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The Brian McKnight Show scheduled for tonight at The Progress Energy Center’s Meymandi Concert Hall has been cancelled. For refunds contact point of purchase.

Veterans Day activities in the Triangle: Raleigh Veteran’s Day Parade and Ceremony.The parade starts at Fayetteville and Davie streets at 9:30 a.m., and will be followed by a wreath-laying and ceremony at 11 a.m. on the north side of the State Capitol grounds. The theme: “Welcome Home. We support you and we’ll never forget your […]

Merchants and agencies in North Carolina and across the nation are offering free meals and services to veterans and active military personnel in thanks for their service to our country and in celebration of Friday’s Veterans Day holiday. Most offers are good on specific days between Friday and Sunday and require proof of military service, […]

The Video Footage of  Heavy D’s last interview on the Tim Westwood Show early yesterday morning in England!!! http://www.theblastbydigiwaxx.com/2011/11/08/heavy-ds-last-interview-yesterday-with-tim-westwood/

Campbell University was locked down Wednesday afternoon during a standoff between Harnett County deputies and a student in a residence on the Buies Creek campus, authorities said. Deputies were trying to serve papers on Jared Dale Knight, 24, when he barricaded himself inside a private home on the Campbell campus, university spokesman Britt Davis said. […]

Check out this Heavy D music mix from the Tom Joyner Morning Show.

Dwight Arrington Myers better known as Heavy D. Myers was born on May 24, 1967 in Mandeville, Jamaica, the son of Eulahlee Lee, a nurse, and Clifford Vincent Myers, a machine technician. His family moved to Mount Vernon, New York, US when he was a young child, where he was raised. Heavy D & the […]

Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin was honored with a star-studded tribute at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland this past weekend. Her praises, her songs were sung by an all-star lineup that included Lauryn Hill, Dennis Edwards of the Temptations and Chaka Khan hellobeautiful Read More

Carolina Auto Spa and Carolina Express Car Wash along with over 1,300 other car wash locations across the nation will provide FREE car washes to veterans and current military service personnel, under the Grace For Vets FREE Wash Program on Friday, November 11th from 8 AM – 6 PM. Washes will be given rain or […]

The public is invited to attend the Johnston County Career Fair honoring veterans now through Thursday, November 10th from 10a.m. until 12Noon. The Career Fair will be held at the Smithfield office of the Employment Security at 224 Peedin Road. Top employers from Johnston County’s will be onhand to accept applications and resumes for open […]

Re-visit some of the Tom Joyner crew’s interviews with the late Heavy D. He died yesterday at the age of 44.

TMZ reports that the influential ’90s rapper — real name Dwight Arrington Myers — was rushed to a hospital around noon Tuesday and was pronounced dead at the hospital at 1 p.m. According to theGrio.com, he suffered from a yet to be identified infection. The rapper’s final tweet, posted on Monday night, read simply, “BE […]