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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The state Court of Appeals has upheld the 2007 conviction of Desmond Keys in the death of 5-year-old Mariyanna Tucker. Keys was sentenced to life in prison in Jones County for […]

LEXINGTON – A convicted felon who walked away from a supervised work detail and allegedly robbed a Lexington store at gunpoint, has been returned to jail. Kevin Cortez Young, of Tchula, was transported to Rankin […]

The verdict is in and a Madison County Jury has found Carla Hughes guilty of capital murder. The jury now must choose between the death penalty and life in prison. Hughes has been found guilty […]

JACKSON, MS – Nearly a dozen people in south Jackson are taken to area hospitals. After fire broke out at the Apple Manor Apartments on JoAnne Street off McFadden Road, fire crews said the fire […]

The Mississippi Link PEARL, Miss. – Despite the early morning drizzles, cloudy skies and chilly temperatures, more than 360 individuals participated in the Jackson-area 2009 Memory Walk Saturday, Oct. 10, to fight Alzheimer’s disease. The […]

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus is in Jackson today and plans to annouce a very huge honor for a Mississippi native. During a speech slated at Jackson State University, Mabus plans to announce that slain civil […]

Dominique M. Grant A Jackson nightclub may have gotten some positive news after learning their club while currently closed could be reopened. Attorneys for the city of Jackson have reached an agreement with a Birdland Restaurant […]

WINONA – Perjury charges against a man accused of trying to taint the jury pool in Curtis Flowers’ fifth murder trial have been dismissed, Judge Jannie Lewis said on Wednesday. James Franklin Bibbs, 67, of […]

The city of Jackson has come up with a tax break opportunity that would bring jobs to the capitol city. The opportunity would be made available to Comcast Cable. The cable company is in negotiation […]

Premiering Monday, Oct. 5, new to late night television, is The Mo’Nique Show on Black Entertainment Television (BET) at 10 Central Standard Time. The comedienne and actress told The Mississippi Link in a recent telephone […]