VIDEO: Anglers get close encounter with whale off of Wrightsville Beach (Source: Andy Connette)

Rob Carothers captured this video of the Chinese balloon being shot down Saturday.

Across Wilmington and the country today, people headed out the door this morning in red.

A car was partially crushed under a tractor-trailer during a crash on U.S. 421 near the overpass with I-140 on Thursday.

Over the last year, according to the N.C. Department of Public Instruction, the state saw an average attrition rate of nearly 8%.

Warming shelters open at Trinity United Methodist Church.

The Columbus County Sheriff’s Office has brought requests to the board of commissioners for an evidence audit, an expansion to the animal shelter and a new diversity, equity and inclusion specialist position.