ATMORE, Alabama (AP) — A man convicted of the 1992 rape and beating death of a woman received a lethal injection Thursday evening in Alabama’s first execution in more than two years. Christopher Eugene Brooks, […]
NORRISTOWN, Pennsylvania (AP) — Prosecutors pursuing sex-assault charges against Bill Cosby say he wants special treatment in trying to have the case thrown out even before the first evidence hearing. In a response to Cosby’s […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Will Smith says he will not attend the Academy Awards next month, joining his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, and others in protest against two straight years of all-white acting nominees. “My […]
CLINTON, Mississippi (AP) — Mississippi’s state Board of Education unanimously adopted a series of minor changes to the state’s academic standards Thursday, in what could be a quiet end to a controversy over the Common […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is making 1.5 percent budget cuts for many state agencies because tax collections are falling short of expectations. Several big-ticket programs are exempt from the cuts that […]
By Janice K. Neal-Vincent Contributing Writer The city of Jackson’s G. V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center presented its Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration in Montgomery Hall from 11 a.m. to noon Jan. […]
By Shanderia K. Posey Editor The Business Ministerial Alliance of Mississippi has added its voice against the state’s attempt to takeover the Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport. BMA held a press conference in front of […]
Williams reflects on book’s impact on race relations The Mississippi Link Newswire With his eyes still on the prize and using reflections from his best-selling book of the same name, national journalist and author Juan […]
By Janice K. Neal-Vincent Contributing Writer Hinds County black legislators, corporate partners, and Jackson community service organizations began their day Jan. 18, in Greater Bethlehem Temple’s family life center at the 24th Annual Dr. Martin […]
By Stephanie R. Jones Contributing Writer Days of activities in Jackson celebrating the memory and birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. culminated Monday, with the 24th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. awards […]
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