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I had the pleasure of speaking to teens at YO: Durham today (July 29). I spoke on the importance of staying in school and taking steps toward the future. YO:Durham is “Year of Opportunity for Durham Teens” an organization formed to empower youth and prepare them for the workplace. Below are pictures of me with […]

Via: WRAL.com A heat advisory warning means temperatures are expected to reach 100 degrees and heat index values will be around 105 to 110 degrees. Prolonged exposure to the heat can quickly lead to dehydration and heat stroke… If you do to work outside today,  you should drink plenty of water and spend time in […]

VIA: WRAL.com Hot temperatures are making life in the Triangle miserable, and by Friday, we could see the highest temperature ever recorded at RDU. The predicted high for Friday is 104 degrees. RDU hit 105 degrees on July 23, 1952, and the Triangle could easily tie that record tomorrow. Today’s high should be near 100 degrees. 42 […]

Via: WRAL.com Scotty McCreery and the rest of this years top 11 American Idol finalist will be in Raleigh today… They’ll be performing at the RBC center. Then they’ll take their show to Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte… Just last year Scotty was a regular high school student on the baseball team bagging groceries […]

Via: NBC17.com A new study is trying to find out what you’re doing while you’re driving, and they need drivers for the study… All you gotta do is agree to put five cameras in your car for a year. The study is supposed to help make the roads safer by understanding what drivers do when […]

Chase Media is proud to announce the 2nd Annual Kuts For Kids Back 2 School Program. “We’re giving away free hair cuts for school aged kids to get them ready to go back to school. Our motto is if you look good you feel good and when you feel good you learn better,” according to […]

Congrats goes out to K97.5’s Nikki Nikole as she embarks on her next level of entertainment success. Ms. 2Hot4Radio will be the highlighted NC representer for the next issue of “The Source Magazine.” Nikki has made it her personal and professional mission to support the local talent from a multi-complex southern hip hop pool. You […]

Last night, Keri Hilson was out partying at Juliet in New York when she ran into a fan dressed as Amy Winehouse. “Gasp* Amy Winehouse resurrected to party w/ me!!! (seriously, uncanny resemblance)“, she tweeted before receiving hundreds of tweets from outraged fans of Amy Winehouse who believed the tweet was insensitive and in bad […]

Via: WRAL.com Earlier today authorities charged Grant Hayes and his wife, Amanda Perry Hayes, with the murder of a missing Kinston woman. Investigators think Lauren Ackerson was killed and dismembered in North Carolina and transported in a U-Haul trailer to a site 60 miles south of Houston. Ackerson was last seen on July 13 and reported missing […]

Chase Media is proud to announce the 2nd Annual Kuts For Kids Back 2 School Program. “We’re giving away free hair cuts for school aged kids to get them ready to go back to school. Our motto is if you look good you feel good and when you feel good you learn better,” according to […]

The NFL Players Association executive board and 32 team reps voted unanimously Monday to approve the terms of a deal with owners to the end the 4-month lockout. Owners overwhelmingly approved a proposal last week, but some unresolved issues still needed to be reviewed to satisfy players; the owners do not need to vote again. […]

Chase Media is proud to announce the 2nd Annual Kuts For Kids Back 2 School Program. “We’re giving away free hair cuts for school aged kids to get them ready to go back to school. Our motto is if you look good you feel good and when you feel good you learn better,” according to […]