The Mississippi Link Newswire
Hundreds of Mayor Harvey Johnson’s supporters were on hand Saturday afternoon, Jan. 26, as he ended speculation as to whether or not he planned to seek re-election.
“I’m ready, I’m willing, I’m able and I am the most prepared person to continue to fight every single day for you as mayor of this great city,” Johnson announced…. […]
By Ayesha K. Mustafaa
Editor
Danny Glover came to town Tuesday night, Jan. 29, 2013, to join with the Mississippi Alliance for Fairness at Nissan (MAFFAN), the Mississippi Student Justice Alliance (MSJA) along with political, religious and community leaders from across the state.
The objective announced was to “build a growing coalition of Nissan workers and religious, civic, student and community groups to expand Nissan workers’ rights onto a global audience.”…. […]
A 23-year-old woman has been released on a $2,000 bond after she allegedly took money while working as a deputy clerk for the town of Brooksville.
Shanice McCloud of Macon turned herself into authorities on Jan. 24 and was charged with embezzlement. The missing money was brought to Mayor Tammie Holmes’ attention earlier last week. […]
Hostess has found a new home for its most popular breads, including the iconic Wonder bread.
The bankrupt maker of Twinkies, Devil Dogs and other snack cakes said this month that it selected bids by rival bakery Flower Foods Inc. to buy six of its bread brands for $390 million. Flower Foods, based in Thomasville, Ga., is best known for Tastykakes but also makes breads including Nature’s Own and Cobblestone Mill.
Hostess is expected to announce buyers for its famed dessert cakes in the coming weeks. […]
– Ruth Anderson, an Iowa native known as a pioneer in the local civil rights movement, has died at age 91.
Sanders Funeral Services says Anderson died Jan. 22 at her Waterloo home after a lengthy illness. […]
A man convicted of shooting a police officer with his own gun in 1977 has died, prison officials said.
Marion Stanley Osborne died Jan. 22, of natural causes at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman.
Osborne, 58, was serving a life sentence for killing Belmont Patrolman Mickey Gene Johnson. He was convicted of capital murder in Tishomingo County and sentenced on April 14, 1978. […]
Hans Massaquoi, a former managing editor of Ebony magazine who wrote a memoir about his unusual childhood growing up black in Nazi Germany, has died. He was 87.
His son said Massaquoi died Jan. 19, on his birthday, in Florida. He had been hospitalized over the Christmas holidays. […]
Diamondhead turns a year old today.
Incorporation papers were signed Jan. 30, 2012, though the city’s first mayor and council weren’t sworn in until a week later. Officials will be in Jackson for the Mississippi Municipal League Mid-Winter Conference on the anniversary, so they plan to celebrate at a public party with birthday cake at 10 a.m. Feb. 6 at City Hall. […]
A barge carrying 80,000 gallons of oil hit a railroad bridge in Vicksburg, on Sunday, spilling light crude into the Mississippi River and closing the waterway for eight miles in each direction, the Coast Guard said. A second barge was damaged.
Investigators did not know how much had spilled, but an oily sheen was reported as far as three miles downriver of Vicksburg after the 1:12 a.m. incident, said Lt. Ryan Gomez of the Coast Guard’s office in Memphis, Tenn. […]
PepsiCo Inc. is removing a controversial ingredient from its Gatorade sports drink in response to customer complaints.
A spokeswoman for the company, Molly Carter, said that the change was in the works for the past year after the company began “hearing rumblings” from consumers about the ingredient. She said it wasn’t a response to a recent petition on Change.org by a Mississippi teenager. […]
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