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The Mississippi Link 100 Black Men of Jackson, Inc. will hold its 19th Annual Scholarship/Mentoring Banquet, Oct. 31, 2009. Seating will begin at 6:30 p.m. and program begins at 7 p.m. at the Jackson State […]

The case against a former Jackson school-teacher could be coming to a close now that both sides have rested their cases. After 28-year-old Carla Hughes decided today not to take the stand in her defense […]

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 […]

CNN Money When it comes to places to launch a new business, Jackson, Mississippi ranks #21 nationally and #11 among midsized cities according to CNN’s Money magazine. Even in hard times, Jackson is on the […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]