Aaleah McConnell
ReporterAaleah McConnell is a Report for America corps member and a recent North Carolina implant from Atlanta, Georgia. They report on the criminal justice system in New Hanover County and surrounding areas. Before joining WHQR, they completed a fellowship with the States Newsroom, as a General Assignment Reporter for the Georgia Recorder. Aaleah graduated from Kennesaw State University with a degree in journalism and minored in African and African-American Diaspora studies. In their free time, Aaleah loves roller-skating and enjoys long walks with their dog Kai. You can reach them at amcconnell@whqr.org.
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On this edition of The Newsroom, WHQR News Director Ben Schachtman talks to reporter Aaleah McConnell, who has been looking into the arrest of a Wilmington man who claims he was the victim of law enforcement violence — and the laws and policies that govern the use of force by cops and deputies. -
For decades, Church World Services has had a hand in resettling refugees seeking safety and emergency services across the country. Last year, CWS was one of many refugee assistance agencies gutted by President Donald Trump’s executive order, but the CWS office in Wilmington is one of three locations leading a new initiative. -
Theodore Roosevelt Gause, a 51-year-old man of Wilmington, had his first appearance in court today after allegedly causing a car crash that resulted in the loss of a child's leg. -
Jason Lee Beach, the 46-year-old Wilmington man charged with crashing into a gas line, causing the explosion of a veterinary facility located near New Centre Drive last year, pleaded guilty in New Hanover Superior Court on Thursday. -
Former Surry County Board of Elections Chair James Edwin Yokeley Jr. appeared in New Hanover County Superior Court on Thursday to request some leniency in his pretrial bond conditions. -
The first appearance of the suspect in the fatal downtown stabbing of a U.S. Marine is on hold as the suspect recovers in the hospital.
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Greenfield Grind Skatepark will be renamed after fallen pro skater Alec Chambers now that the Wilmington Naming and Facilities Committee unanimously approved the name change. -
Suspected Southport shooter Nigel Max Edge was found to be incapable of standing trial in Brunswick County Superior Court on Tuesday, following a two-month wait to allow for re-evaluations of his mental capacity. A judge ordered him to undergo therapy in an attempt to restore that capacity. Because of that, the state's decision on whether to pursue the death penalty has been put on hold. -
At Tuesday night's meeting, the Wilmington City Council unanimously voted to withdraw a resolution from the Wilmington Police Department requesting thousands of dollars to fund the agency’s transition from shotguns to rifles.
