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Cousin charged in murder of JSU student

By Monica Land JACKSON – The 25-year-old cousin of the Jackson State University student killed early Sunday morning at a pool party has been arrested and charged with his murder. Jackson police said Jarrod Emerson […]

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Rice and 3rd man plead guilty in murder of James Craig Anderson

From The Mississippi Link Newswire  WASHINGTON, D.C., – The Justice Department announced that besides 19-year-old Deryl Paul Dedmon, John Aaron Rice, 19, and Dylan Wade Butler, 20, all from Brandon, Mississippi, pleaded guilty in U.S. […]

Entertainment

Whitney Houston dies of accidental drowning; drugs in body

LOS ANGELES – (AP) Whitney Houston died from accidental drowning and the effects of cocaine use and heart disease, the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office said Thursday. The singer, who died at age 48 in […]

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Rick Santorum wins Alabama and Mississippi primaries

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rick Santorum won the Alabama primary Tuesday night and clung to a lead over Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney in Mississippi, deeply conservative Southern crossroads in the struggle for the Republican presidential […]

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Tornado confirmed in Lamar County Friday

By Monica Land HATTIESBURG – Meteorologists are saying Friday saw at least 128 tornadoes across 12 states with 39 deaths being reported thus far. And those numbers, sources said, are likely to rise as more […]

Business

Former USDA employee gets time for stealing $500,000

From The Mississippi Link Newswire WASHINGTON, D.C. – A former office manager has been sentenced to 89 months in prison for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. Cynthia Cooley, of Hattiesburg, was given the sentence […]