Entertainment

Beyonce’ performs and films music video at UN

NEW YORK (AP) Superstar singer Beyonce has serenaded a different New York City venue: The United Nations. Beyonce performed her song “I Was Here'' on Friday in the UN's General Assembly Hall in honor of […]

Education

MDOT to host safe routes program for kids

From The Mississippi Link Newswire MADISON – The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT), will host a Safe Routes to School Groundbreaking Ceremony to kick off the Madison SRTS project. The event will take place at […]

National Sports

Reese's gold medal sparkles back home in Gulfport

GULFPORT – Brittney Reese’s gold medal glistens just a brightly this morning as it did when the Olympic long jump champ showed it off to her Gulfport friends on Saturday.
Hundreds of South Mississippians came out to give Olympic Gold Medalist Brittney Reese a big welcome home Saturday night… […]

Local Sports

Alcorn's Hopson SWAC's first white football coach

LORMAN (AP) Coach Jay Hopson is completely aware that his hiring at Alcorn State is historic. He's just too busy to worry about it. The first white football coach in the historically black Southwestern Athletic […]

Entertainment

'Malcolm X' actor Albert Freeman Jr. dies at 78

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Albert Freeman Jr., who played Elijah Muhammad, the Nation of Islam leader and Malcolm X’s mentor, in Spike Lee’s epic 1992 biopic “Malcolm X,” died Thursday, Aug. 9. He was 78.
Howard U. in Washington, D.C., confirmed the death of the actor… […]

Entertainment

Randy Travis arrested naked, charged with DWI

DALLAS, Tex. (AP) Country singer Randy Travis was charged with driving while intoxicated and threatening law officers after he crashed his Pontiac Trans Am and was found naked and combative at the scene, Texas officials said.
The accident was reported Tuesday night, and… […]

Health

Changing the lives of women through innovative surgical technique

Patricia Smith of Jackson juggled a full life as a wife, mother and talented cook. Last August, after living with the pain of endometriosis nearly half her life, Smith decided she had had enough.
“I lead a busy life, which didn’t… […]

News

Blistering report reveals problems within Sheriff’s Department

The Mississippi Link has obtained a copy of a 300-page report detailing problems that plagued the Hinds County Sheriff’s Department when Malcolm McMillin was the county’s top law enforcement officer.
The report was commissioned by… […]

Health

Alzheimer’s Disease: A Robbery in Progress

Everyday across this country, a major robbery occurs. The robber goes in and out of the homes of families, stealing the memory and quality of life from more than 5.4 million Americans; more than 53,000 of them are Mississippians. This robber leaves behind a… […]