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By: Jordan Meadows Staff Writer A wave of housing development is reshaping southeast Raleigh, with one ambitious project aiming to meet the increasing demand for housing while enhancing the community's vibrancy. Starting on New Bern Avenue and extending into South Fisher Street, the area is being redeveloped into the new Lucas Point neighborhood, which will feature a significant number of affordable housing units. This development will include 80 units of

NC Newsline - More than 104,000 North Carolinians have registered for assistance from FEMA as of Monday, according to Gov. Roy Cooper. FEMA has paid more than $27 million to disaster survivors who have applied for individual assistance funds as of Saturday. The federal government has provided temporary housing and hotel rooms for thousands of affected individuals. Western North Carolina typically brings in around $7.7 billion in visitor dollars each

By Ms Jheri Worldwide  Staff Writer Inspiration and spirits were high on Saturday, September 29th at the 54th annual Freedom Fund banquet for the Harnett County NAACP. This inspiring experience included energetic leadership, a delicious dinner, and an inspiring speech by Reverend Doctor Hanna R. Broome.  Mr. Tony L. Spears HC NAACP 5473-B President led the event with humor and positive energy. We sang Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing with

SC Daily Gazette-Tens of thousands of striking dockworkers returned to work after they reached a tentative labor agreement Thursday, ending a stoppage that threatened to cripple commerce nationwide into the holidays. The International Longshoremen's Association and the United States Maritime Alliance, Ltd., announced that they reached a tentative agreement on wages and agreed to extend their contract until Jan. 15. The union and the alliance, which represents shipping companies and

(AP)-As twilight descended on Ferguson, Missouri, for a third consecutive night after the killing of Michael Brown Jr. by a police officer, Gwendolyn DeLoach Packnett could no longer hold her peace. Each day since the killing on Aug. 9, 2014, she had watched her daughter, Brittany, leave the safety of home to protest the grotesque manner in which the 18-year-old Brown had been treated, his body lying in the street

By Ms Jheri Worldwide Staff Writer An extraordinary outpouring of prayer and positive energy filled the air on Sunday afternoon, September 29th, at Lincoln Park Holiness Church. Hosted by Peggy Tatum and Melissa Wade, Spontaneous Worship was an unforgettable evening of music, inspiration, and community, sponsored by TCP Magazine and 103.9 The Light. The event showcased a constellation of talented performers, each bringing their unique voice and passion to the

SC Daily Gazette-In or around 1825, John Andrew Jackson was born enslaved on a plantation in South Carolina and trained to spend his life picking cotton. But instead of living a life as a slave, he escaped bondage and became an influential anti-slavery lecturer and writer. He also had a key role in Harriet Beecher Stowe's celebrated novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin," which historians have argued helped trigger the Civil War

The City of Durham's Cultural and Public Art Program invites artists and artist teams to submit portfolios as an entry to join the City of Durham Pre-Qualified Artist Registry. This registry will serve as a resource for the program's selection of artists and artist teams to create City cultural and public art projects. Access to a predetermined network of qualified artists saves artists and staff members valuable time by making

By: Dominic Taylor  University of California The death of James Earl Jones has forced me to consider the end of an era. Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier and Jones were giants in my industry. They were Black performers whose ascents to stardom occurred in the tumultuous 1960s, when I was an infant. All three were politically active, although each operated in a significantly different way. In 1967, there were more than

LOS ANGELES (AP) - John Amos, who starred as the family patriarch on the hit 1970s sitcom "Good Times" and earned an Emmy nomination for his role in the seminal 1977 miniseries "Roots," has died. He was 84. He died Aug. 21 of natural causes in Los Angeles. Amos' publicist, Belinda Foster, confirmed the news of his death Tuesday. He played James Evans Sr. on "Good Times," which featured one