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Women who are interested in having an abortion would have to wait three times as long and now doctors performing the procedure would in certain cases have to relinquish images of the fetus to the Department of Health and Human Services, under a bill the state Senate approved on Thursday (31-15). The bill increases the […]
As a graduate of UNC, I was glad to hear of this change… UNC’s Board of Trustees voted 10-3 this morning to rename Saunders building, which was named after the founder of the KuKluxKlan more than 80 years ago. William Lawrence Saunders, was a Confederate colonel in the Civil War, graduated from UNC in […]
Pastor Shirley Caesar is inviting everyone to her 2 day revival (5/27-5/28) with Bishop Willie J. Campbell. Tonight is the final night … the revival is being held at Mt. Calvary Word of Faith Church – 3100 Sanderford Rd. Raleigh, NC 27610. Listen as Pastor Caesar talks about this awesome revival at her church:
The North Carolina unemployment rate has risen to 5.5 percent in April from its previous standing at 5.4 percent in March. According to the state Commerce Department, this is the first time in 11 months that the state’s unemployment rate was higher than the national average. The national average unemployment rate dropped to 5.4 percent. […]
An accident involving a school bus and an SUV carrying students caused minor injuries this morning. The accident happened around 9am on South Smithfield Rd. at Meadow Run Rd.. Three children and two adults were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. The SUV carrying students was flipped on its side while the bus had […]
School board members from Wake County are considering adding “sexual orientation” to the district’s discrimination policy. Sexual orientation is already included in the district’s bullying and harassment policies. The current policy prohibits discrimination based on a variety of factors, including race, religion and disability. Most of Wake schools policies have already been altered to […]
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office began looking into the Freedom Christian Academy in March after a parent withdrew her children from the private school after discovering that Joan Dayton, the head of school knowingly allowed Conner to work there during the 2011-12 academic year Paul Conner, the convicted sex offender at the center of […]
North Carolina lawmakers are making sure that Duke University’s latest NCAA title doesn’t go unnoticed. Coach K and his Duke University basketball team will be returning to the North Carolina Legislative Building to be honored for their last national title win. A special joint session was scheduled by the House and Senate for Tuesday afternoon […]
WAKE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS Raleigh Convention Center Graduation Time High School Saturday, June 6, 2015 8:00 AM Green Hope Saturday, June 6, 2015 12:00 PM Athens Saturday, June 6, 2015 4:00 PM Wake Forest Saturday, June 6, 2015 8:00 PM Wakefield Sunday, June 7, 2015 8:00 AM Enloe Sunday, June 7, […]
A Duke University political science professor, named Jerry Hough made what some are calling a controversial statement regarding an editorial in the New York Times. The editorial that sparked the comment was titled “How Racism Doomed Baltimore” and it focused on the idea that poverty and isolation of the African-American community in Baltimore were major […]
