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Seventy-three protesters were handcuffed and taken to jail during the weekly Moral Monday protests at the North Carolina General Assembly, bringing the total number arrested in the current legislative session to about 900.

Many gathered yesterday for a peaceful rally for Treyvon Martin to call for  change.  The rally began at Moore Square and participant marched down to Martin St. Baptist Church where Rev. William Barber from the NAACP spoke to the crowd.

Here are some local events that are happening this week. For more go to: http://thelightnc.upickem.net/engine/Details.aspx?PageType=APPROVED&contestid=46430 Church Revival   Event Date:  July 24-26, 2013 Event Time:  7PM nightly Is this event FREE?:  YES Venue Name:  MichaelCreekMissionaryBaptistChurch Address Line 1:  7683 John Penn Road City, State, Zip:  Stovall, NC27582 Event Description:  Pastor Wiley W. Robinson along with […]

  Wake County Board of Education member John Tedesco announced today that he will not run for re-election this fall, but decided he wants to spend more time with his family. Tedesco made headlines when he stood against the long-standing policy of busing for diversity, and with his outspokenness the Republican majority led board overturned […]

  It’s been about a month since a man reported being attacked on Durham’s American Tobacco Trail and now a woman is reporting being mugged at approximately the same spot. A young woman was mugged while rollerblading around 7:15 last night when an armed man approached her and took her phone. The suspect was described […]

Moses Mathis the man who blessed so many underprivileged children with bicycles for Christmas for 22 years passed away Monday morning after a long illness. A public viewing is scheduled for 3pm on Sunday and a memorial service at 5pm at Hood Memorial AME Zion Church, 2801 Rosehill Rd. in Fayetteville. Mr. Mathis’ homegoing service is […]

Here are some local events that are happening this week.  Click here for more:  http://thelightnc.upickem.net/engine/Details.aspx?PageType=APPROVED&contestid=46430   Youth Summer Christian Camp   Event Date:  07/19/2013 Event Time:  1:00 pm Is this event FREE?:  YES Venue Name:  Llanview Estates Address Line 1:  3065 Blackridge Rd. City, State, Zip:  LaCrosse, VA Event Description:  2 day free event for […]

We have talked about Moses Mathis in Fayetteville for years and what he does to provide a wonderful Christmas or just a need for kids less fortunate. Moses Mathis was known as the “Bicycle Man” who for more than two decades fixed and gave away bicycles to children who could not afford them. Mathis was honored […]

  Earlier this week the NY Times wrote an article hammering the incidents surrounding the decisions of NC new Republican led general assembly.   They highlighted how nearly 700 people have been arrested in the “Moral Monday” demonstrations which protested the decisions that would cut back on the care of the less fortunate.   Yesterday Gov. […]

Yesterday a request spread through social media like wildfire – blackout your profile pictures on each of your social media sites until a verdict is…