More than 800 Durham residents lost their power yesterday, the Durham Police Department said a large balloon was the source of the outage. The outage was located at Hillandale/Spruce to Hillsborough Rd and from Hillsborough/Hillandale to 15-501 and beyond. The outage started around 2:50 p.m. and was restored just before 5pm. Read more at ABC11
Community activists and protest organizers who oppose the violence from police officers toward black people across the country will gather in Durham and Raleigh today at 6pm. The rally in Durham will be held at the Durham Police Department headquarters, 505 W. Chapel Hill St. to show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. […]
Central North Carolina was rocked by severe storms Saturday evening. The large amount of rain in a short period of time caused flash flooding, water rescues and power outages to the Triangle and surrounding counties. The hardest hit counties were Wake, Durham, Nash and Edgecombe. Raleigh officials reported that they rescued a woman and three children […]
WRAL reports that early Monday morning a man was shot and killed in a shooting that took place on Ashe Street in Durham. A section of Ashe Street was blocked while authorities investigated the incident. The investigation is ongoing. wral.com Text “LIGHT” To 37890 for your chance at ticket giveaways and news before anyone else!…Standard […]
U.S. News & World Report gave its list yesterday of best places to live in the United States, ranking the largest metro areas. U.S. News & World Report editor and chief content officer Brian Kelly describes it this way to “CBS This Morning, “It epitomizes quality of life for a lot of people. The commuting […]
According to authorities Saturday one person was shot outside of Northgate Mall. The shooting took place around 7:05 p.m. An altercation started inside of the mall according to police. he report says that the people involved ran outside then the shooting happened. The victim was shot in the arm and taken to the hospital with non-life threatening […]
A Durham man and his family were returning home during the holiday when his security system alerted him that packages were left for him. When arrived at his home three hours later there were no packages on the doorstep. When he checked the security video it showed a man talking on a cell phone picking […]
The Light 103.9 2014 Lamplighter Community Service Awards Show will take place Saturday December 6, 2014 at the DPAC 123 Vivian St, Durham, NC 27701. The show starts at 7:00 PM and doors open at 6:00 PM. The Show features musical guest, Donald Lawrence, Beverly Crawford, J Moss, Maurette Brown-Clark, Jessica Reedy, Zacardi Cortez, Ernest Pugh, […]
A lawsuit was filed on Tuesday by nine families that live in the neighborhood where New Hope Church is located on Fayetteville Rd. in Durham. The neighbors claim the music from the church is outrageous and “akin to rock concerts.” In December, the church’s sound was cited under Durham’s noise ordinance for being “unreasonable and […]
