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The Mississippi State Fair will be extended through Monday and rates will be discounted, organizers said Friday. The extended day will be known as $2 Monday where patrons will have the opportunity to pay only […]

TUPELO – A Tupelo-based blues band made up of three young siblings and their father, will perform on a new BET television show tonight at 10 p.m. Homemade Jamz Blues Band, featuring 17-year old Ryan […]

FORT COLLINS, Colo. – A homemade balloon aircraft floated away from a yard in Colorado after a 6-year-old boy was seen climbing in, setting off a frantic scramble by the military and law enforcement before […]

JACKSON, Miss. — Jackson Police are investigating a local bank that was robbed today. JPD said a a man robbed a Jackson bank without getting out of his car Thursday. Authorities said that around 1 […]

The Mississippi Link 100 Black Men of Jackson, Inc. will hold its 19th Annual Scholarship/Mentoring Banquet, Oct. 31, 2009. Seating will begin at 6:30 p.m. and program begins at 7 p.m. at the Jackson State […]

The case against a former Jackson school-teacher could be coming to a close now that both sides have rested their cases. After 28-year-old Carla Hughes decided today not to take the stand in her defense […]

CNN Money When it comes to places to launch a new business, Jackson, Mississippi ranks #21 nationally and #11 among midsized cities according to CNN’s Money magazine. Even in hard times, Jackson is on the […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The state Court of Appeals has upheld the 2007 conviction of Desmond Keys in the death of 5-year-old Mariyanna Tucker. Keys was sentenced to life in prison in Jones County for […]

LEXINGTON – A convicted felon who walked away from a supervised work detail and allegedly robbed a Lexington store at gunpoint, has been returned to jail. Kevin Cortez Young, of Tchula, was transported to Rankin […]

The verdict is in and a Madison County Jury has found Carla Hughes guilty of capital murder. The jury now must choose between the death penalty and life in prison. Hughes has been found guilty […]