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Baby found safe in stolen car
News Briefs From Across The State By Monica Land Woman went in store and left infant in car Jackson police say a woman left her 2-month-old baby in a car with the motor running as […]
Year: 2012
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Black Marine from Gulfport gets his due
GULFPORT – (AP) David Potts Sr. and 400 other surviving Montford Point Marines, the nation’s first group of black Marines, have been honored at the U.S. Marine Barracks in Washington. The Marines, all of whom […]
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11-foot ‘gator captured, killed in Biloxi
BILOXI – (AP) An 11-foot alligator that lived in a pond at Hiller Park in Biloxi has been captured and killed. Sgt. Barry Delcambre, a state conservation officer, said the alligator weighed about 600 pounds […]
Local Sports
Steve McNair Jr. to sign with Texas school
HATTIESBURG – (AP) Steve McNair Jr. is taking his talents to Texas, where he will continue his college football career at Midwestern State. McNair, son of the late Steve McNair, spent the past two seasons […]
Entertainment
Yvette Wilson’s memorial: a party, not a funeral
Miss. relatives attend; mother reflects
By Gail M. Brown
Editor
Friends, fans, celebrities and relatives were saddened in mid June by the loss of 1990’s “Moesha” sitcom co-star Yvette Wilson. She died of cervical cancer at 48….. […]
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Judge continues to block Mississippi abortion law
JACKSON – (AP) A federal judge on Wednesday continued to block a state law that threatens to shut down Mississippi’s only abortion clinic and make it nearly impossible for women to get the procedure in […]
Entertainment
It’s time for authentic festivals and fairs in the ‘True South’
Special to The Mississippi Link JACKSON – One of the great traditions of summer in the ‘True South’ is to attend an outdoor festival or fair for a taste of the diverse cultural heritage displayed […]
Health
Two cases of West Nile confirmed in Mississippi
From The Hattiesburg American JACKSON – State and local health officials are warning Pine Belt residents to protect themselves against mosquitoes, after two confirmed human cases of West Nile virus in Mississippi and the identification […]
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Former Clarion-Ledger editor named MDOC Communications Director
From The Mississippi Link Newswire JACKSON – Veteran journalist Grace Simmons Fisher has joined the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) as communications director. “I’m very happy Ms. Fisher accepted my appointment of her as communications […]
Local Sports
Freeze embarks on biggest challenge at Ole Miss
OXFORD – (AP) Hugh Freeze’s resume shows that he’s a football coach. It also indicates he’s some sort of magician. That would be one way to explain how the first-year Mississippi football coach has been […]