An 85-year-old man is dead after a townhome fire Sunday afternoon in Wilmington, and investigators have ruled the blaze accidental.
A motorcyclist died Monday after fleeing Columbus County Sheriff’s Office deputies and colliding with a Toyota at an intersection on NC-87, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.
A sparkler discarded in a trash can ignited a house fire on Independence Day that left a home on Esthwaite Drive a total loss, the Leland Fire Department confirmed.
A large fight at the Country Club of Landfall during its July 3 fireworks show ended with a security guard being assaulted, according to a statement sent to club members.
Haley Hompstead, a Monroe County resident — an area identified as a hotspot for the infection — said her symptoms began July 3.