Updated: Mar. 19, 2026 at 5:45 AM CDT
|By WECT Staff and Arianna Bertolotti
Police asked community members to review security camera footage and report any information they may have.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2026 at 8:58 PM CST
|By WECT Staff
James Yokeley Jr. faces new charges for intentional child abuse and unlawful distribution of food or beverage.
Updated: Jan. 21, 2026 at 1:26 PM CST
|By WECT Staff and Gray News staff
One person is dead after a crash in North Carolina involving a school bus Tuesday morning.
Updated: Dec. 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM CST
|By WECT Staff and Andrew McMunn
The search for a girl with autism who went missing in North Carolina has been called off after she was found safe Wednesday.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM CST
|By WECT Staff and Andrew McMunn
A North Carolina man who worked as a private babysitter has pleaded guilty to child sex crimes committed in 2023, according to authorities.
Updated: Nov. 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM CST
|By WECT Staff and Amanda Alvarado
A man accused of drugging teens' ice cream is now accused of trying to contact one of the victims.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM CST
|By WECT Staff
Investigators are asking families who received any inappropriate items during the event to contact the police department.
Updated: Oct. 15, 2025 at 12:12 PM CDT
|By WECT Staff and Amanda Alvarado
A former special education teacher is accused of assaulting two children.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM CDT
|By WECT Staff and Gray News staff
Police in North Carolina have arrested and charged a man in connection with a mass shooting at a waterfront bar that killed three people.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM CDT
|By WECT Staff and Amanda Alvarado
The parents and grandparents of a baby who died have been charged with his death.
Updated: Sep. 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM CDT
|By WECT Staff and Emily Van de Riet
A mom in North Carolina is facing charges after four young girls died in a house fire, according to arrest warrants.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM CDT
|By WECT Staff and Amanda Alvarado
Possible fetal remains were found at a home while authorities executed a search warrant.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM CDT
|By WECT Staff and Andrew McMunn
A great hammerhead shark was found washed up on a beach in North Carolina Tuesday.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2025 at 5:44 AM CDT
|By WECT Staff
Two parents are accused of abusing their child after the infant was hospitalized in North Carolina with serious injuries.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM CDT
|By WECT Staff
Several emergency responders were injured in an explosion on Tuesday in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM CDT
|By WECT Staff, Jacee Caldwell and Andrew McMunn
A man in North Carolina has died almost two weeks after he was struck by lightning.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM CDT
|By WECT Staff, Jacee Caldwell and Andrew McMunn
A man in North Carolina is in the hospital after he was struck by lightning Sunday, according to authorities.
Updated: May 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM CDT
|By WECT Staff and Debra Worley
A man vacationing with his family was hospitalized after likely having been bitten by a shark.
Updated: May 28, 2025 at 9:56 AM CDT
|By WECT Staff and Debra Worley
An alligator in southeastern North Carolina was spotted on a golf course with a soccer ball stuck in its mouth over the weekend.
Updated: Nov. 19, 2024 at 1:23 PM CST
|By WECT Staff and Debra Worley
A teenager in southeastern North Carolina was hit in the face with an ax while trying to stop a fight between a man and his stepmother.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2024 at 8:37 AM CDT
|By WECT Staff and Gray News staff
The Amber Alert for a missing 3-year-old child from North Carolina has been canceled.
Updated: Aug. 20, 2024 at 10:43 AM CDT
|By WECT Staff and Debra Worley
An excavator operator died in southeastern North Carolina Monday after the heavy machinery fell into a body of water.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2024 at 9:38 AM CDT
|By WECT Staff and Amanda Alvarado
The alligator was 12 feet long.
Updated: May 13, 2024 at 11:22 AM CDT
|By WECT Staff and Debra Worley
A man in North Carolina scored an early birthday present after scratching off a winning lottery ticket.
Updated: May 9, 2023 at 10:36 AM CDT
|By WECT Staff and Debra Worley
A family living in southeastern North Carolina had a surprise visitor at their home last month.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 6:34 AM CDT
|By WECT Staff and Debra Worley
There were no reported gas leaks, but there was some damage to the back of the tanker.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2022 at 12:39 PM CDT
|By WECT Staff and Emily Van de Riet
Three police officers in North Carolina were hospitalized for suspected secondary drug exposure on Sunday after encountering the same man.
Updated: Jun. 1, 2022 at 3:30 PM CDT
|By WECT Staff and Gray News Staff
A North Carolina lottery winner will now spend the rest of his life in prison after being convicted of murder.
Updated: May 24, 2022 at 12:32 AM CDT
|By WECT Staff, Anna Austin Boyers and Gray News staff
A woman who runs a dog walking and boarding business is facing animal cruelty charges.
Updated: May 21, 2022 at 11:59 AM CDT
|By WECT Staff and Jordan Gartner
A North Carolina man recently turned a $20 scratch-off ticket into a $2 million jackpot.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2022 at 4:48 PM CST
|By WECT Staff and Jordan Gartner
College student wins $100K prize playing lottery for first time
Updated: Feb. 25, 2022 at 8:28 AM CST
|By WECT Staff and Debra Worley
A disgraced former police chief in North Carolina was arrested in South Carolina after being at the forefront of a missing person search along the Lumber River.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2022 at 3:24 PM CST
|By WECT Staff and Andrew McMunn
After a 6-month long investigation, authorities in North Carolina say a mother and son have been charged with multiple drug-related trafficking charges.
Updated: Oct. 15, 2021 at 11:00 AM CDT
|By WECT Staff and Gray News staff
A spokeswoman with the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office said that the bison is seven months old.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2021 at 10:29 AM CDT
|By Debra Worley and WECT Staff
Before finalizing the decision to bring this runt home, the little boy made sure to ask the kitten’s mom for permission. He wanted to make sure she would be okay with his family adopting her baby.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2021 at 3:27 PM CDT
|By WECT Staff and Gray News staff
New Hanover High School students were taken to a nearby middle school after the shooting, said the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office representative.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2021 at 2:15 PM CDT
|By WBTV Web Staff, WECT Staff and Debra Worley
Audrey Chavous of Winston-Salem won the third $1 million drawing in the state’s COVID-19 vaccination lottery.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2021 at 12:34 PM CDT
|By Debra Worley and WECT Staff
Deputies in North Carolina charged three people with animal cruelty after finding more than a dozen dogs living in horrible conditions.
Updated: May 27, 2021 at 12:46 PM CDT
|By WECT Staff
A man was arrested following an attempted kidnapping of a seven-year-old boy from near the entrance to Walmart.














































