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Gov. Pat McCrory is set to talk about hurricane preparedness as North Carolina faces the 2013 Atlantic season. McCrory is scheduled to hold a news conference Thursday to discuss preparing for hurricanes. Saturday marks the start of the hurricane season, which continues through Nov. 30.
The public can meet the finalists for wake county school superintendent. The three finalists will take questions at a community forum this evening from 6:30 – 8:30 at Memorial Auditorium at the DukeEnergyCenter for the Performing Arts downtown Raleigh. The finalists are: Dana Bedden – Superintendent of the Irving Independent School District near Dallas, TX. […]
Grammy-nominated gospel artist, James Fortune, will host an inspirational broadcast radio show beginning Tuesday, May 28 from 7p-11p on The Light and several other radio stations across the world. In addition, Fortune will host The Spirit Top 15 Inspirational Countdown every weekend. The shows will feature gospel and inspirational music along with Fortune’s special style […]
According to AAA Carolinas more people are expected to hit the roads for the holiday than expected. AAA estimates that 897,300 motorist will travel starting as early as Thursday. That is a 1.5% increase from last year. Alot may have to do with the drop in gas prices. The current average price for regular unleaded […]
For many African Americans ozone and air pollution aren’t on our radar – but it should be. Why? Because it has serious health impacts for…
The Wake County Board of Education considered about two dozen applicants and now have come down to the final three of whom they believe are very capable of running this district and its size, according to Chariman Keith Sutton. The finalist include: Dr. Dana Bedden, superintendent of the Irving Independent School System in Irving, Texas; […]
Raleigh police closed all lanes of Atlantic Avenue between Spring Forest and Millbrook roads in north Raleigh Wednesday morning after a wreck involving a school bus and car. No students were on the bus at the time of wreck, police said. No other information about the cause of the wreck has been released. It wasn’t […]
Raleigh police have three people in custody in connection with the death of Melissa Huggins-Jones. She was found dead by her 8-year-old daughter more than a week ago. Sarah Rene Redden, 18, Ronald Lee Anthony, 23, and Travian Devonte Smith, 20, appeared before magistrate, charged with murder. They were taken into custody by Raleigh police […]
Right now gas prices are looking pretty good going into the summer. AAA reports the national average for regular gasoline at about $3.65, and at some of the gas stations in and around Raleigh and Durham have it for less than the national average. This is great news going into the Memorial holiday and into the […]
As if we didn’t get enough rain over the weekend. Now meterologist are forcasting a wet week. According to WTVD meterologist Don Schwenneker says today storms will be slow moving and heavy rain could result in flooding of low lying and poor drainage areas. The storms will weaken Tuesday and on Wednesday, the thunderstorms will […]
