By Stephanie R. Jones Contributing Writer When the Jackson Rhythm & Blues Festival returns for its fourth annual run Aug. 19-20, the main difference will be the location of the event. The festival is moving […]
By Janice K. Neal-Vincent Contributing Writer Women for Progress welcomed Chancery Court Judge Patricia D. Wise as its guest speaker March 8, for a luncheon at Koinonia Coffee House, 136 S. Adams St., in West […]
By Janice K. Neal-Vincent Contributing Writer The month of March is devoted to the Hall of Fame at the Old Capitol Museum on State Street in Jackson. On March 2, Scott Barretta, principal writer and […]
By Flonzie Brown-Wright Special to The Mississippi Link On March 1, I was privileged to have the opportunity to speak at the Annual Black History Program for the Mississippi School for the Deaf. Even though […]
Links plans mental illness awareness program for March 24 The Jackson (MS) Chapter of the Links, Inc., in collaboration with the Women’s Council for Philanthropy at Jackson State University, will present a mental illness […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A plan to add context to a Confederate soldier statue at the University of Mississippi is a failure because a proposed plaque does not mention slavery as the central issue in […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A legislative panel will consider whether to increase Mississippi’s gasoline tax and put additional registration fees on vehicles to help pay for highway and bridge repairs. Senate Highways and Transportation Committee […]
STARKVILLE, Mississippi (AP) — A Starkville 5th grader is heading to the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Soyeon Park is a student at Henderson Elementary. Park won The Commercial Appeal’s 73rd Annual Mid-South Spelling Bee on […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Democratic Rep. Sonya Williams-Barnes of Gulfport is stepping into a new leadership role as chairwoman of the Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus. African-American colleagues from the House and Senate elected her last […]
WILKINSBURG, Pennsylvania (AP) — Two gunmen working as a team fatally shot five people and critically wounded two others at a backyard cookout, with one attacker using a high-velocity rifle to shoot all the victims […]
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