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Special to The Mississippi Link from NNPA LOS ANGELES – The National Newspaper Publisher’s Association (NNPA) Thursday, Sept. 10, announced that it will not hold its mid-winter conference in South Carolina scheduled for January 2010 […]

Special to The Mississippi Link Governor Haley Barbour today announced the appointment of Les Range as executive director of the Mississippi Department of Employment Security. Range, who has served as MDES’s deputy executive director and […]

Mayor Harvey Johnson showed gratitude to his Transition Team at a 5:30 p.m. reception this past Tuesday at Roberts Walthall Hotel (225 E. Capitol St.) in downtown Jackson. “I can’t thank you enough for the […]

YAZOO, Miss. – Eighteen-year-old Kaleb Eulls has the makings of a superhero. Like Superman’s alter-ego Clark Kent or Spiderman’s Peter Parker, Eulls has a quiet, unassuming nature. Aside from his towering stature, he goes almost  […]

WASHINGTON – Shaking off a summer of setbacks, President Barack Obama summoned Congress to enact sweeping health care legislation Wednesday night, declaring the “time for bickering is over” and the moment has arrived to protect […]

GRENADA – Authorities in Grenada County are still investigating a domestic disturbance that left a 65-year old man dead. On Friday, Aug. 21, Lester Booker was found dead in his apartment from several stab wounds […]

Special to The Mississippi Link JACKSON—New Stage Theatre will present its 44th season opener Gutenberg! The Musical! September 15-27, 2009.  Preview night is Tuesday, September 15 at 7:30 p.m.  Curtain times and dates for all […]

Special to The Mississippi Link JACKSON — Mayor Harvey Johnson, Jr. recently announced the Woodrow Wilson Overlay Project.   The $1.46 million project will pave a section of Woodrow Wilson from the VA Hospital to […]

JACKSON, Miss. — A helicopter crashed just before 3 p.m. today on a house near the corner of Martin Luther King Drive and Holliman Avenue, Hinds County emergency officials said. The crash involved a privately […]

SAN FRANCISCO – Two American television reporters imprisoned in North Korea for months say communist soldiers “violently dragged” them back when they returned to Chinese soil after briefly crossing into the reclusive country. In an […]