Wilmington, NC News

RALEIGH | The family of an unarmed teenager fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy contend in a lawsuit the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and its police department are responsible for feeding deputies bad information.

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Navassa | It was about 3 a.m. on Sunday, his day off, when Wendell Graham woke up to respond to what he considers the worst crime in the town this year: A man had been shot in his back and leg outside the Phoenix 1 nightclub on Cedar Hill Road.

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COLUMBIA, S.C. | Life in the fast lane apparently was too much for Hard Rock Park. Six months after opening, the only major U.S. theme park to open in the last decade is for sale.

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RALEIGH | The family of an unarmed teenager fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy contend in a lawsuit the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and its police department are responsible for feeding deputies bad information.

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When actor Pat Hingle decided to settle down with his wife, Julia, they considered Idaho and New York. He’d also worked in Hawaii and loved it.<br>Finally, Hingle says his wife asked why they didn’t move to Wilmington where he’d filmed the Stephen King movie, Maximum Overdrive. His response’ “Well, why don’t we’”

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Hampstead | The new Topsail High School is nearing completion and will be ready in about a month to house a student body that long ago outgrew its current building. <br>”This is long overdue,” said Joyce Keith, director of community services for Pender County Schools.

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The incumbent in the contest for a supervisor post with the New Hanover Soil and Water Conservation District is a builder who says he wants to continue to build consensus between development interests and environmentalists.

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