07/14/11 WILMINGTON,NC (WWAY) -- All of the Wilmington teams were eliminated prior to Wednesday's play, but that was not the case for softball squads from Brunswick, Columbus, Duplin and Pender County. In fact the debs division, which is essentially the high school division Burgaw defeated Brunswick County for the state championship title. In the belles division South Columbus was considered to be one of ...
07/13/11 WILMINGTON,NC (WWAY) -- All of the Wilmington teams were eliminated prior to Wednesday's play, but that was not the case for softball squads from Brunswick, Columbus, Duplin and Pender County. In fact the debs division, which is essentially the high school division Burgaw defeated Brunswick County for the state championship title. In the belles division South Columbus was considered to be one of ...
07/08/11 UPDATE (7/8) -- Linwood Costin passed away Tuesday. Here's his obituary posted in a local paper: Linwood Nash Costin, 68, of Willard, died Tuesday, July 5, 2011, at Columbus Regional Healthcare System, Whiteville. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Moores Creek Baptist Church, Currie. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Park, Watha. Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home, Burgaw. ### PENDER COUNTY ...
07/07/11 Deputies with the Pender County Sheriff's Office are searching for thieves who are taking four-wheelers in the area. The vehicles can cost up to $12,000.
07/06/11 CARTERET COUNTY, NC (JACKSONVILLE DAILY NEWS) -- The N.C. Court of Appeals has found no error in the trial of a Carteret County man convicted of being a habitual drunk driver after police arrested him on a moped in a busy Morehead City parking lot. Kevin Ernest Lamb, 49, was convicted in August of driving while impaired and habitual impaired driving. He was sentenced to 19-23 months imprisonment ...
07/05/11 WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- The "Conversations with Kay" events that were scheduled for Thursday, July 7th in Elizabethtown, Whiteville, and Burgaw are cancelled and will be rescheduled due to senate business. The meetings on Friday, July 8th, are expected to continue as scheduled. Senator Hagan planned to visit the towns to meet with residents and discuss their concerns. Friday's meetings will be ...
07/05/11 WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- The "Conversations with Kay" events that were scheduled for Thursday in Elizabethtown, Whiteville and Burgaw are cancelled and will be rescheduled due to Senate business. The meetings on Friday are expected to continue as scheduled. Sen. Kay Hagan planned to visit the towns to meet with constituents and discuss their concerns. Friday's meetings will be held in Burgaw 2-3 ...
07/03/11 BURGAW | Alpha Psi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. congratulates recent graduates including Jenna Keith, a Pender High School graduate who plans to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
06/30/11 The Pender County Board of Education took its first steps to hire a new superintendent at its meeting in Burgaw on Thursday night.
06/30/11 WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- Sen. Kay Hagan has been traveling the state on her "Fighting for our Future" budget listening tour. The senator says she wants to hear directly from North Carolinians about common sense solutions to reduce our deficit and put the nation's fiscal house in order. Next week, Hagan will make the fourth and final stop on her tour in New Hanover County. The event is Friday ...
06/29/11 Officials say a wildfire in Pender County has grown to more than 30,000 acres and poses danger to more than 2,000 homes.
06/28/11 WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- A proposal to consolidate community colleges in the state has many college leaders split on the idea. The General Assembly's Program Evaluation Division says merging several colleges into a larger neighboring school would save about $5 million a year. "I think it would be devastating to our rural areas in North Carolina," Southeastern Community College President Dr ...
06/26/11 PENDER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- The story of a Burgaw Middle School teacher charged with cyberstalking a 13-year-old boy is now getting international attention. Saturday morning ABCNews.com posted its own version of the story (linked below) involving teacher Megan Mantooth, who was arrested earlier this month after allegedly sending hundreds of text messages to her former student. Earlier this week ...
06/25/11 A middle school teacher was charged with cyberstalking her 13-year-old student. The boy's mother claims the teacher sent inappropriate messages to other boys as well. The allegations has split the small town of Burgaw, North Carolina.
06/25/11 On a recent Tuesday afternoon, the Pie Pushers food truck crew is preparing ingredients for the New York-style pizzas they will serve over the next few days in Chapel Hill and Durham.
06/24/11 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The wildfires burning along the North Carolina coast are the latest signs that the spring fire season is getting longer.
06/24/11 Fire officials say the fire near Topsail Island has burned more than 21,000 acres and was only 10 percent contained.
06/22/11 PENDER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- A wildfire burning in Pender County since the weekend has now grown to about 10,000 acres and is about five miles wide, according to an e-mail from County Manager Rick Benton forwarded to WWAY. Benton also says the so-called Juniper Road Fire is moving toward NC 53 and NC 50 in the Maple Hill area, but no homes are in danger at this time. Benton says Forestry is ...
06/21/11 BURGAW, NC (WWAY) -- A Burgaw Middle School teacher has been suspended. The Pender County Sheriff's Office says eighth grade teacher Megan Mantooth is charged with cyberstalking a student. Mantooth was suspended with pay last week after the mother of one of her students came forward claiming Mantooth was trying to pick up her son. Elizabeth Graham, the mother of the 13-year-old student, filed a ...
06/20/11 Published: Monday, June 20, 2011 at 12:14 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, June 20, 2011 at 12:14 p.m. | 
