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Mississippi Business Journal JACKSON — Gov. Haley Barbour is urging state agencies to closely monitor expenditures as general fund collections fell $26.2 million, or 11.27 percent, below expectations for July 2009. “State tax collections in […]

Special to The Mississippi Link Holland, MI.—Summer is winding down and thoughts are migrating toward “back to school.” Most parents are excited, most kids are not. With the start of school, bad habits that accumulated […]

Special to The Mississippi Link Jackson, MS- Summer is coming to a close. Students everywhere will return back to school in the coming days. For most parents, that means purchasing school supplies, clothes, and shoes, […]

Special to The Mississippi Link HATTIESBURG- More than 30 young women competing in the Miss Hospitalitypageant visited Forrest General last week, bringing joy and smiles topatients in various areas of the hospital. The young women […]

Special to The Mississippi Link Tupelo, Miss.—Get your motors running, and plan to cruise the third annual Rags to Riches Tour on Saturday, August 15!  Bring your classic automobile to the Tupelo Automobile Museum to […]

Special to The Mississippi Link A group of women representing the Muslim faith from all across the United States converged on Jackson recently to hold their 16th Annual Conference at the Jackson Hilton. Dressed in […]

Most said he was a no-nonsense, strict, disciplinarian kind of guy. But what they ended up with was a caring, strong, family-oriented, passionate man. The man was Fred Harris. Harris, a prominent Jackson Public School […]

Special to The Mississippi Link The incident occured shortly after 3 p.m. at the intersection of Bailey Avenue and Peter Street. According to witnesses a black 2001 Chevy Camaro was traveling north on Bailey Avenue […]

It appears that Black communities are in crisis—from failing educational systems to escalating violence to high unemployment. Too often, youth suffer from a lack of leadership. As we have taken advantage of the gains won […]

A prominent Jackson Public School’s head basketball coach and Vice-Principal died on July 26. 47-year-old Fred Harris was pronounced dead at 5:30 p.m., at the University Medical Center in Jackson after suffering a heart attack in his home. […]