Wilmington, NC News

Wilmington police arrested two men on gun charges about 12:40 a.m. Thursday after reports of shots fired at 13th and Chestnut streets.<br>Officers responding to the scene saw an SUV leaving the area at a high rate of speed and followed it to 21st and Market streets, said Sgt. Curt Stansbury of the Wilmington Police Department.

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This may be the year you really want to file your income tax returns early. For first-time homebuyers, it’s a chance to get your hands on up to $7,500 via a tax credit approved by Congress last year.

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As a single mother, Tracy Kittrell found it difficult to find a loan and an affordable house to raise her daughter in. She didn’t understand the jargon real estate agents and loan officers used, and she didn’t know how to make her dream of owning a home come true.

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Next week authorities plan to break ground at a home in Carolina Beach which might hold the answer to a 67-year-old mystery, according to the homeowner.

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A brother and sister were airlifted to New Hanover Regional Medical Center on Wednesday after a head-on collision in Brunswick County, officials said. Their injuries were not life-threatening.

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For the past four years, John W. Smith has bounced from North Carolina’s mountains to the coast, from north to south, hearing cases in at least 75 of our state’s 100 counties.<br>As one of two Special Superior Court judges based in Wilmington, Smith has seen the inner workings of many courtrooms.

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