STATE NEWS Gov. McCrory is ordering tighter security measures at national guard recruiting facilities. It’s in response to last weeks shootings at military recruiting stations in Tennessee. The governor also ordered flags at state facilities to be lowered to half-staff today. A campaign begins today to help enforce the use of seatbelts. The state highway […]
LOCAL NEWS Thanks for supporting the HungerFreenc Media-thon, it was a big SUCCESS. In NC almost 58% of public school children applied to receive free or reduced price lunch. Yesterday, $78,000 was raised and the money will be used to fund long-term solutions for a hungerfreenc. You can still donate by going to hungerfreenc.org A […]
LOCAL NEWS DID YOU KNOW. In NC almost 56% of public school children applied to receive free or reduced price lunch. Today, join Radio One Raleigh, WRAL and a community coalition of partners for a day-long MEDIAthon on TV, radio and web to raise money for HungerFreeNC. To make a donation. Call (919) 744-3663 until […]
LOCAL NEWS Dozens of middle school students will have the opportunity to work with a former astronaut at NCCU. Bernard Harris is the first-African-American to walk in space. Family members are worried for a missing teen Tobias McClean, after his mom, and sister were found dead inside a burning Sanford apartment Monday night. Sanford police […]
LOCAL NEWS A Zebulon man, faces murder charges after his vehicle swerved off a Johnston County road late Sunday and into a crowd of bystanders, killing four people. The bodies of a mother and her teenage daughter were found inside a burning apartment in Sanford Monday afternoon. Firefighters were called to the area after a […]
STATE NEWS North Carolinas election law goes to federal court today. The Coalition of Advocacy group is challenging the law enacted in 2013. The concerns for the organization, the reduction in early voting, and the elimination of same day registration in early voting sites. LOCAL NEWS A former Operation New Life Daycare employee is charged […]
NATIONAL NEWS The confederate flag has been removed from South Carolina state house grounds. South Carolina leaders voted to remove the confederate flag from a poll on the state house grounds. The flag has flown at the capital for more than fifty years in protest of the civil rights movement. LOCAL NEWS Local school officials are […]
LOCAL NEWS Wake county Commissioners are hosting a community discussion about a controversial library closing. They plan to close the public portion of the library at Athens Drive high school. But, community outcry is causing them to reconsider the plan. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is bringing her campaign to Raleigh. a Raleigh couple will […]
LOCAL NEWS Year round school for tracks 1,2,3 is back in session today in Wake County. Be mindful of students and school buses when students are boarding buses. Remember Safety First!!! The Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina is negotiating a deal to purchase a Raleigh landmark with plans to expand its operations. […]
LOCAL NEWS Final preparations are being made for the Dorothea Dix property deal. The city of Raleigh is buying the campus from the city of Raleigh from the state for 52 million dollars. The plan is to turn it into a destination park. A popular shopping destination is officially closed. Yesterday, was the last day […]
LOCAL NEWS Despite recent shark attacks along North Carolina Beaches, expect plenty of visitors this July 4th holiday weekend. Experts suggest people not swim at dusk into the overnight and to avoid swimming near piers and after storms. Two people were injured early Friday in a house fire in northern Durham County. The blaze was […]
