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District Attorneys welcome new class of interns

Submitted by Robert Demetrious on Monday, May 13th, 5:27 pm
District Attorneys welcome new class of interns

 

LELAND, NC (WECT) – Promising law students joined district attorneys Ben David and Jon David for lunch Monday morning to kickoff their summer internship.

The 16 interns will spend the summer getting hands-on experience inside the courtroom.

"What we're hoping for all of them whether it last a career or just a summer is that they do something really important,” said Ben David. “That they have an experience that changes their lives and the lives of people we represent every day."

The intern class is a collection of law students from the seven law schools from around the state.

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YWCA Lower Cape Fear receives $15, 000 grant award for the fluid recovery program

Submitted by Debra Worley, Digital Content Director
Monday, May 13th, 2013, 9:28am
YWCA Lower Cape Fear receives $15, 000 grant award for the fluid recovery program

News Release from YWCA:

(Wilmington, NC, May, 2013) -  The YWCA Lower Cape Fear is pleased to announce that it has received a $15,000 grant from the Cape Fear Memorial Foundation for the Fluid Recovery program, which was developed in partnership with the Pretty in Pink Foundation. The Fluid Recovery program is modeled after the YWCA USA’s Encoreplus program that was created over 30 years ago.

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Teachers of the year celebrated

Submitted by Jessica B. Swencki, Director of Quality Assurance and Community Engagement, Brunswick County Schools
Monday, May 13th, 2013, 9:20am
Teachers of the year celebrated

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WECT) - Schools throughout Brunswick County celebrated the announcement of their 2013-14 Teachers of the Year Monday morning!

Teachers of the Year were nominated by their peers and then selected by a team comprised of a community leader, retired educator, and employee from another school within the system. Candidates were observed in their classrooms by the team and then participated in an interview.

Teachers now have the opportunity to participate in the county Teacher of Year process. All school based Teachers of the Year will be celebrated and the county winner will be announced Friday, September 6, 2013 at a special red carpet event.

Congratulations to all winners!  Click here to meet them!

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Traffic Alert: Cape Fear Memorial Bridge expected to go up Monday Morning

Submitted by Caraline Waldrep, Traffic Reporter
Monday, May 13th, 2013, 7:52am

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - According to the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge Tender, the bridge is expected to go up at 9:30 am Monday, May 13.

The Coast Guard Cutter Diligence is leaving the Port City around at 9:30am.  

Plan for delays and take the Isabel Holmes Bridge between 9:00am and 10:00am Monday Morning.

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Weather: Record cold?

Submitted by Colin Hackman, First Alert Meteorologist, Reporter
Monday, May 13th, 2013, 7:50am

A couple of cooler (although pleasant) days ahead as Canadian cool air moves in under a dome of high pressure. 

Today, we will slowly press into the low 70s, with tons of sun and some light northwesterly winds.  Tonight, we will make a run at a century old record low temperature. 

Back in 1917 we hit 44F for the low, I'm predicting  45F for tonight.  So you get the idea: clear and cooler weather is expected tonight into tomorrow.

As we move into Wednesday or temperatures will move back into the 80s with some of that summertime humidity returning as well. 

Some rain chances are possible this weekend, but with zonal flow aloft our pattern won't be changing much for the last half of the week.  Highs in the mid-80s lows in the  60s.

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Happy Mother's Day from WECT!

Submitted by Iisha Scott, Weather Anchor/ Web Producer
Sunday, May 12th, 2013, 7:00am
Happy Mother's Day from WECT!
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Remembering Kyle Jones

Submitted by Ben Powell on Saturday, May 11th, 6:37 pm

LELAND, NC (WECT) - Family, friends, and community members took to the links on Saturday to celebrate and honor the life of a hometown hero who died earlier this year.

Kyle Jones was a detective with the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office.  He passed away in January because of a viral illness at the age of 41.

Golfers at the Magnolia Greens Golf Plantation in Leland teed-off in his honor on Saturday as part of the first annual Kyle Jones Memorial Golf Tournament.

All proceeds will benefit his daughter Reyde's college fund.

Kyle's Mother, Barbara Jones is sharing the memory of her son by helping others.

"With the help of God, church, family and friends," said Jones.  "It's cleansing for my soul.  Anything I can do for my kids to help raise money for Reyde's college fund, it's a blessing."

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