WECT-TV (Wilmington, NC)

1 day ago | wect.com | Molly McBride |Amanda Alvarado

LAS VEGAS (KVVU/Gray News) - A homeowner said roughly 200 teenagers broke into her home and threw a party while she was out of town. On Saturday around 10:30 p.m., Jamie Lewis said she got a call from Las Vegas Metro Police asking if she was having a party. “Of course I said no, and to be fair, I really thought it was a fake call,” she said. Lewis said it was not until her husband got a call from neighbors that she realized what was happening in their home.

3 days ago | wect.com | Reyna Crooms

BOILING SPRING LAKES, N.C. (WECT) - On Sunday, the North Carolina Forest Service shared that the Sunset Road Fire in Boiling Spring Lakes is now 83% contained. According to the N.C. Forest Service firefighters continued mop-up operations in areas with lingering hot spots on Saturday. The forest service says they are still using heavy equipment for abundant hot spots around the Partridge Road area. The forest service says that crews are monitoring the areas that are already deemed contained.

4 days ago | wect.com | Reyna Crooms

BOILING SPRING LAKES, N.C. (WECT) - On Saturday, the North Carolina Forest Service announced the Sunset Road fire in Boiling Spring Lakes reached 74% containment. According to the forest service, Friday morning rain brought four-tenths of an inch of rain to the fire. The forest service says firefighters continued to work in areas with hot spots in the northeast corner and the southern tip of the fire.

4 days ago | wect.com | Gabe Ross

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Your First Alert Forecast stacks variable shower & thundershower chances for your weekend. Look for rain odds to vary between 20% Saturday, 60% Saturday night 50% Mother’s Day, and upwards of 70% early next week. A northeast flow ought to draw in slightly cooler high and low temperatures, in the 70s and 50s respectively, especially in conjunction with any showers.

5 days ago | wect.com |

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Less than one percent of Americans who served during World War II are still alive today, according to the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs. One of those veterans is here in Wilmington, and he celebrated his 100th birthday on Friday at the USS Battleship North Carolina. “She fought in all the major battles in the Pacific, had a spectacular war record,” said Ron Henderson, the Friends of the Battleship North Carolina chairman.