photo credit: ESB Professional // Shutterstock The Craven County Board of Education has just unanimously voted for J.T. Barber Elementary school in New Bern to become year-round. The change means that students will go back to school on July 22 this year after approximately five weeks of summer vacation. Under the new schedule, students will attend class…… read more »
photo credit: a katz // Shutterstock Michael Avenatti entered the new year as one of the lawyers in R. Kelly’s new case. Avenatti was actually the man who started the new case against Kelly, bringing awareness to new video tapes and never-before-seen victims. A few weeks later, Avenatti himself was arrested for trying to extort Nike for…… read more »
photo credit: JStone // Shutterstock Streaming Nipsey Hussle’s Celebration of Life! … read more »
photo credit: lev radin // Shutterstock Wendy Williams has officially filed for divorce from husband after nearly 22 years of marriage. Sources say Wendy served Kevin with the divorces papers at 6:30 a.m. Many us of may have been waiting on this move from Wendy but it is still a shock being that she was so…… read more »
photo credit: Kratka Photography // Shutterstock In Louisiana, over the past few weeks, three historically black churches have been burned down. St. Mary Baptist Church in Port Barre burned on March 26, followed by Greater Union Baptist Church in Opelousas on April 2 and, two days later, Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in the same town. The suspect…… read more »
photo credit: Zerbor // Shutterstock Last month, the county of Rockland, New York started banning unvaccinated people over the age of 18 from public places in an effort to contain the measles outbreak that began in October. The outbreak began when an unvaccinated resident got infected while visiting Israel, retiring home with the disease. Mostly affecting observant…… read more »
photo credit: Shutterstock PirateFest is returning to Uptown Greenville next weekend. The festival will take place on Friday, April 12 and Saturday, April 13 in Uptown Greenville, stretching from Five Points Plaza all the way to the Town Common. This year’s headliners include country music star Jimmie Allen, who will take the stage at the…… read more »
photo credit: Carrington Tatum // Shutterstock You may remember the name Candace Owens from past issues. She’s a black woman who doesn’t seem to stand for black right or issues in the black community. On Tuesday, Candace spoke in front of a panel at a hearing called to address the rise of hate crimes and white nationalism…… read more »
photo credit: JStone // Shutterstock Las year, Kim K assisted in getting Alice Johnson out of jail after meeting with President Donald Trump. After the release of Matthew Charles, Kim helped him find housing, offering to pay his rent for 5 years. Now Kim wants to take her legal role a little further by becoming an…… read more »
photo credit: aapsky // Shutterstock A gas explosion in downtown Durham on Wednesday morning has killed one person and injured 15 others. Durham police say a contractor working under a sidewalk hit a 2-inch gas line, triggering the explosion. The building partially collapse and was set on fire. Jim Rogalski, a Duke University employee who works in…… read more »