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Special to The Mississippi Link When the metro area turned out for the annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade this morning, Saturday, Jan. 17, they saw a very familiar face leading the way: WLBT-TV3 Anchor […]

JACKSON, Miss. – Enduring cold temperatures Monday morning, members of the 100 Concerned Clergy of Jackson and other area clergy held a prayer vigil on the steps of City Hall for Mayor Frank Melton’s health. […]

Special to the Mississippi Link TV ONE DEVOTES 24 HOURS TO INAUGURATION PROGRAMMING JANUARY 20 January 6, 2009, Silver Spring, MD — TV One will offer 24 hours of programming devoted to the Inauguration of […]

ASSOCIATED PRESS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) _ Officials say Mayor Frank Melton has been released from a hospital after being treated for an undisclosed ailment. The 59-year-old mayor was checked into St. Dominic hospital in Jackson […]

JACKSON, MS (AP) – Mississippi lawmakers will be busy the next several days with the governor’s State of the State address, a briefing about the state economy and, barring a last-minute change of plans, a […]

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 […]