C.C. Spaulding, as he was known, became one of the most influential African-American businessmen in the 20th Century — running a multi-million dollar insurance company in Durham called North Carolina Mutual.
‘Dark Waters,’ a movie about contaminated waters in West Virginia hit the big screen in Wilmington Tuesday night. In the film, lead actor Mark Ruffalo plays a lawyer who helps break the case involving DuPont’s dumping of illegal waste.
Muscadine grapes, grown only locally here in the southeastern United States, is being considered by researchers as one of the healthiest fruits you can eat.
After a “cyber disturbance” that took out internet and phone lines in the Columbus County school system, the superintendent says they’re moving in the right direction, but still need plenty of help.
Nearly a year and a half after Hurricane Florence dumped catastrophic rainfall on Southeastern North Carolina, leaders in Bladen County are moving to prevent future damaging flooding in at least one part of the community.
Wilmington saw a deadly streak of gang violence and word of serial rapist downtown sent shock waves through the Port City, but the 2019 statistics show Wilmington is statistically safer than ever before.
The Alliance for a Litter Free North Carolina and Greater Leland Beautification Coalition held their first meeting Saturday about the litter epidemic going on within the town.
Community leaders gathered Friday to celebrate the expansion of an organization designed to bring people together, and they did so by tearing down a physical wall.
Online romance scams, also called confidence fraud, spike around Valentine's Day. Scammers look for vulnerable individuals and end up getting financial or personal identifying information.
Amanda Knox, who served four years for the murder of her roommate Meredith Kercher will be the keynote speaker at the LINC’s 2020 Milestones Dinner at Hotel Ballast Feb. 3.
A lawsuit filed in New Hanover County Superior Court alleges a charter school has not only skirted federal law, but retaliated against those who pushed back against school leadership.
Reggie Shuford has made a career out of fighting for civil rights. As Executive Director of the ACLU of Pennsylvania, Reggie now looks back at his childhood in Wilmington and remembers facing many of the same wrongs he has since tried to right in court.
As the investigation continues into Peter Frank, the Roland Grise Middle School teacher charged with 12 counts of indecent liberties with a child or student, a new state law aimed at reducing sexual abuse of children comes into sharp focus for one of the legislators behind it.
Those in charge of the Cape Fear region's water supply have concerns about the future of a piece of infrastructure the federal government no longer wants to maintain.
6-8 grade students at Cedar Grove Middle School in Supply are getting ready for a Science Olympiad March 7 at UNCW. Their teacher, Patricia Gilliand, is asking for donation on the Donors Choose website to purchase tools to help them get prepared.
Law enforcement from North Carolina and surrounding states have been participating in a four day long, around the clock training exercise in Pender County.
Randy Gallagher, also known as the "Turtleman," travels all across the Carolinas setting up in empty lots at busy intersections with his African spurred tortoises. He has about a half dozen of the turtles that he allows children to ride.
Parents, school staff and community members crowded the Columbus County School Board meeting room Monday night to voice concerns about possible school closings.
They’re on the front lines in some of the most intense situations; called in to negotiate with individuals who may be threatening to take their life, or someone else’s.
Kelsey Kelly and the Plastic Ocean Project have joined forces to help the Australian relief effort after the country has battled bush fires for weeks now.
