Special to The Mississippi Link JACKSON – Whether it’s getting a commuter to work, an elderly resident to a doctor’s visit, or a young child to the Boys and Girls Club, Choctaw Transit has been […]
By Monica Land WASHINGTON – For decades, black farmers across the south were unjustly denied farm loans or subjected to longer waits for loan approval because of racism; and as a result, many of them […]
JACKSON – Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) Commissioner Christopher Epps has announced the appointment of Ernest Lee as Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary (MSP) in Parchman, effective May 1. “Mr. Lee has the right […]
JACKSON – (AP) U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson has asked for a federal investigation of alleged racially charged comments attributed to a white Mississippi youth court prosecutor. Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, asked Attorney General Eric Holder […]
News Briefs From Across The State Woman was shot during robbery Copiah County Deputies have arrested Jermaine Benson, Ashley Dollar, and Juan Catchings, all of Crystal Springs, in connection with a shooting last week. WLBT […]
MOSS POINT – Jackson County officials have said that a seafood plant worker that died on the job in April, bled to death after he was caught in a conveyer. Christopher Herbert, 24, was an […]
By Monica Land JACKSON – Anyone traveling in the west Jackson area Tuesday afternoon knew something was wrong. Patrolmen raced down the streets – sirens screaming and traffic halted – as they barreled toward […]
By Monica Land VARDAMAN – A 4-year-old girl is dead and her mother in custody after authorities said the child was shot in the head. Juliette Pachecano Gutierrez was taken off life support Friday night […]
By Monica Land News Briefs From Across The State Service was cut after Katrina The city of Biloxi wants Amtrak to bring back the Sunset Limited. WLOX-TV reports that members of the Biloxi City Council […]
By Monica Land PORT GIBSON – A homeless man convicted of stabbing his girlfriend to death last year has been sentenced to life in prison. Forty-one-year-old Dexter Watson was convicted of killing Patricia Dotson in […]
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