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    Ark of the Covenant Out-Reach Church Grand Opening   Event Date:  10/06/2013 Event Time:  11:00 A M Is this event FREE?:  YES Venue Name:  Clara Meekins Address Line 1:  534 hilltop dr. City, State, Zip:  Raleigh, NC27610 Event Description:  This will be the Grand opening of the Ark Of the Covenant Out-Reach Church. […]

  A Raleigh woman was kidnapped around 8:45pm on Thursday at her apartment complex on Stoneridge Dr. and was forced to drive to a bank ATM.  The suspect was armed with a handgun, and after the robbery ordered the woman to get out of her vehicle and he drove away in it. This is just […]

One of University of North Carolina’s break out stars from last season returns to practice Friday after an off-season filled with trouble. P.J. Hairston issued an apology Friday at Carolina Basketball Media Day. He had numerous run ins with authorities recently. He was cited for speeding and reckless driving in July and pulled over twice […]

One-stop early voting is open across North Carolina for counties and municipalities holding a primary or general election on Oct. 8. Anyone who missed the voter registration deadline can register to vote and then cast an absentee ballot at their county board of elections office during the early voting period, which ends on Saturday, Oct. […]

The Department of Defense announced yesteday that XVIII Airborne Corps from Ft. Bragg will deploy in late January as a part of rotation of forces to Afghanistan.   The Corps will deply about 500 paratroopers to serve.

  NC Attorney General Roy Cooper is asking the U.S. Food and Drug Admin. to regulate electronic cigarettes like other tobacco products because they are capable of delivering high doses of nicotine and can be addictive. Cooper signed a letter on Tuesday saying that e-cigarettes are portrayed as a safe alternative and are being marketed […]

Students from across Durham gathered Tuesday to remember a 16-year-old Jordan High school student Tyreic Hemphill who died last week in a car accident. Police say Hemphill died last Friday when he lost control of his car and crossed the median. His car collided with another vehicle on N.C. Highway 55 near Riddle Road.

Duke Energy Carolinas has won a rate hike. The North Carolina Utilities Commission awarded the utility an overall 4.5 percent rate increase for the first two years Tuesday. Rates will increase 0.6 percent thereafter. Typical residential bills would go up about $7 a month to $110.

The September Pastor of The Month Edward Holloway the Pastor of Zebulon First Baptist Church visited The Light 103.9 studios to record his “Power Minute” feature that will air on The Light 103.9. During Pastor Holloway’s visit he stepped in the main studio to said hello to Melissa “Wade In The Water”. I must say […]

  Drivers will soon be able to travel faster on Interstate 540 between Interstate 40 and Glenwood Avenue, all of N.C. Highway 540, including tolled sections of the Triangle Expressway, and N.C. Highway 147 between N.C. 540 and I-40. The DOT agreed that the speed limits would increase from 65 – 70mph.  Research shows that […]