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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 […]

WAPT.com JACKSON, Miss. — A Jackson city councilman said Monday that the Jackson Police Department could afford to hire more uniformed officers by cutting back on the number of civilians employed by the department. Ward […]

History-making former Mississippi statesman Robert G. Clark said he is deeply saddened by the recent news of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy’s (D-Mass.) death. Often dubbed the “liberal lion” of the United States Senate, Kennedy died […]

Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson hosted the state’s first town hall meeting Monday, Aug 24. The meeting was held in the Stringer Lodge at 1072 Lynch Street and was open to the public. As the citizens […]