Health

United Nations Day 2015 fighting hunger and disease

Rho Lambda Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated will celebrate United Nations Day at Piney Woods School The Mississippi Link Newswire Rho Lambda Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. will hosts […]

Entertainment

Area E4 Toastmasters District 43 conducts Fall Speech Contest

By Janice K. Neal-Vincent, Ph.D. Contributing Writer Toastmasters International, existing and connecting globally, empowers people to achieve their full potential and to realize their dreams. Within their clubs and external environs, they strive to improve […]

Business

Latinfest becomes largest Latino festival in Mississippi

October is Hispanic Heritage Month By Ayesha K. Mustafaa Editor October is Hispanic Heritage Month, and a festival celebrating this rapidly growing sector of not only American society but also Mississippi’s population is one of […]

News

Voting Rights Act made things happen

Mississippi Department of Archives and History joins Center of Southern Culture in historic film/discussion of 50-year-old Voting Rights Act By Janice K. Neal-Vincent, Ph.D. Contributing Writer The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed into […]

Health

American Cancer Society: Start mammograms at 45, not 40

CHICAGO (AP) — New mammogram advice from the American Cancer Society says most women should start annual screenings at age 45 instead of 40, a change that moves the group closer to guidelines from an […]

Business

Mississippi unemployment rate falls as payrolls stay flat

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s unemployment rate kept falling in September, as more people reported finding jobs. The jobless rate fell to 6.1 percent from 6.3 percent in August, and was below September 2014’s 7.3 […]