Jackson mayor and JPS chief issue statements By Lonnie Ross Online Editor Jackson city councilman Tony Yarber gathered with some leaders of the community and various religious organizations at city hall on Dec. 6 to […]
By Othor Cain Contributing writer In an exclusive interview with The Mississippi Link, Dec. 11, Dr. Cedrick Gray, superintendant for Jackson Public Schools, discussed how the district got to the place it finds itself – […]
Ford Foundation President talks about the importance of African American Media By Khalil Abdullah New America Media In September, 2013, Darren Walker became the second African American and 10th president of the Ford Foundation, America’s second […]
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (AP) — Alabama’s parole board refused an early release Tuesday for a former Brighton police officer convicted in the shooting death of the son of a Mississippi legislator in 2009. The three-member board […]
First National Bank Stadium Johannesburg, South Africa 1:31 P.M. SAST PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you so much. Thank you. To Graça Machel and the Mandela family; to President Zuma and members of the government; […]
The Mississippi Link Newswire On December 5 2013, the Working Together Jackson (WTJ) Executive Committee voted unanimously to endorse the proposed 1% sales increase. Infrastructure repair is one of WTJ’s top priorities, and all of the […]
SUNBURY, Pennsylvania (AP) — A couple married for just three weeks lured a man to his death with a Craigslist ad because they wanted to kill someone together, police said. Elytte Barbour told officers before […]
FRANKLINTON, Louisiana (AP) — A Mississippi man is facing drunken driving and vehicular homicide charges after a fatal head-on collision in Louisiana’s Washington Parish on Sunday. Louisiana State Police say the wreck happened Sunday about […]
(AP) — For most of the world, his name is synonymous with courage and perseverance. Leaders and citizens, athletes and artists remembered Nelson Mandela on Friday — though many struggled to find words big enough […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Flags were lowered to half-staff across South Africa and people in black townships, in upscale mostly white suburbs and in the country’s vast rural grasslands commemorated Nelson Mandela with song, tears and […]
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