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RipRide Rally returning to Oak Island this weekend
3+ hour, 2+ min ago (83+ words) RipRide Rally returning to Oak Island this weekend'WECT RipRide Rally returning to Oak Island this weekend "It's a dream': Gas station stop turns into $100,000 lottery win for Brunswick County man Pro Wrestling comes to Wilmington: New champ defends title at…...
Riptide Rally returning to Oak Island this weekend
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (68+ words) Riptide Rally returning to Oak Island this weekend'WECT Riptide Rally returning to Oak Island this weekend Brunswick Co. Schools hosting Community Conversations on proposed bond referendum Airlie Gardens hosting "Blooms and Brews" event next week Community invited to 22nd annual Steve…...
Super Bowl champion Barry Wilburn dies in house fire, family says
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (92+ words) MEMPHIS (WMC/Gray News) - Former Super Bowl champion Barry Wilburn died in a house fire in Tennessee, his family confirmed Saturday. He was 62. The Memphis Fire Department responded to a fire call in Orange Mound, Tennessee, around 2 a.m. Friday. Firefighters found…...
NASCAR settles federal antitrust case filed by 2 of its teams, one owned by NBA great Michael Jordan
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (232+ words) Today's a good day," Jordan said as he waited in the gallery for attorneys to announce the deal. Details were not immediately released. Both teams said a loss in the case would have put them out of business. Bell told…...
Father of NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin killed in house fire, mother seriously injured
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (232+ words) STANLEY, N.C. (WBTV/Gray News) " The father of NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin was killed after a large fire broke out at a North Carolina home, according to officials. Dennis Hamlin, the father of 45-year-old Denny Hamlin, was killed Sunday in a…...
2 hospitalized after large fire at house connected to star NASCAR driver
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (67+ words) 2 hospitalized after large fire at house connected to star NASCAR driver'WECT 2 hospitalized after large fire at house connected to star NASCAR driver Community invited to seminar on Fuquay-Varina Interbasin Transfer Novant Health announces new visitor restriction due to respiratory illness…...
Denny Hamlin breaks down in tears as the first witness testifying at NASCAR antitrust trial
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (771+ words) Hamlin's 23XI Racing, which he co-owns with Michael Jordan, and Front Row Motorsports claim the series is a monopolistic bully that leaves its teams no option but to comply with rules and financing they don't agree with. "If I can't be…...
Michael Jordan testifies in NASCAR antitrust trial, says he had no choice but to sue
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1086+ words) Jordan testified before a packed courtroom for an hour. His celebrity drew quips from the judge and even a defense attorney as he outlined why the team he co-owns, 23XI, had joined Front Row Motorsports in going to court against the…...
Businesses to battle in United Way Trike Race for charity prize
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (143+ words) WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) -The United Way of the Cape Fear Area's (UWCFA) Fall Trike Race will be held this October to support charitable causes across the region. Several businesses will meet at the Eagle's Dare to compete in the semi-annual fundraiser,…...