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TCHULA – “I don’t think Tchula has had a traffic jam in 30 or 40 years,” joked Edison Brown Jr. upon learning about cars jam-packed into the Delta town for its first annual Cruger-Tchula Community […]

WASHINGTON – Days after releasing top-secret memos that detailed the CIA’s use of simulated drowning while interrogating terror suspects, President Barack Obama went to the spy agency’s Virginia headquarters on Monday to defend his decision […]

Special to The Mississippi Link Erik Fleming, campaign coordinator for the Committee to Re-Elect Frank Melton Mayor, issued this response to the television ad being aired by Democratic Primary opponent, Sen. John Horhn (D-Jackson): “With […]

CLINTON, Miss. – April 22 is Earth Day, and Davern and Andrea Jones, owners of Cartridge World-Clinton, are urging consumers to “Recycle it @ Cartridge World,” their going green campaign. The Joneses said citizens may […]

A new law approved by Governor Haley Barbour aims to ensure leaders in Mississippi schools are making responsible financial and academic decisions in order to provide all students with a quality education. Senate Bill 2628, […]

What does Jackson State University’s Gwendolyn Spencer Prater, Ph.D., have in common with Otis Williams of Motown’s original Temptations? Perhaps the word, “legendary” immediately comes to mind. Prater is dean of the JSU College of […]

OXON HILL, Md. – An exultant Maersk Alabama crew has returned to rejoicing families in America and the ship’s captain awaits his own hero’s reception in the states after a five-day ordeal as a captive […]

Jackson, Mississippi – Governor Haley Barbour is bringing together state agency heads, legislators and local government officials as well as inviting the public to participate in a Mississippi Stimulus Summit on April 16. The summit […]

On tax day, April 15 from 4-6 pm on the south steps of the state capitol building in Jackson, MS, conservative grassroots organizations and free market activists, joined by political and community leaders, will come […]

(JACKSON, Miss.) – Delta Sigma Theta Sorority’s Jackson (MS) Alumnae Chapter will host Jabberwock 2009: “An Evening in the Garden of Enchantment” at 7 p.m., Saturday, April 18 at the Rose Embly McCoy Auditorium. Tickets […]