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Fayetteville police is asking the public for help in locating a teenager who has been missing since Wednesday. The teenagers name is Joseph Sellers who is 16 years old. Sellers was reported missing Thursday and had last been seen at about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 800 block of Southern Avenue. He is described as a […]

Saturday Hundreds of people took to the streets of downtown Durham to pray for peace in the streets. The City Prayer walk stopped at key locations in the city to pray for that department. Some of the stops included the Police and Fire Department as well as the County Court House Youth Detention Facility, Durham […]

Smithfield officials said the one man died Saturday morning in a house fire. The fire was reported at 5:05 a.m. and happened at a house on 5th Street near the Smithfield Police Department. According to Smithfield’s Fire Chief John Blanton crews received a call for a fire with someone trapped inside the home. SOURCE: wral.com […]

The light 103.9 has your chance to win free  tickets to see Kirk Franklin’s “20 Years In One Night World Tour” concert with special guest Anthony Brown and Group Therapy. The show will take place on Friday  March 18th at the Greensboro Coliseum. Listen to the for your chance to call in and win. Contest numbers: […]

Congratulations to Pastor John Miles of Risen Faith Outreach Ministry. He is our Hometown Champion. Pastor Miles was nominated by Angela Miles for the work he does in the community. He is the founding pastor of Risen Faith Outreach Ministry, which opened in September 2014. In less than 2 years he has managed to provide turkeys […]

Actors  are wanted for the stage play “What A Blessing I Could Have Been”. Auditions take place on January 28, 2016 at the Durham County Main Library located on 301 N. Roxboro St.  and January 30, 2016 at the Stanford L. Warren Library, 1201 Fayetteville Rd. in Durham. Rehearsals take place each Saturday in March […]

Thursday morning the manager of a PNC Bank in Zebulon held a back door shut as an armed man tried to enter the bank. Police said this effort stopped the bank from being robbed. The report stated that suspect approached the rear door of the PNC Bank branch on North Arendell Avenue around 9:15 a.m. […]

In a report from ABC 11 News investigators have charged former prison guard Bishme Allah with having sex with inmates at Raleigh’s women’s prison. Allah who is 32 years old was fired when the SBI first started to  look into the allegations last year. According to the affidavit of an SBI search warrant obtained by ABC11, […]

God Belongs in My City Prayer Walk will be held Saturday January 30th at 10am in Downtown Durham 505 W Chapel Hill St.  Durham, NC 27701.  The Light will be joining Pastor John Fitzpatrick and others for this walk.  Listen as Melissa talks with Pastor Fitzpatrick of One Love Ministries about the event and how you […]

  About 500 people woke up to no power in southern Wake County because of a crash that happened around 2 a.m. when a car slammed into a power pole on Rock Service Station Road just north of Highway 42. The road is expected to reopen later Thursday morning. Source:  ABC11 Text “LIGHT” To 37890 for […]