Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) introduced legislation to name the U.S. Post Office in Rich Square the “Chief Joseph E. White, Jr. Post Office Building.” ...

BY MONTRELL WILSON OF THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL   Jasmin Virginia Grady, 20, a student at North Carolina A&T University died in a single car accident on Highway 17 in Pender County Sunday morning, but her wish to have rapper, Drake, sing to her is still alive. #DrakeSingForJasmin has been trending on Twitter and other social media sites ever since the news broke about the young woman’s untimely death. ...

Dr. Benjamin Chavis is a civil rights pioneer. He led the NAACP in the early 90s and he was the director of the Million Man March. ...

The town council passed the resolution by a vote of 3 to 1. ...

Eight months out from the crucial 2014 midterm elections, and the odds are stacking higher and higher against the North Carolina Democratic Party’s chances for electoral victory. And ironically, it’s NC Democrats themselves doing much of the stacking. ...