Education
JPS Child Nutrition Program Returns for 2020
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Month: May 2020
News
Officer Charged with The Murder of George Floyd
By Levell Williams, Interim Editor, May 29, 2020 The officer who killed unarmed black man George Floyd has been arrested and charged with third degree murder and manslaughter. The charge comes in the wake of […]
News
Tear gas flies as Minneapolis rioters protest death of George Floyd in police custody
By Chris Juhn, May 27, 2020 Thousands of protesters march down Hiawatha Ave in Minneapolis to protest the police killing of George Floyd by the Minneapolis police on May 26, 2020. (Chris Juhn/Zenger) Masked vandals […]
News
President Trump deems churches ‘essential’, calls for churches to reopen – Black pastors are hesitant
By Edelia “Dr. Jay” Carthan, Contributing Writer, President Donald Trump announced Friday that his administration deemed houses of worship “essential” and called on governors to allow churches to reopen amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “Today, I […]
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Terry, Miss. honors 108-year-old native with a birthday parade
By Edison T. Brown, III, Contributing Writer, When Terry, MS matriarch Eula Viola Polk was born, a gallon of gas cost seven cents, and a loaf of bread, a nickel. She was also born the […]
Health
Mental Health Awareness Month: Breaking the stigma
By Edelia “Dr. Jay” Carthan, Contributing Writer, The month of May has been observed as Mental Health Awareness Month since 1949. The mission of Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) is to help those […]
News
Mental Health Awareness Month: Tameka Garrett is breaking the stigma by sharing her story
Edelia “Dr. Jay” Carthan, Contributing Writer, The month of May has been observed as Mental Health Awareness Month since 1949. The mission of Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) is to help those […]
Health
MSDH: Flu Update and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children
Mississippi State Department of Health, Flu Update JACKSON, Miss. – On May 19th, the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reported its first pediatric flu death of 2020. The death was in a child from Central Mississippi. The […]
Health
Mobile COVID-19 testing set for Covington and Simpson counties
Mississippi residents with virus symptoms are urged to use C Spire smartphone app for screening to be tested The Mississippi Link Newswire, Residents of Covington and Simpson counties and surrounding communities can be tested for […]
Business
Nearly 200 participants in MLBC Virtual COVID-19 Small Business Relief Town Hall – A $300 million package. ‘Time is of essence,’ urges Sen. Horhn
By Gail Brown, Contributing Writer, Nearly 200 business owners and others woke up Saturday morning, May 16, to join an important virtual town hall hosted by the Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus (MLBC). Rep. Cheikh A. […]