Pender County News

May 24--Pender County officials say Adobe Productions Inc. will be allowed to shoot scenes using the county courthouse square and lawn soon for the movie "Tammy," but an official agreement between the film company and the county is still in the works.

For the state's youngest hunters, it was exciting week in early April, as the spring gobbler season opened for a full week for youth hunting.

The company says they evaluated the area and are trying to fill voids in coverage.

Demetrius Batts, chief of the Surf City Volunteer Fire Department, was cited Friday by the Pender County Health Department with pumping sewage through a garden hose, according to county Health Director Carolyn Moser.

According to the Pender County Health Department, when Demetrius Batts' personal septic system broke, he started pumping the sewage through a 200 ft hose to the woods behind the fire station.

The Pender County father and daughter on the run and charged with sex offenses reached out to WWAY over the weekend.

After a major renovation project, Pender Memorial Hospital is now better equipped to take care of more sick patients in Pender County.

The new video was released Thursday. In it, you can see clips from scenes shot at Wilmington's Sixth Street Bridge, the Pender County Courthouse and the streets of Burgaw.

Family members say Melissa Noble and her daughter, Ava Grace, were in the Honda when it crashed in Pender County Thursday.

District Attorney Ben David supports a measure that would lower the legal definition of drunk driving from .08 to .05. Read more about those recommendations here .

In addition to Robert's incest charge, the Pender County Sheriff's Office says he is also charged with incest against a child who is 13, 14, or 15 years-old, statutory rape, and negligent child abuse-serious physical injury.

David Allen Sharlow, 39, of Rocksboro, and Kimberly Dawn Pleasant were both taken into custody in Pender County less than four hours after the First Citizens Bank in Sneads Ferry was robbed, Onslow County Sheriff Ed Brown said.

Pender County sheriff's deputies are searching for a Hampstead man and his daughter, both of whom are wanted for allegedly committing sex offenses.

On May 1, an article ran on Huffington Post about a charter school in Oregonthat had a "live action" drill for their teachers while students were out for the day.

Brown Dog Coffee Company owners Donna Best-Klingel and Barry Klingel are probably picking coffee beans out of their hair, pockets and collars right about now.

Two kids in Pender County are taking a break from video games and dolls, and giving back.

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC Two new principals were recently appointed to two New Hanover County schools for the 2013-2014 school year, according to a school system spokesperson.

PENDER COUNTY, NC A man in Pender County was arrested after calling 911 nearly a dozen times with false threats.

Commissioners in Pender County approved a plan to add new rules in regards to owning dangerous wild animals in the county.

The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid fell last week to seasonally adjusted 324,000, the lowest since January 2008.