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Jackson, Mississippi – The U.S. Small Business Administration has granted Governor Haley Barbour’s request for disaster recovery assistance covering residents and businesses in eight Mississippi counties affected by last week’s storms. Included in the coverage […]

BOSTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s aunt will be allowed to remain in the United States until at least next year as she awaits a chance to make her case before an immigration judge in […]

The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) recently recognized President Barack Obama and the First Family as the 2008 Newsmakers of the Year, and Jackie Hampton, publisher of The Mississippi Link, was present for the award […]

AP NEW YORK – Seven students have been punished for violating the code of conduct at Oprah Winfrey’s school for disadvantaged girls in South Africa. A representative for Winfrey says four students were recently expelled […]

AP LONDON – President Barack Obama has arrived at Buckingham Palace for a private meeting with Queen Elizabeth II. Several thousand well-wishers crowded the traffic circle in front of the gated palace on Wednesday to […]

Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Governor Haley Barbour is expected Monday to survey tornado damage in Simpson County. Almost 30 people were injured and dozens of homes and other structures were damaged or destroyed […]

MAGEE, MS (AP) – A tornado destroyed dozens of homes and businesses in a small Mississippi community early Thursday, injuring several people and flattening a church although there were no immediate reports of fatalities. A […]

AP McCOMB, MS (AP) – A McComb man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for stabbing a former childhood friend in the face with a wooden shish-kebab skewer at a department store. A […]

Monica Land Contributing Writer Seventeenth century poet John Dryden once said, “Justice is blind and knows nobody.” But for many, justice is not blind, especially in the state of Mississippi, where in recent years so […]

AP JACKSON, Miss. (AP) _ The Jackson Fire Department is short more than a dozen captains and seven district chiefs, almost half the number of station managers it is budgeted to have. The shortage of […]