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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 […]

Via: HeyTru.Com Judy Smith, crisis-management expert and real-life inspiration for the hit ABC drama “Scandal,” will be the inaugural speaker in North Carolina Central University’s 2013-14 Lyceum series. She will speak on Tuesday, Sept. 24, at 7 p.m. in B.N. Duke Auditorium. Doors will open at 6 p.m. The event is free and open to […]

Campus police shot and killed a man near North Carolina Central University’s campus late last night after the man challenged them with a gun. Officials locked down the campus at about 10:15 p.m. Police found the man in a wooded area near Cecil and Lincoln streets and challenged them with a gun. Campus police responded […]

Family and friends of a man killed by Durham Police last week gathered Sunday for his wake at Antioch Baptist Church. A Durham Police officer shot and killed Derek Walker Sept. 17 when he brandished a gun near the Bronze Bull statue in downtown Durham. Police said Walker, 26, had been waving the gun, and […]

Authorities say the second of two cyclists involved in a Chapel Hill hit and run accident has died and troopers are still searching for the driver involved. Alexandria Nicole Simou, 40, of Chapel Hill, passed away at UNC Hospital. Investigators said 41-year-old Ivin Levander Scurlock, of Carrboro, died at the scene last Thursday when the […]

The 2013 Adrian Carroll 11th Annual Battle Of The Bands is this Sunday at NCCU. Adrian Carroll gives the history of the Battle Of The Bandsand details about who will participate in the event including for the first time ever DukeUniversity’s Marching Band. Check out my interview with Adrian Carroll below for all of the […]

  It may sound good that North Carolina’s unemployment rate fell from 8.9 percent in July to 8.7 percent in August, but employers in the state are still shedding jobs. According to the state Department of Commerce more than 3,500 jobs were cut during the month of August and more than 409,000 people in the […]

Gov. Pat McCrory’s approval rating continues to sink from the highs he registered in his first months in office, according to a poll released Thursday by Elon University. The Elon University Poll, which surveyed 701 registered voters statewide between last Friday and Monday, also found that less than a third of North Carolina voters approve […]