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Special to The Mississippi Link COME to the 2009 Hawkins Field Air Show Oct. 3 & 4 at the Hawkins Field Airport. This event is free and open to the public! There will be plenty […]

WASHINGTON – The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan has reported to President Barack Obama that without more troops the U.S. risks failure in a war it’s been waging since September 2001. “Resources will […]

WASHINGTON – Despite predictions the Great Recession is running out of steam, the House is taking up emergency legislation this week to help the millions of Americans who see no immediate end to their economic […]

Special to The Mississippi Link JACKSON, Miss. — The Farish Street Heritage Festival is one of the City of Jackson’s and Mississippi’s most exciting and anticipated annual events.  It began 31 years ago as a […]

The line is drawn. The Congressional Black Caucus has pledged to kill any House health care bill that doesn’t include a robust public option and organizational members of the Black Leadership Forum are rolling out […]

PATRICK SANDERS, Associated Press Writer NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Police are hunting for the killer who stuffed a body believed to be that of a Yale University graduate student behind a wall in the high-security […]

Special to The Mississippi Link from NNPA LOS ANGELES – The National Newspaper Publisher’s Association (NNPA) Thursday, Sept. 10, announced that it will not hold its mid-winter conference in South Carolina scheduled for January 2010 […]

Special to The Mississippi Link Governor Haley Barbour today announced the appointment of Les Range as executive director of the Mississippi Department of Employment Security. Range, who has served as MDES’s deputy executive director and […]

Mayor Harvey Johnson showed gratitude to his Transition Team at a 5:30 p.m. reception this past Tuesday at Roberts Walthall Hotel (225 E. Capitol St.) in downtown Jackson. “I can’t thank you enough for the […]

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  […]