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A lieutenant with Raleigh police’s special operations division named Mathew Kohr, and his wife Melanie are suing Starbucks for both physical and emotional injuries he suffered after spilling a scolding hot cup of coffee. The incident occurred in January 2012 when Kohr says he was given a faulty cup at the Starbucks on Peace Street. […]
It’s no secret that recent incidents in which people have died in police custody or officers have shot suspected criminals has heightened the tension between officers and their community. While other areas are regrouping and handling this situation in their own way, the Hope Mills Police Department has taken a proactive approach. States nationwide […]
WRAL -TV 5 news anchor Gerald Owens recaps the weekend’s big stories. * Fayetteville police looking for the person murdered a homeless man Sunday morning…. * Durham woman charged with DWI after crashing her car into a house… * The Beach is Sinking…. Listen to more about these stories: Catch Gerald Owens tonight […]
A missing 2 year-old boy and his father have been located in North Carolina. The child is named Jameson Linberry-Pollard and his father is identified as 24-year old Jason Pollard. Pollard was pulled over by State Highway Patrol on Saturday near Greenville, for speeding. The father and son were last seen in Ashland, Virginia […]
Last month a noose was spotted hanging from a tree outside the Bryan Center on the campus on Duke University. The student who was responsible for the incident has issued a written letter of apology to the campus and students. The student wrote: “Through my lack of cultural awareness and joking personality, I ended […]
An unidentified woman’s body was found in a wooded area in Fayetteville on Saturday morning. The body was discovered by hunters in the 6800 block of Cedar Creek Rd. and reported to be an African American woman. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office at (910) 323-1500 or Fayetteville/Cumberland County Crimestoppers […]
A lengthy two-year investigation has finally come to an end last Thursday. Authorities filed federal drug and weapons charges against seven current or former Northampton County deputies, three corrections officers and five other individuals. The unlikely team, were planning to move large amounts of cocaine and heroin between South Carolina and Maryland. U.S. […]
We’ve seen the mom in Baltimore discipline her son for doing wrong but here’s a young man who is doing something very right. Montrez Jefferies is a homeless teen and recently stumbled upon a $500 money order and instead of trying to keep it he wanted to do the right thing a give it back […]
Congratulations to The Light listener Margaret Joswick! Margaret won a pair of front row seats to Tyler Perry’s “Madea on the Run” May 2nd & 3rd at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville. The new keyword starting now is MADEA. Text Madea to shortcode 82257 for your chance to win Front row seats to the […]
You may remember the story on March 3rd where three men robbed a truck transporting several gold bars from Florida to Massachusetts. The robbery took place in N.C. in Wilson County. The robbers stole 275 pounds of gold totally approximately $5 million dollars. Yesterday one of those stolen bars was recovered in Florida. The bar […]
