Oak Island News

A former worker has pleaded guilty to embezzling $100,000 from the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles over a five-year period.

Submitted by WWAY on 24 July 2008 - 5:19pm. Brunswick County News Law Enforcement Female employees of the Oak Island Police department claim they were discriminated against and sexually harassed by their ...

A former and current female employees at the Oak Island Police Department say male officers made sexual advances at them while on duty.

Published: Monday, July 21, 2008 at 9:00 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, July 21, 2008 at 9:48 p.m. Bolivia Those closest to her believe Annie Daphine Ross Prince might have been a modern-day Robin Hood.

Published: Monday, July 21, 2008 at 4:20 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, July 21, 2008 at 4:30 p.m. Residents of the Oak Island-Southport area will soon have a new DMV license plate office closer to home.

Published: Monday, July 21, 2008 at 1:50 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, July 21, 2008 at 3:12 p.m. A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter spotted four people clinging to a capsized boat 10 miles out to sea early Monday, ...

Leadership Wayne County is a program designed to assist current and emerging community leaders in their efforts to serve in leadership roles in local businesses, industries, non-profits, governmental affairs ...

Capt. Charles Norton Swan lived his dream life on this island, lighting the lamp to put the new Cape Fear Lighthouse into service in 1903 and then running the Cape Fear Light Station for the next 30 years.

Gaston County police have questioned the ex-husband and an ex-boyfriend of a woman who died Wednesday in a fire investigators suspect was set intentionally.

Published: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 5:00 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 5:00 p.m. Southport Cruising through the Intracoastal Waterway between and Southport and Oak Island on a sunny Tuesday ...

Road trips are wonderful things. Of course, road trips in our family have traditionally included at least one of the parents.

Published: Saturday, July 12, 2008 at 4:50 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, July 12, 2008 at 4:50 p.m. Some residents of Smithville Township will see a decrease on their tax bills this fiscal year thanks to a cut ...

The state House has overwhelmingly approved a bill establishing a nine-month moratorium on involuntary annexations and setting up a study commission to consider revamping the state's annexation laws.

Brunswick County officials say they can't do anything about a house resting on blocks partially in the road in the Oakwood Glen subdivision near Oak Island.

Published: Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at 8:11 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at 8:11 p.m. Southport Times might be tough, but you wouldn't know it in Southport this week.

It's not quite The Great Ape Escape , but Monkey Junction may remain out of reach for the city of Wilmington for a while longer.

It wasn't that long ago that the town of Oak Island agreed to purchase the former Yaupon Pier and go into direct competition with Ocean Crest pier on the same island.

The U.S. Coast Guard spent Monday investigating what could have been done differently in the weekend capsize of a boat that left one man dead.

Jun. 26--Once known as a rural community across the river from Wilmington, the Leland of mega retail, chain restaurants and multiplying homes is now talking serious tourism.

The new Oak Island bridge will use 50,000 square feet of concrete for its deck slab; 1,800 cubic yards for bridge support and column footings; and 1,600 square yards on the slope underneath.