Busy section of Market Street scheduled to close for days as railroad repairs...
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — A busy section of Market Street is scheduled to close Saturday morning. The closure will take place near Darlington Avenue starting at 6:00 a.m. for repairs to a railroad...
View ArticleDetours for Market Street railroad crossing repairs
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — A portion of Market street is closed for railroad crossing repairs. Crews with CSX Transportation made the closure near Darlington Avenue starting at 6:00 a.m. on Saturday...
View ArticleMarket Street reopens following CSX railroad crossing repairs
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — A section of Market Street in Wilmington reopened Monday morning after being closed over the weekend for railroad crossing repairs. According to a spokesperson with the North...
View ArticleNC’s first Jewish house of worship, Temple of Israel, marks 147 years since...
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — It’s been 147 years since North Carolina’s first Jewish synagogue, the Temple of Israel, was dedicated in Wilmington. The Jews of Wilmington were part of the second wave of...
View ArticleWilmington Fire Department holds ‘roll-in’ ceremony for new engine
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The Wilmington Fire Department officially has a new engine. Members of the Department helped roll in Engine 1 Monday morning at their headquarters on Market Street. The new...
View ArticleHistory with ‘Hud’: How crossing the Cape Fear River from Wilmington has evolved
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — There are several options available today to anyone wanting to cross the Cape Fear River into Brunswick County. But that hasn’t always been the case. When Wilmington was...
View Article8-week closure beginning Monday for portion of Market Street
NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — A lane at the intersection of Market Street and Porters Neck Road will be closed for approximately eight weeks starting Monday, July 10th, for sanitary sewer work. The...
View ArticleWilmington Police Department arrests multiple people on drug charges
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The Wilmington Police Department has made several recent arrests. Units conducted a traffic stop in the 300 block of Market Street on Sunday night for a traffic violation....
View ArticleWilmington man wins $2 million scratch-off prize
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — A Wilmington man is $2 million richer after testing his luck on a scratch-off. Steven Milligan bought the $20 scratch-off ticket from the Gas Center on Market Street in...
View ArticleCity to remove 17 laurel oak trees along Market Street
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The city of Wilmington will remove 17 laurel oak trees along market street between 12th and 21st street. The city said they have to be removed because the trees have heart rot,...
View ArticleWATCH: WPD releases video of Market Street officer involved shooting
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Following the Market Street officer involved shooting on August 18th, the Wilmington Police Department has released the traffic camera video footage of the incident. To watch...
View Article911 calls offer insight into kidnapping incident at Wrightsville Beach
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH (WWAY) — New Hanover County officials have released 911 calls related to a kidnapping and shots fired incident in Wrightsville Beach last week — the third of four incidents...
View ArticleHistory with ‘Hud’: Construction of the three tallest structures in Wilmington
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — In Wilmington’s nearly 300-year history, the buildings lining downtown have gotten taller and taller over time. What began as a few small properties along the Cape Fear River...
View ArticleWilmington man found guilty of 2021 attempted-murder
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — A Wilmington man is heading to prison for up to 27.5 years after being convicted by a jury following a four-day trial. Jabar Ballard, 27, was found guilty of Attempted Murder,...
View ArticleHistory with ‘Hud’: Story behind controversial, accident-prone Kenan Memorial...
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — You’ve undoubtedly made the tight turn around the Kenan Memorial Fountain located at the crossroads of Market Street and Fifth Avenue in downtown Wilmington numerous times. But...
View ArticleWilmington AMC movie theatre closing October 15th
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The Port City is losing one of its movie theatres. An AMC spokesperson says the AMC theatre in Wilmington will close on October 15th. The business is near the intersection of...
View Article8-week road closure beginning this month for Market Street sewer work
NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — A lane at the intersection of Market Street and Porters Neck Road will be closed for approximately eight weeks starting October 16th while crews repair a CFPUA sewer...
View ArticleRose Ice & Coal Company building being leased; has been in operation since 1933
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — A building in downtown Wilmington that has been operating since the 1930’s is now being leased. Rose Ice & Coal Company was purchased by Valley Ice, a company based out...
View ArticleHistory with ‘Hud’: Story behind ghost encounters of people who met sudden...
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Halloween is just days away, marking the annual celebration of all things paranormal. The Cape Fear is no stranger to ghost stories, with sightings being reported across...
View ArticlePaving project begins in downtown Wilmington on Sunday
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Some downtown Wilmington paving projects are set to begin this weekend. According to a press release from the City of Wilmington, weather permitting, Highland Paving Company...
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