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Special to The Mississippi Link JACKSON—New Stage Theatre will present its 44th season opener Gutenberg! The Musical! September 15-27, 2009.  Preview night is Tuesday, September 15 at 7:30 p.m.  Curtain times and dates for all […]

JACKSON, Miss. — A helicopter crashed just before 3 p.m. today on a house near the corner of Martin Luther King Drive and Holliman Avenue, Hinds County emergency officials said. The crash involved a privately […]

SAN FRANCISCO – Two American television reporters imprisoned in North Korea for months say communist soldiers “violently dragged” them back when they returned to Chinese soil after briefly crossing into the reclusive country. In an […]

WAPT.com JACKSON, Miss. — A Jackson city councilman said Monday that the Jackson Police Department could afford to hire more uniformed officers by cutting back on the number of civilians employed by the department. Ward […]

Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson hosted the state’s first town hall meeting Monday, Aug 24. The meeting was held in the Stringer Lodge at 1072 Lynch Street and was open to the public. As the citizens […]

Special to The Mississippi Link The Jackson City Council recently recognized the ‘untiring’ community service and outstanding citizenry of longtime entrepreneur Audrey B. Wiley. The resolution was presented by Council President Frank Bluntson of Ward […]

History-making former Mississippi statesman Robert G. Clark said he is deeply saddened by the recent news of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy’s (D-Mass.) death. Often dubbed the “liberal lion” of the United States Senate, Kennedy died […]

BOSTON – Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was a Democrat’s Democrat, so much so that he became a rallying point for those in his party and an object of derision for Republican opponents. Yet his affability […]

Jackson Mayor Harvey Johnson, Jr. along with other federal and city officials held a press conference this morning to discuss the planned renovation of the Dr. A.H. McCoy Federal Building. “The U.S. General Services Administration […]

Jackson Mayor Harvey Johnson presented his proposal for the city’s $359.5 million budget Wednesday at City Hall. This budget reflects a 0.2 percent decrease from the current year’s budget. Johnson said the proposed budget includes […]