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Restaurant pier collapses, 6 people fall into water
CARTERET COUNTY, NC (WCTI) — Six people were pulled from the water when a small pier collapsed at a popular Beaufort waterfront restaurant. According to the Beaufort Fire Department, no injuries were...
View ArticleInmate work crew finds man’s body in Carteret County ditch
BEAUFORT, NC (AP) – The Carteret County Sheriff’s Office says an inmate work crew cleaning a roadside discovered a body in a ditch. The sheriff’s office told local media outlets said sheriff’s...
View ArticleFamily wants to find and thank Marine who saved girls at Atlantic Beach
ATLANTIC BEACH, CARTERET COUNTY (WCTI) — The family of a man who drowned while trying to save his two daughters caught in a rip current is now looking for the U.S. Marine who ended up saving the two...
View ArticleTeen surfer bitten twice by shark off North Carolina coast
ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. (AP) — Officials say a teenage boy has been bitten by a shark along the North Carolina coast near Atlantic Beach. Atlantic Beach Fire Chief Adam Snyder tells news outlets that the...
View ArticleTwo confirmed tornadoes in Carteret Co. damage homes, knock out power
MOREHEAD CITY, Carteret County (WCTI) — Two confirmed tornadoes on Saturday afternoon left nearly 15,000 without power with scattered damage to parts of Carteret County. The National Weather Service...
View ArticleOfficials: Gun found in student’s bag at NC middle school
NEWPORT, NC (WCTI) — Carteret County deputies are investigating after they found a loaded handgun in a 13-year-old student’s bag. Carteret County deputies recovered a Ruger 9 mm handgun just before...
View ArticleBig Rock Blue Marlin Tournament bringing back Big Hero program
MOREHEAD CITY, NC (WCTI) — If you plan on participating in this year’s Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament, you’ll have a chance to volunteer your boat as an active duty service member for the day. The...
View ArticlePolice searching for man accused of stealing boat from Carolina Beach
CAROLINA BEACH, NC (WWAY)– A boat stolen from Carolina Beach and then docked in Morehead City. Now Carolina Beach Police hope you can identify the suspect. According to Scott Hettinger from the...
View ArticleNC children donate Thanksgiving feast to USO as Christmas gift for Dad
CARTERET COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) – Three children in eastern North Carolina have donated a Thanksgiving feast to the USO as a Christmas gift to their father. Ellie, Noah, and Judah Spellman decided they...
View ArticleThree-hour standoff in Carteret County ends after suspect exits vehicle,...
NEWPORT, NC (WNCT) — A three-hour standoff between a wanted Carteret County man and law enforcement ended Friday afternoon when he shot himself and later died, officials said. Richard Kelly Murphrey,...
View ArticleFewer drownings reported on Crystal Coast this summer
EMERALD ISLE, N.C. (WCTI) — As record numbers of people hit the beach this summer, towns along the Crystal Coast are reporting fewer drownings than in years past. Officials from fire departments in...
View ArticleInvestigators say man in Thanksgiving home explosion is lucky to be alive
NEWPORT, NC (WCTI) — Investigators remain on the scene of a blast in eastern North Carolina that threw a man from his home on Thanksgiving and said Benny Weeks is lucky to be alive. Carteret County...
View ArticleNames released in ENC offshore plane crash; fuselage, some remains recovered
CARTERET COUNTY (WCTI) — Three days after the search for a plane that went down in the water off the coast of North Carolina began, the names of the eight people on board have been released, parts of...
View ArticleTeachers, school officials speak about teens killed in plane crash
CARTARET COUNTY, NC (WCTI) — Teachers are grieving the loss of the four East Carteret High School students killed in Sunday’s plane crash. These students are showing the community once again they are...
View ArticleMystery solved: Sea creatures with toxic bristles floated to Eastern NC on a...
CARTERET COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — Researchers at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences have identified the “weird things on the beach” found by rangers at Cape Lookout National Seashore just over a...
View ArticleLawsuits in NC plane crash that killed 8 settled for $15M
CARTERET COUNTY, NC (AP) — The families of five passengers killed in a 2022 plane crash off the North Carolina coast have settled wrongful death lawsuits against the companies that owned the plane and...
View ArticlePender County Sheriff’s Office says man arrested for failing to work may have...
PENDER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — The Pender County Sheriff’s Office needs your help identifying more victims of a man in custody for not delivering on agreements. The Sheriff’s Office charged Bruce Richard...
View ArticleShackleford Banks horse dies during attempted transfer
HARKERS ISLAND, NC (WCTI) — A six-year-old wild stallion that was in the process of being transferred from Shackleford Banks to a similar habitat has died while under sedation. The information comes...
View ArticleMan-made hamster wheel found, towed in to Atlantic Beach
ATLANTIC BEACH, NC (WWAY) — A man-made hamster wheel is now sitting at the docks in Atlantic Beach. Members of the Capt. Stacy Fishing Charter Fleet found the hydro-pod several miles offshore and...
View ArticleFinal report confirms pilot suffered spatial disorientation in 2022 fatal NC...
CARTERET COUNTY, NC (WCTI) — The National Transportation Safety Board released its final report regarding the 2022 fatal airplane crash in Down East Carteret County. The findings confirmed the pilot,...
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