Obituaries

In Memoriam: Van Allen Williams

September 18, 1953 – September 25, 2015 Born September 18, 1953 to the late Rev. Howard Williams, Sr., and Helen Williams. One of thirteen siblings, Van graduated from Callaway High School in Jackson, Miss., and […]

Education

Royal Coronation royally received at Jim Hill High School

The Mississippi Link Newswire   The Royal Coronation of Isaiah Rush and Jazstiny Jackson, Mister and Miss Jim Hill High School, was held Tuesday, September 29, at 10 a.m. in the school’s auditorium at 2185 […]

Business

Parts sold from KiOR biofuel plant that owes Mississippi $79M

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Equipment from the failed KiOR biofuel plant in Columbus is being sold, but Mississippi taxpayers are likely to recover little of the $79 million that the state is seeking. Iowa-based REG […]

Sports

Jackson State University fires football coach Harold Jackson

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Jackson State has fired football coach Harold Jackson less than two seasons into his tenure. School spokesman Wesley Peterson confirmed Jackson was fired on Tuesday afternoon. The Tigers had a 6-11 […]

News

Former Mississippi police officer pleads guilty in inmate sex case

COLUMBIA, Miss. (AP) — A former Columbia police officer has pleaded guilty to sexual activity with an inmate in Marion County. WDAM-TV reports Richard Pack pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of sexual activity between certain individuals […]

News

2 women killed in 2-vehicle crash in south Mississippi

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) – Authorities say two women died in a two-vehicle crash near Bay St. Louis. Hancock County Chief Deputy Don Bass tells the Sun Herald the women, both in their 20s, were traveling […]

Health

7 new West Nile virus cases confirmed in Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Seven new cases of West Nile virus have been confirmed in Mississippi, bringing the state’s total to 35 so far this year. The Mississippi State Department of Health said Monday that […]

News

Gulfport man indicted in 2014 slaying of 5-year-old girl

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A Gulfport man has been indicted for capital murder in the slaying of a 5-year-old girl who was abducted outside her family’s apartment last year. Multiple media outlets report Harrison County […]