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Living Legends
Program honors icons of Black History in state By Natalie Bell Contributing Writer For one amazing evening Feb. 11, family and friends, distinguished guests and members of the public joined New Hope Baptist Church in […]
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Reflecting on Ayers case, Atty. Madison
By Stephanie R. Jones Contributing Writer Isaiah Madison’s name might not be one that readily comes to mind but his impact on higher education in Mississippi is as remarkable as the red clay soil that […]
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2nd escaped inmate now in custody
From staff reports As of Wednesday afternoon, one of three Hinds County escaped inmates who walked away from a work detail Feb. 10, remained at large. Hinds County Sheriff Victor Mason held a press conference […]
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Chicago to release police shooting videos in a quicker manner
By Don Babwin Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The city of Chicago promised Tuesday to start more quickly releasing footage after police shootings, while activists critical of how authorities handled the videotaped fatal shooting of […]
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Planet Deep South Colloquium set for Feb. 24-27 at Hamer Institute
The Fannie Lou Hamer Institute @ COFO and The Institute for Social Justice and Race in conjunction with Astro Blackness present the 2016 Planet Deep South Colloquium: Speculative Cultural Production and Africanisms in the American […]
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South Jackson Manhunt
The Mississippi Link Newswire Officers from several law enforcement agencies are searching an area of south Jackson for a man wanted in Georgia. Authorities are looking for 35-year-old Wesley Walton of Naylor, Georgia. Walton is […]
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Judge: Apple must help U.S. hack San Bernardino killer’s phone
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — A U.S. magistrate ordered Apple Inc. on Tuesday to help the Obama administration hack into an encrypted iPhone belonging to one of the shooters in the December attack in San Bernardino, […]
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Bill: Raise Mississippi officials’ expense pay to $150 a day
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — The Mississippi House is approving plans to boost expense pay for many state and local officials attending meetings to $150 daily from the current $40. Representatives voted 110-5 Tuesday to approve House […]
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Transgender Lucedale man accused of assaulting transgender minor
LUCEDALE, Mississippi (AP) — A George County grand jury has indicted a transgender man on assault charges and sex crimes against a transgender minor. The Sun Herald reports Krishna “Kris” Maroney, 24, was indicted on eight […]
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Senate GOP to Obama: Don’t bother nominating new justice to Court
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Senate Republicans united behind Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in insisting that President Barack Obama’s successor fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Antonin Scalia’s death. Democrats looking to reclaim the […]