MEMPHIS, Tennessee (AP) — A funeral home says Elvis Presley’s former personal doctor has died. Memorial Park Funeral Home in Memphis said in an obituary posted on its website that 88-year-old George C. Nichopoulos died […]
BATESVILLE, Mississippi (AP) — It took investigators more than a year of painstaking work, but they say they have finally cracked the case of a former high school cheerleader who was found near death in […]
By Shanderia K. Posey Editor Flonzie Brown-Wright, 73, a Mississippi civil rights icon who fearlessly worked to get blacks registered to vote in the 1960s, has been recognized numerous times for her work. She was […]
By Stephanie R. Jones Contributing Writer Jasmine Murray, Miss Mississippi 2014, is continuing the platform she focused on during her reign. Speaking at New Hope Baptist Church’s third series of Black History Month programs Feb. […]
By Natalie Bell Contributing Writer Like their “colored,” educated and middle-class forerunners, who saw that they were no better than anyone else until the whole race of black people worked together to pull one another […]
From Staff Reports The city of Jackson addressed concerns about lead in the city’s water system Wednesday. In a press release, the city reported that Jackson’s water has not been deemed unsafe. However, pregnant women […]
By Hugh Latham Special to The Mississippi Link The construction of the skyline of Jackson used the hard work and talents of many small black contractors. After World War II and through the 1980s, these […]
By Janice K. Neal-Vincent Contributing Writer The nation’s 19th Poet Laureate from 2012-14 and Gulfport native, Natasha Trethewey made a special appearance at Millsaps College Feb. 19 for Friday Forum. The well-attended public program was […]
By Stephanie R. Jones Contributing Writer When the Paul Porter Experience arrived in Jackson Sunday evening it was about much more than the Atlanta-based gospel great. A full house at Thalia Mara Hall heard from […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities trying to rescue a family begging for help after their 26-year-old son opened fire in their Phoenix home arrived to a chaotic crime scene they could not prepare for. The shooter […]
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