Bellinger, the owner of My Sister’s Cottage said they have been preparing for the holiday shopping season for a while now. She was proactive ordering ahead to give customers a lot of options, because she and many other businesses are impacted by supply chain issues.
While many parents breathed a sigh of relief when a version of the vaccine was authorized to protect their youngsters, others have taken a more cautious approach.
Power has been restored to all customers after a vehicle accident caused a power outage affecting more than 2,500 in Columbus County, according to Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation.
In recent years, Stein and state lawmakers have made addressing the backlog a priority, changing regulations in how the kits are handled and providing money to test the older kits.
Many stores will offer early Black Friday deals online to encourage customers to shop from the comfort of their own homes on Thanksgiving and re-open Nov. 26 for in-person shopping.
As the push to get more people vaccinated continues, there is also an ongoing effort at zoos across the country to get certain animals immunized so they can stay safe from COVID-19
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