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Exciting news for Jordan High School in Durham. Former UNC baller and former NBA player Rasheed Wallace just announced that he will be the new boys basketball coach. Wallace played for Dean Smith at UNC for two seasons before being drafted into the NBA. Jordan’s boys were 7-17 overall last season. […]
Become a “Partner in Hope” by pledging just $20 a month to help kids at St. Jude fight cancer. Today’s hottest artists have joined the #ThisShirtSavesLives movement to help St. Jude kids. When you become a Partner In Hope, you will get the This Shirt Saves Lives t-shirt to wear as a reminder that you joined the lifesaving […]
Jonathan Alan Williams, a Raleigh man, was arrested yesterday after allegedly placing white hoods on a downtown Raleigh Confederate statue. Williams was charged with littering, according to ABC11. The arrested man apparently tweeted about the statue earlier in the day. https://twitter.com/shovemedia/status/1102556788925308929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1102556788925308929&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fabc11.com%2Fpolitics%2Fman-arrested-after-tweeting-about-white-hoods-on-confederate-statue%2F5166733%2F https://twitter.com/NMugshots/status/1102775014737305605 The 7-foot statue was previously vandalized in 2015 when “Black Lives Matter” […]
Join the Durham Business & Professional Chain for the seminar, “Making Your Non-Profit Profitable”, with Andrea Williams, CEO of Elevated Life Now. Andrea has over 25 years experience in working in the tax and accounting profession. She’ll share information on positioning your non-profit for financial success. Bring your business cards for networking. What: Seminar: Making […]
Virginia State University held off a strong second half rally to defeat the Shaw Bears, 77-66, in the 2019 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Men’s Basketball Championship game Saturday afternoon at the Spectrum Center. Read more on the CIAA website. SEMIFINALS – FRIDAY 3/1 7PM Virginia st. 75 Livingstone […]
For the first time in three seasons, the Shaw University men’s basketball team was able to capture a victory at the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Men’s Basketball Tournament and move on to the semifinals as the Bears rallied from a nine-point deficit in the second half to defeat rival Saint Augustine’s University in the […]
According to Durham police, Thursday morning the driver who was involved in a police chase and crashed the vehicle was arrested for trying to escape from deputies. When deputies arrived at the scene of a complaint about a domestic situation a vehicle with two men drove off. Deputies followed the vehicle down Southerland Street, the vehicle crashed […]
Today, we recognize our Black History Month honoree, Dr. Goldie Byrd, professor of public health sciences and director of the Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity at Wake Forest Baptist Health School of Medicine in Winston Salem. The North Carolina Education Lottery is proud to honor educators in our community with “I Am Carolina’s Black […]
“When you’re brought back and then in essence die a second time and be brought back, to me, that’s like an exclamation point from God, like there’s more for me to do yet”… that’s what Bob Stewart, a Fuquay Varina resident had to say about his near death experience. Earlier this week he was reunited […]
The Wake Forest Renaissance Centre is hosting several upcoming events designed to educate area residents about Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Each event is designed to offer local families the opportunity to learn about dozens of dementia-related programs, services, products, and resources – all in one location. The Renaissance Centre is presenting these sessions in collaboration with the Alzheimer’s […]