photo credit: Social media went CRAZY when a picture went viral of a black child model wearing a hoodie with the phrase “Coolest Monkey in the Jungle”. Of course, this left a racist taste in people’s mouths. International retailer H&M had the item up for sale on its UK site, which has now been removed.…… read more »
photo credit: glandryjr // Shutterstock Two popular fraternities at Eat Carolina University have been shut down by their national headquarters due to negative allegations. According to WNCT, Tau Kappa Epsilon International Fraternity is closing its Lambda Psi Chapter, effective immediately and will last 4 years. The frat will be able to return in the Fall semester of 2021. The…… read more »
photo credit: Joe Seer // Shutterstock On Sunday night, NBC hosted the 2018 Golden Globes, awarding the greatness of those in television and movies from the past year. Attendees wore all black as a symbol to stand against sexual harassment. Amongst those awarded was Oprah Winfrey and Sterling K Brown who were the first black actors in…… read more »
photo credit: ArtOlympic // Shutterstock On Saturday night, Winterville police responded to a domestic violence call in the Manchester subdivision. Once police arrived, the man released the female and children from the house, and barricaded himself in the home. The man eventually came out voluntarily, being identified as 32-year-old Safraz Abrahim. According to WNCT, police responded after he…… read more »
Did you get a Amazon echo or dot for Christmas? Well if you did here’s how you get the #1 Radio Station in the ENC to Play. All you have to do is say “Alexa, Play 101.9 Kiss FM” and there you have it your New Home For Harvey Hip-Hop and R&B 101.9 Kiss FM…… read more »
101.9 Kiss FM is on a mission to collect 101 Coats in 2 weeks! We’re asking you to help us get coats on people during one of the COLDEST winters to ever hit Eastern North Carolina. If you want to donate a new or gently used coat stop by the 101.9 Kiss FM studios at…… read more »
photo credit: hurricanehank // Shutterstock Apple has (finally!) admitted to slowing down older iPhones when newer models come out. As we all suspected, they slow down older iPhones to force us to get newer iPhones once they are released. Along with slowing down older models, the lawsuit also states that Apple withheld information about the battery life of…… read more »
photo credit: Bondarenco Vladimir // Shuttrstock Beaufort County Approximately 806 Tideland EMC customers are currently without power. In Beaufort County, the outages are along the Pamlico River east of Bath. According to the Tideland EMC outage map, crews are working to restore power. There are also 33 Duke Energy customers without power. Carteret County Carteret-Craven Electric Cooperative…… read more »
photo credit: Anna Grigorjeva // Shutterstock Greenville Police are telling drivers to stay off the roads due to snow and ice on Thursday. There have been 11 car accidents over a 14 hours time period, from 5:00 pm Wednesday and 7:00 am Thursday. The wrecks were single car; no serious injuries. Road closures include: Crestwood from…… read more »
photo credit: V J Matthew // Shutterstock Arapahoe Charter School Closed Friday Bear Grass Charter School Closed Friday Camden County Schools Closed Friday Carteret Community College Closed Friday Carteret County Schools Closed Friday Christ Covenant School Closed Friday College of The Albemarle Closed Friday Craven County Schools Closed Friday Dare County Schools Closed Friday: Students & staff…… read more »