Sports
MYSA Semifinals set
This weekend, the right to play in the Mississippi Youth Sports Association Super Bowl is on the line. In the A team division, ages 11 and 12, the defending champion Steelers battle the top seeded […]
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Business
The Power of the Black Press: Used or not used to rock the vote
In Stanley Nelson’s award-winning documentary, ‘The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords,’ former Columbia University journalism professor Phyllis Garland stated: “The black press was never intended to be objective because it didn’t see the white press […]
Health
‘Don’t play Russian Roulette with your life,’ warns cancer survivor
Some may call it unwise, but she calls it holding on to her faith in God. Attorney and boutique owner Vangela Mechelle Wade went through three years of law school with a lump in her […]
News
Twin sisters arrested for insurance fraud
JACKSON – Twin sisters from Clinton have been arrested and charged with insurance fraud after filing numerous fraudulent insurance claim forms and medical reports for accidents, Attorney General Jim Hood said. Diane and Dinah Haralson […]
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Oxford businessman pleads guilty to bank fraud
News Briefs From Across The State Failed to report $2.9 million in sales Dino Jerry Grisanti faces up to 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine after admitting that he tried to defraud […]
Health
Michigan dentist becomes first African-American president of American Dental Association
FLINT, Mich. — A black general dentist from Flint, Mich. is the 2010-2011 president of the American Dental Association (ADA). Dr. Raymond Gist’s induction took place recently during the ADA’s 151st Annual Session in Orlando, […]
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Missing woman found dead in cemetery
News Briefs From Across The State Cause of death not released Perry County officials said a missing Hattiesburg woman was found dead in a cemetery early Wednesday morning. Alyne Yvette Carson, 59, had been missing […]
Education
IHL Commissioner Bounds asks for alumni help
While we may all bleed different colors, we share a common bond-a degree from one of Mississippi’s eight public universities. I hope your university experiences enriched your lives as much as my experiences enriched mine. […]
Business
Minority-owned businesses could expand their reach in Mississippi
Bothered by what he calls a lack of participation of minority and women-owned businesses doing business with the state, one state senator is on a mission to change that. “We are aware that a number […]
News
Man hits sleeping mom in the head with iron
News Briefs From Across The State No motive in alleged attack Authorities in Long Beach are still trying to determine what made a 22-year old man attack his mother with an iron while she was […]