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Special to The Mississippi Link Dirk B. Vanderleest is the chief executive officer of the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority with management and oversight re-sponsibilities for both Jackson-Evers International Airport and Hawkins Field Airport. He was […]

JACKSON, MS – Volunteers, advocates and stakeholders in the diabetes community will gather at the state capitol in Jackson to present information about diabetes, provide health screenings and meet with their members of the Mississippi […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Former New Orleans Saints running back Deuce McAllister has filed for bankruptcy protection for a car dealership he owns in Mississippi. The free agent running back is in a dispute with […]

Jackson, MS—Local elected officials, business and community leaders and some of the most prominent child advocacy organization in the city are gathering March 3, 2009, to set an acti on plan for increasing the area’s […]

NEW ORLEANS – Three and a half years after Hurricane Katrina, the National Guard is pulling the last of its troops out of New Orleans this weekend, leaving behind a city still desperate and dangerous. […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) _ The Mississippi House on Friday passed one bill that could lead to a higher sales tax in Jackson but slowed the momentum of another bill that had been moving in tandem. […]

Associated Press LUCEDALE, MS (AP) – Prosecutors say they have turned over investigation files on the death of star Mississippi high school football player Billey Joe Johnson Jr. to the U.S. attorney’s office. Assistant district […]

Associated Press WASHINGTON – Invoking his own name-and-shame policy, President Barack Obama warned the nation’s mayors on Friday that he will “call them out” if they waste the money from his massive economic stimulus plan. […]

The Associated Press JACKSON (AP) — A federal judge refused Tuesday to dismiss the civil rights case against Jackson Mayor Frank Melton in a sledgehammer attack on a duplex that the self-proclaimed get-tough-on-crime politician considered […]

By SHELIA BYRD Associated Press Writer LUCEDALE, Miss. (AP) Pursuing allegations of a civil rights violation or filing a lawsuit are two options the Mississippi NAACP will discuss with the family of a high school […]