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Education

JPS Career Development students honored

Special to The Mississippi Link Nineteen JPS students enrolled in the district’s Career Develop-ment Center were honored April 28 at the Nissan Training Center in Madison County. The students are graduates of the Student Technology […]

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News

McLemore becomes Interim Mayor

In an emergency meeting, due to Mayor Frank E. Melton’s recent “critical” health condition, the Jackson City Council voted 5 to 1 for Council President Leslie Mclemore to serve as acting mayor. Ward 3 Councilman […]

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Opinion

Daddy Deficit Disorder

I wish I could say I coined this phrase but I can’t. I don’t remember where I heard it (or from whom) but it definitely stuck in my mind. Much of the pathology that we […]

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Opinion

A stimulus plan for black colleges

We need a stimulus plan to preserve and expand historically black colleges. If the federal government can come up with rationalizations for bailing out Wall Street, making sure there is No Bank Left Behind and […]

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News

Johnson, Crisler to face off in runoff

The Mississippi Link Former two-term Mayor Harvey Johnson and City Councilman Marshand Crisler are headed for a runoff in the Jackson mayoral race. Johnson had 8,892 votes and Crisler, 8,759 votes with 98 percent of […]

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Mayor falls ill after primary loss

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An unsuccessful primary bid for re-election turned much more serious for the indicted mayor of Mississippi’s largest city after he was rushed to a hospital in his latest health struggle. Sixty-year-old […]