Southport News

Myrtle Beach and shagging play a key role in "SOS," the debut mystery novelA by Wilmington native Barbara Arntsen .

An old grocery store in Brunswick County has been transformed into a place where senior citizens can prosper in their golden years.

November 18, 200 9 - Southport , North Carolina - Singer, songwriter, storyteller, and musician extraordinaire, John McCutcheon, returns to Saint Peter Lutheran Church in Southport at 7:30 pm on Friday, November 20, 2009.

Published: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 11:03 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 11:03 p.m. The Brunswick Nuclear Plant in Southport will conduct its annual full-volume test of its public notification sirens.

A new, spacious senior citizens center provides art classes, bridge games, exercise classes and lunches for seniors in the community, and it is intended to serve as a model for several future centers throughout the county.

Published: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 8:04 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 8:04 a.m. Fifteen years ago, when Southport resident Kathie Wycoff began researching her genealogy, she never would have guessed that her family's story would one day become a book.

Published: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 8:24 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 8:24 a.m. This year when the Oak Island Art Guild and Oak Island Parks & Recreation Department teamed up to sponsor the 15th Annual "Arts By The Shore" juried show, they changed the rules a little bit.

In this difficult economy, when many Brunswick Countians are unemployed or facing reduced work hours and pay cuts, it can be difficult to find affordable medical care.

It was a bad election night to be an incumbent mayor in Brunswick County this year - five mayors lost their attempts at re-election. Challengers in Oak Island, Southport, Boiling Spring Lakes, Belville and Bald Head Island were all winners at the polls.

George Clooney stars in "The Men Who Stare at Goats," opening Friday, Nov. 6. A There's an interesting mix of new movie openings this week: A revamped Christmas classic, a wacky comedy based on real-life governmental happenings that's not "The Informant!", a thriller about alien abduction and another thriller about killing people you don't know.

Submitted by WWAY on 4 November 2009 - 6:59pm. Brunswick County voters ready for new faces Judging by the results at the polls, Brunswick County voters were ready for some new faces.

Detectives with the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office are searching for four black males they say robbed four people at gunpoint at their Shallotte home.

Published: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 8:45 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 8:45 a.m. Here's how races are shaping up in three southeastern Brunswick County towns.

I know it's not even Halloween yet, but you can't ignore the Christmas decorations popping up on shelves everywhere.

"Michael Jackson's This Is It" is poised to be the No. 1 movie in America this weekend.

Published: Monday, October 26, 2009 at 9:16 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, October 26, 2009 at 9:16 a.m. Thanks to the extraordinary foresight of three women vacationing in Africa in 2004, more than 1,500 Ugandan woman have raised themselves and their families out of poverty by making beads from brightly colored recycled paper.

Brunswick Community College is set to receive $200,000 in federal funds for renovation and improvements of the Southport Continuing Education Center.

Published: Friday, October 16, 2009 at 10:35 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 16, 2009 at 3:20 p.m. North Carolina beachfront property owned by West Virginia Rep.

Sheriff's detectives are searching for a Wilmington man they say stabbed a man in Southport multiple times before fleeing the scene Saturday night.

Published: Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 8:43 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 8:43 a.m. SOUTHPORT Circle Entertainment presents its fifth benefit concert at the historic Amuzu Theatre in Southport.