By Stephanie R. Jones Contributing Writer Mississippi is the home of blues music but this past weekend several genres – gospel, R&B and jazz – were showcased during the Jackson Music Awards Association’s annual recognition […]
The Mississippi Link Newswire During July, Alpha Kappa Alpha women across the country will take part in Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. Named after Bebe Moore Campbell, an accomplished author, activist, […]
Campaign targets Jackson for interactive heart failure awareness event Heart failure is a serious, progressive health condition that disproportionately affects African Americans. Of the data available, Mississippi has the highest heart failure mortality rate in […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — In a searing denouncement, President Barack Obama slammed Donald Trump as “unfit” and “woefully unprepared” to serve in the White House on Tuesday. He challenged Republican lawmakers to drop their support […]
GULFPORT, Mississippi (AP) — A 46-year-old Vancleave man has admitted he stole nearly $106,000 in disability benefits from the Social Security Administration. The Sun Herald reports Ricky Wade Perry has pleaded guilty to theft of government […]
NEW YORK (AP) — In a defensive crouch, Donald Trump complained Monday about being “viciously attacked” by the father of a decorated Army captain killed in Iraq, persisting in an emotionally charged feud that has […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The head of public schools in Jackson, Mississippi, has won a prestigious honor. The school system says Cedrick Gray was named the Superintendent of the Year by the National Association of […]
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) – A 57-year-old man who set fire to his parents’ Mississippi home and assaulted two police officers has been ordered to serve 15 years of a 50-year prison term. The Sun Herald […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – A federal lawsuit against the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics that alleged female employees have been subjected to a pattern of sexual harassment and a sexually hostile work environment has been settled. […]
NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) – Exactly one month after hiring its first appointed clerk, Natchez is now without a city clerk. Mayor Darryl Grennell tells The Natchez Democrat (http://bit.ly/2aePjYf) former city clerk Wendy McClain was terminated […]
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