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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) _ The Mississippi Department of Public Safety is willing to pay about $250,000 a year to hire a new medical examiner at the state Crime Lab, but the money lawmakers approved to […]

Special to The Mississippi Link Barack Obama, a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, has appointed a number of African Americans with equally impressive academic credentials to high posts in his administration. Here […]

The Associated Press Mississippi lawmakers are beginning their 2009 session with a nod to the past, convening at noon Tuesday for a brief ceremony in the freshly renovated Old Capitol in downtown Jackson. “The building […]

The Jackson City Council voted 4-1 to order the Melton administration to release the city’s 1099 forms. Members voting in favor of the documents’ release included Jeff Weill of Ward 1; President Leslie McLemore of […]

Special to The Mississippi Link Focusing on prevention, enforcement, and treatment, the Senate unanimously approved the formation of a Senate Drug Policy Committee. Senate Resolution 1 creates a committee to develop legislation, policies, and programs […]

Jackson Public Schools will hold a dedication program for the naming of three new schools at 11:30 a.m., Friday, January 16, in the Supreme Court Chambers on the second floor of the New Capitol. A […]

Received by Newsfinder from AP HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) – Funeral services are set Wednesday for the son of slain civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer Sr., who died defending his family from the Klan in 1966. […]

Special to The Mississippi Link WASHINGTON, D.C., December 19, 2008 – The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) mourns the loss of CBS News journalist and former NABJ board member Mark Griffith, found dead of […]

Associated Press – January 6, 2009 3:04 PM ET JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Former Hinds County District Attorney Ed Peters has given up his law license over an undisclosed complaint. Peters has been linked by […]

The Mississippi Link The late Michael “Mikey” Johnson, a talented Murrah High School athlete whose “first love” was baseball, is noted for making the decisive free-throws in the final seconds of Murrah’s win of the […]