NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) – Deputies with the New Hanover County Sheriff's Office are investigating reports of a child showing a gun at a school bus stop Wednesday morning.

The sheriff's office said they located the student accused of having a gun and no weapon was found.

The school bus was heading to Mary Mosley Learning Center, which went on lockdown for about 20 minutes Wednesday morning as a precautionary measure. The lockdown has since been lifted.

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NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT/WSFX) – Bullying is getting a lot of attention these days in our schools, online and even in the workplace.

WECT and Fox Wilmington are teaming up with the Wilmington Police Department to take this issue head-on.

We’re co-hosting a public screening of the documentary Bully, free of charge at Thalian Hall April 18. The showing starts at 7:00 p.m.

While the event is free, you will need to get a ticket so we know how many people to expect.

You can pick up a ticket at the TV station, located at 322 Shipyard Boulevard, the Thalian Hall Box Office, or the Wilmington Police Department.

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NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) - A champion has been crowned in the first ever New Hanover County Spelling Bee.

Renee Segda, of Murray Middle School, won first place after several final rounds of back and forth spelling.

Twenty-six students represented 13 public and private schools in the county-wide event at New Hanover County's Board of Education Center.

Spellers moved on to the "challenge words" after five perfect rounds of the pre-released category. The never-before-seen words lived up to their "challenge" namesake as student after student heard the "ding" from the judges' bell.