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The town of Byram finally became an official city Monday, June 22. The road to becoming a city was met with much resistance from the City of Jackson. That same day Nick Tremonte was sworn […]

Special to the Mississippi Link Mayor Elect Harvey Johnson will be holding a Transition Team meeting Tuesday, June 23 at 6 p.m. in room 134 of the College of Business Building at Jackson State University. […]

Special to the Mississippi Link Jackson, MS—Attorney General Jim Hood, together with 40 other State Attorneys General, today announced a settlement with the TJX Companies, Inc. The company is a discount retailer that owns stores […]

Special to the Mississippi Link The Jackson Chamber of Commerce will host its Second Annual Red, White, & Jackson on Thursday, July 2, in Downtown Jackson. The event will begin with free food, beverages and […]

Journalists of color have been hit hard with job losses across the country during the downward turn in the economy. Fox 40’s News Anchor Kathy Times, a candidate for the National Association of Black Journalists […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]