photo credit: MidoSemsem // Shutterstock On Tuesday morning, the nominations for the 91st Oscars were announced by Tracee Ellis Ross and Kumail Nanjiani. The two most nominated movies are “The Favourite” and “Roma” with 10 nominations each. Behind them come “A Star is Born” and “Vice” with 8 nominations each. “The Black Panther” got 7 nominations including…… read more »
photo credit: Ken Wolter // Shutterstock Three men known as the “Dollar General Robbers”, two brother and a third man, have been charged on Tuesday morning for the slew of robberies against the dollar store chain dating back to November. Greenville police arrested Trivanti Teele, 36, Marcus Speller, 27, and Tony Speller, 25, Sunday night after they say…… read more »
photo credit: 5m3photos // Shutterstock The body found near the King Street boat ramp in Lenoir County has been identified as a missing truck driver whose 18-wheeler was submerged in the Neuse River, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. The driver was identified as 30-year-old Richard White Jr. from Elizabethtown, North Carolina. The body was discovered near the…… read more »
photo credit: Jaguar PS // Shutterstock Chris Brown and two members of his crew have been detained by French police after a woman claims she was raped by him in a hotel. He is in custody for alleged aggravated rape and narcotics offenses. The woman says she met Chris on Jan 15-16 at club Le Crystal and went…… read more »
photo credit: Karl_Sonnenberg // Shutterstock On Monday, U.S. Senator Kamala Harris, announced that she will run for president in 2020, after viewing the injustices of the past two year with Trump as president. Harris has become the first African American woman to announce her running for the White House in 2020 and the third woman to announce. Harris…… read more »
photo credit: s_bukley // Shutterstock On Saturday, Manny Pacquiao beat Adrien Broner 10-9 in all 12 rounds of their Pay-Per-View fight. A unanimous decision. Less than 24 hour after the defeat, Pacquiao’s Los Angeles home was burglarized. As TMZ reports, there were signs of forced entry and the home was ransacked. Manny was still in Vegas at…… read more »
photo credit: stock_photo_world // Shutterstock Future’s album, The WIZRD is out today!! All week Future Hendrix has been all over radio, tv and social media, are rare occurrence for the artist. During a Beats 1 interview on #FreeBandz Radio, Future sat down with Big Bank Black (Superfly) to speak very openly about everything that has been in social media…… read more »
photo credit: AS Food studio // Shutterstock Villa Verde is offering free meals to federal employees who have been affected by the government shutdown. To get a free meal, an individual should bring valid identification to verify federal employment. This offer goes to anyone that lives in Pitt County until January 26. Written by Clarke Jones… read more »
photo credit: JStone // Shutterstock Rumors started yesterday that Nicki Minaj would be honored at the National Museum of African American History. After a picture from within the museum was tweeted by a visitor of Nicki in one of the many displays, the rumor was that Nicki would be presented with the “Pioneer of Hip Hop” award,…… read more »
photo credit: A 17-year-old in Ayden has been arrested after officials found 11 rifles, 1 pistol, over 200 rounds of ammunition, 105 grams of marijuana, .6 grams of heroin, 34 xanax, 10 vials or marijuana wax, four glass bongs, two digital scales and $640 during a search warrant. Christian Sugg has been charged with possession with…… read more »