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Mike Epsy: Statment of Candidacy for United States Senate
The following is a statement by Mike Espy who is running for U.S. Senate for Mississippi. Espy is a candidate seeking to fill the unexpired term of retired Senator Thad Cochran.
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Entertainment
KATRINA: Jordan family reflects on unforgettable experience
Aftermaths a year later still looked like the ‘Twilight Zone,’ a member says BY GAIL BROWN Contributing Writer HOLMES COUNTY, Miss. – Holmes County native Clara Marshall Jordan said she and her husband Clarence Jordan […]
Entertainment
Remembering Katrina: “I didn’t plan to evacuate”
By Angel Hampton Special to The Mississippi Link I didn’t plan to evacuate. I had gotten used to hurricane threats being a way of life early on as a student at Xavier University. Sometimes we […]
Education
Black History Month is not dead
An open letter to the more than 42 million African Americans in these United States. By Pastor Jimmy Terry, Sr.
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Amber Alert: Two year old Myra Lewis is missing
THE MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY PATROL IS ISSUING AN AMBER ALERT FOR TWO-YEAR-OLD MYRA LEWIS. SHE WAS LAST SEEN SATURDAYMORNING JUST AFTER 11 AT HER HOME IN CAMDEN IN NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY. SHE WAS LAST SEEN WEARING A […]
Health
“Cover Mississippi”, kickoff campaign launches this Friday at Metro Mall
Coalition to help people understand and signup for “Obamacare” (for health coverage under the Affordable Care Act) Anyone interested in understanding “Obamacare” or shopping for health insurance options will be able to meet with […]
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Mississippi Link Exclusive: Sgt. Marcus Wright speaks
Wright serving as Sgt. over Internal Affairs with HCSD By Othor Cain Managing Editor In an exclusive interview with The Mississippi Link, Marcus Wright confirmed that he has been employed with the Hinds County Sheriff’s […]
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Mississippi prison killing leaves mother with no answers after 5 years
By Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today , This article is part of a reporting collaboration by The Mississippi Link, Mississippi Today, Clarion Ledger, Hattiesburg American and The Marshall Project – Jackson. During the war, Denorris “Nod” […]
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Commentary: Pain and contradictions reflections on Charlie Kirk and America – God loves us because He is good, not because we are good
By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, Surely God weeps. Thirty-one years old, married, two young children, looked up to by so many Americans and beyond. The White House, in the Trump administrations, had an open-door policy […]
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JSU alumnus Tramell Tillman makes history
The Mississippi Link Newswire, Jackson State University (JSU) alumnus Tramell Tillman, ’08, made history September 14, 2025 at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, becoming the first Black actor to win the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting […]
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The Republican Party is in lock step but is it the right step?
By James B. Ewers Jr. Ed.D., President Emeritus, Teen Mentoring Committee of Ohio, The Republican Party reminds me of a quartet because they always come together at the end. Quartets have different melodies and […]
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Damon Stevenson appointed to newly created Circuit Court Judgeship in Hinds County by Governor Tate Reeves
By Othor Cain, Guest Writer, In a move aimed at strengthening the judicial system in Mississippi’s capital county, Governor Tate Reeves has appointed Damon Stevenson to a newly created circuit court judgeship in Hinds County. […]
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The Clinton Massacre of 1875 is commemorated 150 years later – U.S. Rep. Thompson applauds awareness efforts to ‘resurrect’ this history
By Gail H.M. Brown, Ph.D., Contributing Writer, Community members, historians, elected officials, and descendants of victims gathered at Mt. Hood Missionary Baptist Church Sept. 6 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Clinton Massacre, a […]
National
Expanding Surveillance of Immigrants – at what cost? – In partnership with American Community Media – National Briefing Series
By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, For the past several weeks, The Mississippi Link has partnered with American Community Media to develop a series of stories in the wake of dramatic DOGE and anti-DEI cuts in […]
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‘Catastrophic Failures’: Why dozens of killings in Mississippi prisons go unanswered
By Daja E. Henry, The Marshall Project and Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today, This story is part of a reporting collaboration with Mississippi Today, the Clarion Ledger, Hattiesburg American and The Mississippi Link. At least 42 […]
Education
Remembering Emmett: MVSU, ETIC mark 70th Anniversary with theater, panels and more
By Gail H.M. Brown, Ph.D., Contributing Writer, Seventy years after Emmett Till’s 1955 murder, the Emmett Till Interpretive Center (ETIC) partnered with Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU) and its Department of Mass Communication for a […]
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A Candidate’s Profile
By Othor Cain, Guest Writer, For the next several weeks, The Mississippi Link will profile candidates running for Senate District 26. For the first time in 32 years this seat became vacant after John Horhn […]