photo credit: baibaz // Shutterstock Craven County Schools has expanded eligibility for its 2019 Free Summer Meals Program to any county resident age 18 or younger, even if they are not students of Craven County Schools. No registration is required for children to participate in the free 2019 Free Summer Meals Program, which operates from June 17 to…… read more »
photo credit: Joy Rector // Shutterstock Medicaid expansion is an early point of contention in final budget negotiations in North Carolina, even though neither proposal approved by House and Senate Republicans contains it. That’s because Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper insists that adding hundreds of thousands of people to the state’s Medicaid rolls must be part of the…… read more »
photo credit: Shutterstock // Sveta Aho Happy Juneteenth! It is the 154th anniversary of Juneteenth, the day slavery totally ended, on June 19th, 1865, when the last group of slaves in America, located in Galveston, Texas, learned news of the Civil War ending and Abraham Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation. Today we recognizing those who fought…… read more »
photo credit: yu-jas // Shutterstock A New Jersey man is the latest U.S. citizen to pass away while visiting a resort at the Dominican Republic. Joseph Allen, 55, was found dead in his hotel room lat Thursday at the Terra Linda Resort in Sosua. Allen’s cause of death has not been released yet. Allen’s death comes less…… read more »
photo credit: Brad Sauter // Shutterstock The man who has robbed banks in Morehead City and Havelock, has been arrested and will face charges for the armed robberies. According to Jacksonville Police, on Thursday, Christopher Byran Singleton, 42, of Swansboro, robbed the First Citizens Bank on Western Blvd. While wearing a mask, he entered the bank,…… read more »
photo credit: ThirdFloorDraft // Shutterstock On Monday, the Toronto Raptor’s had their celebratory parade, as they and their families loaded onto 5 double decker buses to ride through the streets of Toronto. Thousands of fans gathered in the streets to celebrate the winning team on their very first NBA championship! During the parade, four people suffered “non-life…… read more »
photo credit: album cover // Empire Its been one year since the death of rapper XXXTentacion, real name, Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy. He was shot and killed on June 18, 2018 at the young age of 20. His death was a tough one for the hip hop community. Even though he was young, he led a…… read more »
photo credit: Shutterstock Robert Downey Jr. aka “Iron Man” aka “Tony Stark” has a message for Paige Winter, the young lady who was attack by a shark on June 2nd while visiting Fort Macon State Park. Downey has offered Paige the position as his North Carolina ambassador for his Footprint Coalition, a venture to help…… read more »
photo credit: yu-jas // Shutterstock Another woman has died while visiting the Dominican Republic on vacation. Layla Cox, 53, becomes the 8th U.S. citizen to die while visiting the country on vacation. She was found on June 10th in her hotel room. According to the hotel, Cox had not been feeling well and had been taken to…… read more »
photo credit: ChiccoDodiFC // Shutterstock An arrest has been made in a January murder of a man who was killed after a home break-in. Greene County deputies say Rayqwon Green was nabbed in Maryland and brought back Friday to face the murder charge. Deputies say Green killed Kevin Baker, 20, at a mobile home on Brian…… read more »