Education

Prentiss Institute alumni going strong

School founded in 1907 for Blacks By Natalie Bell Special to The Mississippi Link The incredible resilience of black Mississippians in the era of racial segregation still resonates at Prentiss Normal and Industrial Institute, a […]

News

City gets results from water samples

By Shanderia K. Posey Editor On Wednesday, about a week after the city of Jackson was notified that water samples from 13 residences contained elevated lead levels, preliminary resampling results from those same residences show […]

Education

Tougaloo continues water drive

Flint, Michigan mayor is Tougaloo alumna By Diamond Williams  Special to The Mississippi Link Tougaloo College students will soon wrap up the water drive which started Jan. 25, to help alleviate the crisis in Flint, Mich. […]

Religion

Black History series set at New Hope

The Mississippi Link Newswire The fifth annual “Back in the Day” Black History series will be held at 6 p.m. each Thursday at 6 p.m. during February in the New Hope Baptist Church Family Life […]

News Briefs

AIDS 5K Run set for Feb. 6 at Capitol

The AIDS Run Jackson 5K is set for 8 a.m. Feb. 6 at the State Capitol. The registration fee is $20 online and $30 onsite. Visit https://raceroster.com/events/2016/7390/aids-run-jackson-5k to register. Awards and medals will be given […]

News Briefs

Free tax services available at mall

Persons whose households earned less than $54,000 can have their income tax filed free by trained Internal Revenue Service professionals on Saturdays from Feb. 6 to March 12, at Sen. Sollie B. Norwood’s Senate District […]