About Karen Clark

Karen Clark, a Durham native, is a graduate of the School of Journalism at the UNC- Chapel Hill. Her desire to pursue a career in broadcast led her to a 4-year stint in commercial radio. Karen’s experience included on-air work G-105 (WDCG) and K97.5 (WQOK) in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Karen’s radio experience led her to a Promotions Manager position with Columbia Records. While working with Columbia, Karen promoted and marketed albums for national recording artists such as Mariah Carey, Will Smith, Beyonce, Wyclef Jean and many others. This promotions position was Karen’s first foray into event planning, allowing her to coordinate parties, autograph signings, performances and regional itineraries for dozens of artists. After three years with Columbia Records, Karen landed a position with West Coast based Capitol Records. Capitol Records boasts an impressive roster of artists including The Beatles, Coldplay, Corrine Bailey Rae and Snoop Dogg.

After seven years in the music industry, Karen, along with her mother, started Something Borrowed, Something Blue, a nationally-recognized wedding and event planning company based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Karen’s events have been seen on the Style Network shows Whose Wedding Is It Anyway? and Married Away. She has been a featured contributor for InStyle Weddings, The Knot and various local news programs and publications

Karen is currently the Midday On-Air Personality at Foxy 107.1/104.3 (WFXC/WFXK.) She enjoys cooking, working out, playing with her young son and volunteering in the community.

Florida –A Miami bus driver who left the scene of an accident last year was arrested Thursday, police said. Goddess Newbold-Hayes, 41, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident involving a fatality, and failure to render aide in the Nov. 27 accident that killed 51-year-old Tomislov Pepi Ritoper. According to police, Newbold-Hayes was […]

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Fire officials say three people died and two remain missing after a natural gas explosion rocked a downtown neighborhood in eastern Pennsylvania last night.

VIA: WRAL.COM The man shot by police after a standoff at a Cary bank was a troubled student who, friends said, had struggled with mental health issues. Still, there was no indication that Devon Mitchell, 19, who lived in the 900 block of Pony Club Circle, was headed for a deadly confrontation with police. Mitchell held at […]

Michelle Obama’s motto to “wear what you love,” helps her to effortlessly move between high-end fashions and more budget friendly duds all the while maintaining her chic sense of style. During her recent appearances on “The Today Show” and “Regis and Kelly” on Wednesday, the First Lady opted for a polka-dotted dress from fast-fashion company […]

QUEENS-Alexander Figueroa, shot and killed the mother of his two children, Giummia Villa at her job at a pharmacy with a bouquet of flowers before killing himself, police say. The New York Daily News reports: Villa, 32, was at the register at Crescent Chemists on 34th Ave. in Long Island City when Figueroa, 38, walked […]

Texas — As the snow piles higher around the country and the roads get messier, many couples find comfort and warmth in each other’s arms. It could mean a baby boom come fall. Bianca doesn’t remember what the weather was like when either of her two children were conceived, but she remembers what she was […]

Egypt — President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt told the Egyptian people Thursday that he would delegate more authority to his vice president, Omar Suleiman, but that he would not resign his post, contradicting earlier reports that he would step aside. In a nationally televised address, Mr. Mubarak said he would “admit mistakes” and honor the […]

New York — A former Fox News employee has sat down with Media Matters and revealed what many have been thought to be true for years, that Fox News is a partisan driven “propaganda outfit.” Media Matters reports: “It is their M.O. to undermine the administration and to undermine Democrats,” says the source. “They’re a […]

VIA: KOAT.COM A 31-year-old Albuquerque man accused of giving his semen disguised as a free yogurt sample was arrested Wednesday, police said.Albuquerque police said DNA tests showed Sunflower Market employee Anthony Garcia gave his semen to a female customer disguised as a free yogurt sample, and police sources said the man may have tried the […]

VIA: FOXNEWS.COM A day after a 20-year-old student from London died from getting silicone injected into her buttocks at a Philadelphia hotel, police have questioned a woman who might be connected to the case, myfoxphilly.com reported. Detectives issued a search warrant Tuesday night at the Bergen County, N.J., home of a woman they believe set […]

Philadelphia, PA– Police say a 22-year-old Philadelphia man told them he strangled three women late last year after paying for sex and sometimes continued the sex acts after they died.

Washington, D.C.–  AFRO.com announced that they partnered with Google to  digitize the newspaper’s historic archives and make them searchable on-line and available to everyone on the web. Link to Afro-American/Google archive