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Special to the Mississippi Link U. S. Representative Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) announced that the Mississippi Institutes of Higher Learning (IHL) – Academic and Student Affairs GEAR UP MS has been selected to receive funding […]

For years, critics have argued that Mississippi lags behind all other states when it comes to progress – economic other otherwise. And last week, some state and health officials argued that Mississippi is imposing a […]

During the kickoff of today’s Juneteeth celebration at the Northside Library, 807 East Northside Drive, Jackson Mayor Frank Melton told The Mississippi Link (ML) he has found the money, and he will be starting the […]

OMAHA, Neb. — First came the shock, then the grief. As dozens of people injured in a tornado at an Iowa Boy Scout camp recovered, families and friends tried to make sense of the deaths […]

Associated Press CHICAGO – A jury acquitted R. Kelly on all counts of child pornography after less than a day of deliberations Friday, ending an ordeal for the R&B superstar that began when he was […]

WASHINGTON – Tim Russert, who pointedly but politely questioned hundreds of the powerful and influential as moderator of NBC’s “Meet the Press,” died Friday of an apparent heart attack. The network’s Washington bureau chief was […]

BLENCOE, Iowa (AP) – Boy Scouts who came to each others’ aid after a tornado that killed four of their comrades and injured 48 people were hailed as heroes Thursday for helping to administer first […]

Rev. Ozie G. Wattleton, after years of traveling in the ministry and leaving the East Atlanta Church of God as founding pastor, has returned to the Farmhaven community in East Madison County where her life […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Retail gas prices rose further above a national average of $4 Monday, and are likely to keep rising as distributors and retailers hike prices in response to last week’s unprecedented oil […]

“With Democratic nominee Barack Obama claiming the primary, I count it a privilege to be able to share in this momentous and history-making event. In the words of Obama, “Yes We Can” and on yesterday; […]