Entertainment

Actress protests state flag

In protest of the Mississippi state flag, which contains the Confederate symbol, actress Aunjanue Ellis wore a custom made gown to the NAACP Image Awards Feb. 5 in Los Angeles. The actress who attended Tougaloo […]

News Briefs

Hinds CC plans theatre groups Lion King dance

The Hinds Community College Montage Dance Theatre’s upcoming performance titled “The Dance of Lion King” will take place at 7 p.m. Feb. 16-18, at Hinds Community College’s Cain-Cochran Hall in Raymond. There will also be […]

News Briefs

Junior League plans rummage sale event

Presented by the Junior League of Jackson, the second annual Junior League Jumble will be held Feb. 18-20 at the former Kroger located at 2000 E. County Line Road, Ridgeland. Considered a true rummage sale […]

News Briefs

Arts Commission accepting grant applications

The Mississippi Arts Commission opened is annual grant application process on Feb. 1, for organizations and individual artists. These grants support a wide range of arts activities including artist fellowships, folk arts apprenticeship grants for […]

Obituaries

In Memoriam: Winifred A. Green

1937 – 2016 Winifred A. Green, a fifth generation Mississippian from a prominent Jackson family who defied tradition, threats and family disapproval to join the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s, died February 6 in […]

Education

Tougaloo College Bulldogs signs a Tiger

By Diamond Williams The Mississippi Link Intern Jim Hill High School baseball senior, Isaiah Rush, signed with Tougaloo College Feb 5., to continue his baseball career. “I didn’t consider any other schools. Tougaloo was my […]