Kim Ratcliff

Mar 26, 2024 | wect.com | Kim Ratcliff

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - For thousands of people exercise and diet isn’t enough to lose weight. “Losing weight isn’t often times an issue of willpower. Sometimes people’s metabolism kind of has a set point where what they’re doing is no longer effective,” said Colston Edgerton, M.D. Bariatric Surgeon with Novant Health. That was the case for Latoya Barrett. She struggled with her weight for almost two decades, at one point weighing over 300 pounds. Her cholesterol was 232/111.

Mar 4, 2024 | wect.com | Kim Ratcliff

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Dyslexia, a learning disability that makes it difficult to read, affects one in five children in the U.S. Eight years ago, we did a story with a young student in second grade who had been recently diagnosed with the disorder. “Every student is different. We learned with Everlee that sometimes the letters would switch and she would have to look at a problem, a number, or a word and wait for it to sort of move back,” said Nicole Miller, Everlee’s mom.

Feb 5, 2024 | wect.com | Kim Ratcliff

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Freedom Bridge Animal Rescue is hoping to find answers after they had to euthanize a dog found in terrible shape. “I have never, I have never physically seen a dog this bad,” said Diana Topjian, FBAR founder and president. Two college students had found the dog near a dumpster in a parking lot across the street from UNCW. Freedom Bridge Animal Rescue volunteers named him Maverick. He weighed 38 pounds, at least 20 pounds lighter than he should be.

Dec 26, 2023 | wect.com | Kim Ratcliff

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The 2023 report from the North Carolina Housing Coalition shows 34% of households, approximately 32,083 people, are considered cost burdened. That means they spend more than one third of their income on their home. More than half, 19,409, are renters and 22%, 12,674, are homeowners. Nena Woods lives in Wilmington and has searched for two years to find an affordable place to live. She works full time but still struggled. “I have an awesome job. I work full time.

Nov 20, 2023 | wect.com | Kim Ratcliff

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Peter and Mikayla Mueller are the proud parents of a rambunctious 2-year-old with their second child on the way. The pregnancy was going well. “We already knew the gender because we did the blood test. And we got in there, everything was fine. We were talking about the baby, looking at anatomy parts and confirming it’s a boy,” said Mikayla Mueller, carrying a child with Spina Bifida.