Special to the NNPA from the Louisiana Weekly (NNPA) – The National Black Chamber of Commerce, Inc. has recently received contracting data from the U.S. Department of Transportation concerning federally funded highway projects. Nationally, Black […]
No one questioned President Barack Obama’s right to deliver an address Wednesday night on health care to a joint session of Congress. However, his decision to address students the day before on the importance of […]
YAZOO, Miss. – Eighteen-year-old Kaleb Eulls has the makings of a superhero. Like Superman’s alter-ego Clark Kent or Spiderman’s Peter Parker, Eulls has a quiet, unassuming nature. Aside from his towering stature, he goes almost […]
Special to The Mississippi Link St. Dominic’s is joining the da Vinci® Surgery Awareness Initiative™, supporting the Lance Armstrong Foundation, in a national campaign reaching millions of people with the goal of educating the public […]
Special to The Mississippi Link Four Jackson Public Schools teachers are participating in the Mississippi State University Writing/Thinking Project program, Middle School Institute, which began this summer and continues throughout the 2009-10 school year. Alfred […]
Special to The Mississippi Link Governor Haley Barbour today announced the appointment of Les Range as executive director of the Mississippi Department of Employment Security. Range, who has served as MDES’s deputy executive director and […]
LEXINGTON, Miss. – Mississippi still stands as the nation’s fattest state for the fifth consecutive year, and Holmes County is the second most obese county in the state. However, thanks to the Carol M. White […]
Mayor Harvey Johnson showed gratitude to his Transition Team at a 5:30 p.m. reception this past Tuesday at Roberts Walthall Hotel (225 E. Capitol St.) in downtown Jackson. “I can’t thank you enough for the […]
Special to The Mississippi Link The statistics are alarming. African American girls are more likely than their white counterparts to get pregnant, to become infected with HIV, to be in an abusive relationship, to live […]
BPRW SEYMOUR, Tenn. – According to the Surgeon General, only one-third of Americans with a mental health problem seek treatment; the percentage of African Americans getting help is only half that of non-Hispanic whites. The […]
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