Wilmington, NC News

Wilmington police blocked off North Water Street and dispatched a bomb unit Wednesday to investigate a suspicious black suitcase on the Cape Fear riverfront.

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Sharod Johnson pleaded guilty Wednesday morning to the robbery and killing of a convenience store clerk in downtown Wilmington in 2006.

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Brenda Armes has posted signs at Olde Salty restaurant in Carolina Beach that read “screaming children will not be tolerated.”

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The Butterfly House opened in the spring, paid for with more than $365,000 in donations and grants, and is credited with helping to create a 20 percent increase in visitors to Airlie Gardens.

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State public health officials Tuesday confirmed two cases of seasonal flu, the first in North Carolina since the spring, as health providers are gearing up to administer this season’s flu vaccines.

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