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Vice President Joe Biden will make his way to the Triangle Monday. This comes just one day after Republican nominee Mitt Romney and his vice presidential pick Paul Ryan campaigned in the state.
Since the story of 76 year old Queen Walters being robbed after falling asleep at a local Walmart his national news, tips have been coming in, says Roxboro authorities. Today Kenneth Lamont Vaughan, who stole Walters purse at a local Walmart was stopped by Durham police and brought into custody. Vaughan had a lengthy rap […]
39th Annual Conference of Shirley Caesar Outreach Ministries set for Aug. 8-12 Earnest Pugh will minister tonight in song. Listen to the interview. The 39th Annual “Wilt Thou Be Made Whole” Conference of Shirley Caesar Outreach Ministries kicks off this Monday at Mount Calvary Word of Faith Church in Raleigh, NC. The services […]
Queen Walters had been using a scooter to shop at the Walmart in Roxboro when she became groggy from the medication she had been taking to prep her for surgery, and she fell asleep. Store surveillance video showed Queen asleep when a man approached her and then took her purse while she was out […]
Former East Carolina University and Campbell University coach Earl Smith passed away Sunday morning, according to the the Fayetteville Observer.
Since the phone service changed 4 months ago, requiring everyone to dial their are code before dialing the phone number, many with the area code of 919 have been misdialed as 911. Officials ask that if you make a mistake and dial 911, please stay on the line and let the operator know that it […]
Scotland County has struggled especially hard during these past few years of economic recession. June unemployment numbers show the county continues to shoulder the state’s highest unemployment rate. During July the rate came in at 17.6 percent. “It’s been kind of rough, we’ve been managing. I had been working for 20 some plus more years […]
It’s been there for as long as I can remember… Crabtree Valley Mall turns 40 today with a 1970’s inspired celebration. So from 6-9pm the mall is inviting the public to celebrate with them.
Wake County students at every grade level made steady academic gains in 2011-12, the state Department of Public Instruction said Thursday. Wake County’s graduation rate in 2012 checked in at 80.8 percent. Graduation rates in North Carolina cracked the 80 percent mark in 2012, compared with 77.7 percent in 2011, the […]
First Lady Michelle Obama is scheduled to visit the University of North Carolina at Greensboro at 1pm today to drum up support for President Obama’s re-election bid. This is the first stop for the First Lady in Greensboro connected to her husband’s re-election bid. She was in Greensboro earlier this year to speak at NC […]
