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WILMINGTON (AP) — A 40-year-old high school science teacher and cross country coach who once worked in Guilford County has resigned his position and married a 16-year-old student. Brenton Wuchae coached Windy Hager at South Brunswick High School, where she recently completed her sophomore year as one of the school's top runners. He also lives less than two miles away from the Hagers' home on Oak Island. Wuchae married Hager in Brunswick County on Monday, according to a marriage license. Hager's parents, Dennis and Betty Hager, said they did all they could to keep the couple apart after noticing a...

Bolivia, NC - A 16-year-old girl who married her 40-year-old former teacher cannot force her parents to return her Beanie Baby collection, a PlayStation video game console and other belongings, a judge ruled. Windy Wuchae filed a lawsuit against her parents, Dennis and Betty Hager, for items valued at more than $1,000 that her parents kept after she moved out to marry Brenton Wuchae, her cross-country coach at South Brunswick High School. Magistrate Deborah Ramphal dismissed the case, but said the teenager could appeal. Brenton Wuchae resigned his teaching and coaching position in June on the same day he married...