Today's News

The Brunswick Community College baseball team opened its 2010 season Sunday by splitting a doubleheader with USC Lancaster at West Brunswick High School.

The Dolphins won the first game 8-1 but lost the second game 8-7.

Law enforcement officers from the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office, the Shallotte Police Department, N.C. Probation and Parole, the Sunset Beach Police Department and the State Bureau of Investigation worked together to make the largest prescription drug arrest in the county’s history Wednesday night, seizing more than 11,000 pills from a Bolivia home.

The No Port Southport Steering Committee has scheduled three public meetings for 7 p.m. March 4, April 1 and May 6 at the new Brunswick Senior Center in Southport.

The meetings are intended to educate residents throughout the county about the possible effects of a 600-acre international container terminal planned for the area, organizers say.

No Port Steering Committee members say residents are asked to attend to learn about No Port’s findings on how a new, $1.5 billion terminal would affect the entire county’s economy, security, health and environment.

 Brunswick County had 12 wrestlers compete Friday and Saturday in the N.C. High School Athletic Association wrestling tournament, but only one finished in the top six. South Brunswick junior Steven Ikalowych was the top county wrestler, losing to eventual first- and third-place finishers.

At 160 pounds, Steven Ikalowych beat Blake Harwood of Mount Pleasant 8-3 in a first-round match. In the second round, eventual state champion Keith Brown of Williams beat Ikalowych 13-1.