ONLY ON 3: Woman says Enterprise worker greeted her with racist comment
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- A Navassa woman is outraged after she says an Enterprise Rent-a-Car employee called her and her family a bunch of monkeys."I just could not believe she said what she said,"...
View ArticleWilmington rally honors Trayvon Martin
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- Hundreds of people rallied at Wilmington's 1898 Memorial at the corner of North 3rd Street and North Front Street this weekend in response to the not guilty verdict in the...
View ArticleColorful runners take over UNCW for Color Me Rad 5k
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- It was a colorful day on UNCW’s campus as runners in the Color Me Rad 5k made their way through rainbows of colored cornstarch, and on to the finish line.Even some of the WWAY...
View Article'Reverse the Curse' remembers the past in hopes of changing the future
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- Blacks and whites joined together at the 1898 Memorial for "Reverse the Curse," a city-wide prayer march to remember the Wilmington race riots of 1898."It was during a chilly...
View ArticleBeethoven look-a-likes run to benefit the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra
BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- Beethoven makes an appearance at a race to benefit the Wilmington Symphony.Runners, some dressed in athletic gear, and others sporting musical instruments and costumes...
View ArticleFamily of late Wilmington 10 members seek NC money
RALEIGH, NC (AP) -- The families of late members of the wrongly convicted group known as the Wilmington 10 say they should be treated like the surviving members and receive payments from North Carolina...
View ArticleWilmington 10 documentary makes world premier
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- The Port City hosted a world premier Saturday.UNCW's Kenan Auditorium hosted a screening of the documentary "Wilmington Ten: Pardons of Innocence."The two-hour film produced by...
View ArticleTrademark board rules against Redskins name
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The US Patent Office has ruled the Washington Redskins nickname is "disparaging of Native Americans" and that the team's federal trademarks for the name must be canceled.The ruling...
View ArticlePulitzer Prize winner Alice Walker marks 50th anniversary of Civil Rights Act...
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple was at the Wilmington Convention Center today.Alice Walker was just one of the honorees for the celebration of the 50th...
View ArticleBlack drivers searched more than white drivers according to WPD Internal...
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- If you're a black male in Wilmington, you're more likely to get pulled over and searched at traffic stops. That's according to a 2013 Wilmington police Internal Affairs...
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