Bladen Co. native to be enshrined in Astronaut Hall of Fame
ELIZABETHTOWN, NC (WWAY) -- A Bladen County native will be inducted this spring into the US Astronaut Hall of Fame. Curtis Brown of Elizabethtown is one of three astronauts who will be enshrined during...
View ArticleElizabethtown Police identify suspect in bank robbery
ELIZABETHTOWN, NC (WWAY) -- Elizabethtown Police say they have identified the suspect in a bank robbery this morning.Police say they have spent the afternoon searching for Aaron Montrese McDowell, 27....
View ArticleJury deliberates fate of mother whose baby was mauled to death by dogs
ELIZABETHTOWN, NC (WWAY) -- A 12 person jury is set to return to court Wednesday in Bladen County to determine the fate of a 19-year-old accused of involuntary manslaughter after her 9-day-old baby was...
View ArticleFIRST ON 3: Mistrial, dismissal end case against mom in baby mauling death
ELIZABETHTOWN, NC (WWAY) -- A Bladen County family can start the healing process after a judge ruled the 2011 death of a nine-day-old girl was an accident.In August 2011 Addyson Camerino was just nine...
View ArticleONLY ON 3: Man beaten in Bladen Co. Jail probably should not have been there
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- A Bladen County woman says her husband is fighting for his life tonight after being beaten while in jail. And making the whole thing even more upsetting is that Joshua Ward...
View ArticleONLY ON 3: Hear 911 call from Elizabethtown school threat
ELIZABETHTOWN, NC (WWAY) -- Police are still searching for a man they say robbed a bank in Elizabethtown Friday, and they're wondering if he's connected to a bomb threat at a nearby school around the...
View ArticleONLY ON 3: Jail beating victim speaks out
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- Yesterday, we told you about a Bladen County man severely beaten in the county jail. Today, we spoke with Joshua Ward, 30, who is recovering from gashes to his head and three...
View ArticleONLY ON 3: Former Bladen Co. jailer says violence nothing new at jail
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- Three days after 30-year-old Joshua Ward was beaten by several inmates, a former jailer says he saw similar violence first-hand. "I have seen many cases where inmates will...
View ArticleONLY ON 3: David says his office 'monitoring' jail beating case
BLADEN COUNTY (NC) -- Last week, WWAY broke the story of Joshua Ward, who was badly beaten in the Bladen county jail.Former jailer Marcus Hubbard told us that kind of violence is nothing new at the...
View ArticleBladen Co. jail beating victim back in hospital
BLADEN CO., NC (WWAY) -- The man severely beaten in the Bladen county jail last week is back in the hospital.Joshua Ward's wife, Amanda, tells us he was showing signs of improvement, but after being...
View ArticleFIRST ON 3: Elizabethtown bank robbery suspect arrested in California
ELIZABETHTOWN, NC (WWAY) -- A man wanted for a bank robbery in Bladen County earlier this month has been arrested in California.Elizabethtown Police Chief Bobby Kinlaw says Aaron Montrice McDowell, 27,...
View ArticleTrain derails near Bladenboro, forces evacuations
BLADENBORO, NC (WWAY) -- Emergency crews received calls about a train derailment in Bladenboro around 3:30 Saturday afternoon. Residents were worried."Basically I was on my way down to the supermarket...
View ArticleBladen County woman first to win $150,000 top prize in Hot Streak game
RALEIGH, NC (NEWS RELEASE) -– Mary Sinkler, a resident of Elizabethtown, plans to pay bills after winning the first $150,000 top prize in the new Hot Streak game.Sinkler was visiting her daughter in...
View ArticleEXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE: Grief counselor turns words of comfort into poetic prose
OCEAN ISLE BEACH, NC (WWAY) -- She’s a grief counselor turned author. Katherine Roberts Moore of Ocean Isle Beach turned her words of healing into poetic prose.In the world of words, Katherine finds...
View ArticleFIRST ON 3 UPDATE: Fourth inmate charged in Bladen Co. Jail beating
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- A fourth inmate has been charged with the assault of a fellow inmate last month at the Bladen County Jail. David Wilson Gilchrist, 18, of Elizabethtown, is charged with...
View ArticleBladen county attorney: SBI won't be called to investigate jail beating case
ELIZABETHTOWN, NC (WWAY) -- Bladen county commissioners met for the first time Monday night since an inmate was beaten in the county jail.Commissioners said the recent case of violence would not be...
View ArticleONLY ON 3: Fireworks erupt among Bladen county commissioners, members of...
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- Tempers flared at tonight's Bladen County Commissioners' meeting after commissioner Charles Peterson showed his disapproval of the board's no-vote in naming the emergency...
View ArticleFIRST ON 3 UPDATE: Bladen Co. Sheriff responds to jail beating
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- More than three weeks after a man was severely beaten inside the Bladen County Jail, the sheriff is finally speaking out.Today Sheriff Prentis Benston issued the following...
View ArticleFIRST ON 3: Records show spike in prisoners injured in Bladen Co. jail
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- Records WWAY requested through the Freedom of Information Act from Bladen County show that eight inmates had to be taken to the hospital after jail fights in 2012. That's...
View ArticleBladenboro woman kills husband, calls 911
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- A Bladenboro man is dead, and his wife is charged with his murder after a morning shooting. Investigators are now trying to piece together what happened.The Bladen County...
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