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MCCRORY’S FINANCIALTIES QUESTIONED IN ETHICS COMPLAINT

Posted by: Mary Thatch Posted date: January 15, 2015 In: Local & State | comment : 0

RALEIGH, N.C. - As he enters the second half of his term this week, Governor Pat McCrory is facing allegations of ethics violations. Progress North Carolina Action has filed an ethics complaint against the governor, accusing him of failing to disclose ownership of stock in Duke Energy, failing to report income from Tree.com, and failing to report he was on the board of Tree.com. Progress North Carolina Acti ...

Educator/civic leader succumbs

Posted by: The Wilmington Journal Posted date: December 29, 2014 In: Local & State | comment : 0

Lethia S Hankins' services will be this Friday, January 02, 2015 at 1:00 at First Baptist Missionary Baptist Church at 520 North 5th Street with Davis Funeral Home in charge. ...

LENNON LACY’S GIRLFRIEND GONE INTO HIDING

Posted by: Mary Thatch Posted date: December 17, 2014 In: Local & State | comment : 0

FROM NEWSWIRE REPORTS Questions continue to be raised by the family of 17-year old Lennon Lacy, who was found hanging from a swing set from a dog leash and a belt in Bladenboro, N.C. Now reportedly his 32-year old girlfriend, Michelle Brimhall, has gone into hiding. Reports confirm that Brimhall’s parents have acknowledged that their daughter has a drug problem. They also indicated that they haven’t heard f ...

N.C. teen’s hanging death ruled a suicide; mother says it was a lynching

Posted by: keesto Posted date: December 15, 2014 In: Local & State | comment : 0

"That's all I've ever asked for: what is due, owed rightfully to me and my family -- justice. Prove to me what happened to my child ...

Butterfield Elected Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus for the 114th Congress

Posted by: The Wilmington Journal Posted date: November 19, 2014 In: Local & State | comment : 0

NC NAACP ASK FEDERAL INVESTIGATION OF LENNON LACY DEATH From Staff Reports Raleigh The NC NAACP held a Press Conference Tuesday at Pullen Memorial Church to express concerns over the suspected hanging death of 17-year old Lennon Lacy. The initial investigation by the organization reportedly raised many questions leading them to believe that the case was more involved that being labeled a suicide resulting f ...

North Carolina checks August Joblessness

Posted by: keesto Posted date: September 19, 2014 In: Local & State | comment : 0

The state Commerce Department on Friday releases data on the state unemployment rate in August. ...

Butterfield Introduces Bill to Name Rich Square Post Office after Chief Joseph E. White, Jr.

Posted by: keesto Posted date: July 21, 2014 In: Local & State | comment : 0

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.” ...

Am I my sister’s keeper? Yes I am!

Posted by: The Wilmington Journal Posted date: July 17, 2014 In: Local & State | comment : 0

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. ...