Entertainment

Black caucus releases statement on passing of Ruby Dee

The Mississippi Link Newswire WASHINGTON—A. Shuanise Washington, president and chief executive officer of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Incorporated (CBCF), released the following statement on the passing of actress and civil rights champion, Ruby Dee. […]

Health

Deadly bat disease fungus found in Mississippi

The Associated Press The fungus that causes a deadly bat disease has been found for the first time in Mississippi, though the disease itself has not been found there. The fungus was in samples collected […]

News

Parts of Mississippi cleaning up after Tuesday storms leave damage, power outages

LIBERTY, Mississippi (AP) — Officials in southwest Mississippi were cleaning up Tuesday after high winds damaged buildings and downed power lines. Liberty Mayor Ricky Stratton told the Enterprise-Journal he received several eyewitness reports of an unconfirmed twister […]

News

Line of severe storms moving across northern Mississippi

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A line of thunderstorms continues to move east along the U.S. Highway 82 corridor in northern Mississippi bringing with it high winds and heavy rain. Mike Edmonston with the National Weather […]

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2 officers, 3 others dead in Las Vegas shooting

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A man and a woman ambushed two police officers eating lunch at a Las Vegas restaurant, fatally shooting them at point-blank range before fleeing to a nearby Wal-Mart where they killed […]