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JACKSON, Miss. – Just imagine yourself walking into a fast food restaurant to order chicken, and instantly, the restaurant serves you $1,000 in cash. Sound unbelievable? Unbelievable or not, that is exactly what happened to […]

Jackson, MS- June is National Homeownership Month.  The Jackson Medical Mall Foundation (JMMF) and Jackson Housing Authority invite you to the 2009 Housing Fair on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 to learn about getting and keeping […]

Special to the Mississippi Link from Entergy Mississippi Recently Entergy Mississippi, Inc., officials visited Mississippi Children’s Home Services to present a $12,500 contribution to the organization’s Capital Cam-paign for expansion of services and tour the […]

ML: Specifically, what is the mission of Joe Simon Ministries? Simon: My mission is very simple and very short. My mission as a minister is to represent the kingdom of God in sincerity and in […]

CARROLLTON – One man is dead and two others were injured after they were allegedly shot by a Carroll County man following an earlier altercation at a local nightclub, Sheriff Jerry Carver said. William “Booney” […]

The second annual Medgar Evers banquet was a history-making event. Held June 12 at the Regency Hotel and Conference Center downtown, it featured keynote speaker Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the son of the late U.S. […]

Meredith McGee James Meredith launched a 200 Mile “Walk for the Poor” on the 24th of May in Tunica, MS to focus the Christian church on its Duty and Responsibility for Care of the POOR […]

Downtown and West Jackson will now merge because of a minority investment and development group. The Lead Group, LLC, invited the public and city officials to witness the groundbreaking ceremony for its new business venture, […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Hank Bounds has been named Mississippi’s higher education commissioner. The College Board unanimously chose the state Department of Education superintendent Wednesday after recently naming him its preferred candidate. Bounds faces an […]

Special to The Mississippi Link Under the recent economic stimulus act, Mississippi will receive an additional $18,876,000 in federal funds for youth employment programs. But do such efforts make a lasting difference? Some argue the […]