Entertainment

Oscar-Winning Civil Rights Saga Arrives on DVD

Selma  DVD Review by Kam Williams I was born in the early Fifties, which means the Civil Rights Movement unfolded over the course of my formative years. And like the average black kid growing up […]

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Latest Mississippi news, sports, business and entertainment

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE New lawmaker Mathis sworn in at Mississippi Capitol JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The Mississippi House is back up to its full membership of 122 people. Republican Rep. Jay Mathis of Carthage was sworn […]

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High school student severely beaten in fight on campus

NEWTON, Miss. (AP) – Police are looking for additional information after a Newton High School student was severely beaten in a fight on campus. WTOK-TV (http://bit.ly/1Etojue ) reports the injured teen was taken to a hospital, […]

Education

Alcorn alumna Jacqueline Walters to speak at commencement

The Mississippi Link Newswire Lorman, Miss. – Prominent physician Dr. Jacqueline Walters will be giving the commencement speech to more than 700 Alcorn State University graduates May 9th at 8:30 a.m. in the Davey L. Whitney HPER […]

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Latest Mississippi news, sports, business and entertainment

GULF OIL SPILL-MEDICAL LAWSUITS Judge approves jury trials for medical lawsuits over spill NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A federal judge has ruled oil spill cleanup workers who sue BP for medical problems that surface later […]

Business

Mississippi governor and Israeli ambassador push trade

By JEFF AMY Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Leaders of Israel and Mississippi say they want to increase what is now a tiny trade between the Magnolia State and Middle Eastern nation, building an […]