I wasn’t a Tar Heels fan, but I remember my classmates wanted the North Carolina Starter jacket back in high school. According to ESPN, Dean Smith, the coaching innovator who won two national championships at North Carolina, an Olympic gold medal in 1976 and induction into basketball’s Hall of Fame more than a decade before he left the […]
As the nation celebrates the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 this week, a new fight for voting rights…
Blake Brockington (pictured) recently made history when he became the first transgender teen in the state of North Carolina to be crowned homecoming king, according…
Legendary singer Gladys Knight is coming to the rescue of a North Carolina landmark. She and her husband Billy McDowell are restoring an all black…
North Carolina is set to compensate victims of its involuntary sterilization program, according to NBC News. SEE ALSO: Sharpton Meets With POTUS, AG Holder To Discuss Voting Rights Act State House Speaker Thom Tillis said that the lawmakers’ vote to hand out $10 million in compensation was not easily reached. “There were challenges, we had to better educate our members […]
EMERALD ISLE, NC –Â A Columbus man has died after rescuing his two children in the Atlantic Ocean in North Carolina. Emerald Isle Police said in a press release on Tuesday that Andy W. Clegg, 39, died Monday morning after suffering an apparent heart problem following the rescue of his two sons. Police said the sons, […]
The Republican war on women’s rights is expanding, but progressive activists are fighting back. Last week, while most of the country was celebrating the Fourth of July holiday, lawmakers in North Carolina took a bill designed to combat so-called “Sharia law” and, without any notice or warning, transformed it into a massive anti-abortion omnibus bill – one […]
A 33-year old woman who just recently went on vacation to North Carolina with her boyfriend and two children, has been declared “missing” after not returning. Police are now searching for Lynn Jackenheimer of Ashland, Ohio, who has been missing since July 4th. Read more on this story HERE.  RELATED: Akron Restaurant Owner Dies After […]
A North Carolina woman stands accused of castrating her ex-boyfriend after squeezing his testicle out of his scrotum, The Daily Mail reports. SEE ALSO: 13-Year-Old…
Pregnant singer Fantasia Barrino celebrated the impending arrival of her baby boy with a baby shower this past weekend. Fantasia’s mom(R) as well as grandmother(C) were among the guests at the Mickey Mouse-themed party held at Villa Antonio in Charlotte, NC on October 1, 2011. Among the celebrity guests to attend were Lil Mo’ (singer), […]
