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 Drug agents have arrested a Shallotte duo on multiple drug charges after searching their Main Street residence Saturday, Jan. 10.

Agents with the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office Drug Enforcement Unit arrested 28-year-olds Evan James Coleman and Heather Sheri Bland face several drug charges after a search warrant was conducted at Coleman and Bland’s house on Main Street in Shallotte, according to a Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office news release.

UPDATE: Leland man charged with...

A Leland man is charged with murder in the death of his girlfriend’s 15-month-old son.

Albert David Morgan, 35, and the baby’s mother, 33-year-old Angel Marie Ray, were arrested Thursday, Jan. 15, the day Brayden Christopher Ray was injured, according to a Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office news release. Brayden died Saturday, Jan. 17.

Two films made in Sunset Beach...

Sunset Beach is gaining fame in the film-making realm.

Two productions — a post-war independent movie and a student-produced documentary about the Old Sunset Beach Bridge — have been finished and are poised for release.

‘The Odyssey of Destiny’

For two weeks in September 2013, writer, director and producer Brent Hoover filmed his independent movie, “The Odyssey of Destiny,” in Sunset Beach, on the adjacent state-owned refuge of Bird Island and at the USS Yorktown in Charleston, S.C.

Alfy Hill plays in Medal of...
Jaguar's Lair developer,...

The developer of Jaguar’s Lair and the town of Sunset Beach are disputing requirements for completion of infrastructure and release of a bond in the unfinished Ocean Ridge community.

UPDATE: 15-year-old girl from...

A 15-year-old girl who was last seen between 8 and 9 a.m. Friday, Jan. 16, on Babson Road in Ash has been found safe.

Sarah Alexis Evans of Ash was located Monday night, Jan. 19, according to a Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office news release.

Roads project creating...

 OCEAN ISLE BEACH — Eventually, a new road that connects Ocean Isle Beach Road and N.C. 179 will benefit thousands of motorists each day in Brunswick County.

Right now, it seems, the road construction is only creating headaches for drivers on the highly traveled Ocean Isle Beach, or Foul Mile Road.

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) closed a portion of Ocean Isle Beach Road, between Old Georgetown Road and N.C. 179 (Beach Drive), beginning Jan. 5.

Flu death reported in Brunswick...

An 83-year-old Brunswick County woman has died from complications of the flu.

Brunswick County Deputy Health Director Fred Michael said the woman died Jan. 7 at a local hospital. She is one of 54 people who have died in North Carolina during the 2014-15 flu season, Michael said.

The woman had not had a flu shot, Michael said.

OIB resident earns one of state’...

 OCEAN ISLE BEACH — For one Brunswick County resident, Saturday night was a celebration, awards ceremony and a chance for family and friends to celebrate the first 90 years of their loved one’s decorated life.

Bob Bradicich, a resident of Ocean Ridge Plantation in Ocean Isle Beach, celebrated his 90th birthday with more than 100 family members and friends inside the Plantation Club at Ocean Ridge on Saturday night, Jan. 17.

Deputies to sport body cameras...

 BOLIVIA — Sheriff John Ingram seized an opportunity to outfit his deputies with another resource that would help his staff put criminals behind bars.

Ingram and the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office recently purchased 90 body cameras that deputies — including special operations staff — and Brunswick County Detention Facility officers will wear beginning in the middle of February, Ingram said.