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‘Take It Down America’
Flag debate finds way to nation’s capital By Stephanie R. Jones Contributing Writer Before a group of Mississippians who want to see the state flag taken down took their cause to the U.S. Capitol Tuesday, […]
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Prayer vigil at Tougaloo supports LGBT
By Ayesha K. Mustafaa Contributing Writer The entire country is still reeling behind the massacre of 49 persons who were attending the Pulse Club in Orlando, Fla. in the early hours of June 12. The […]
Opinion
Sen. Frazier grateful for another Father’s Day
Legislator promotes prostate cancer research By Hillman Frazier Special to The Mississippi Link The most challenging year of my life was 2015 when in September I was diagnosed with prostate cancer, which for some can […]
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Hanging Moss Road Bridge opens
The Mississippi Link Newswire Jackson Mayor Tony T. Yarber along with city and local officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 9 a.m. June 14, for the new Hanging Moss Road Bridge, one of the projects […]
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Southern Baptists oppose Confederate flag
By Travis Loller Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Southern Baptist Convention on Tuesday urged Christians to stop displaying the Confederate battle flag, recognizing that it is perceived by many as a “symbol of hatred, […]
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Sam M. Brinkley alumni encouraged to attend 10th reunion in July Sam M. Brinkley Jr.-Sr. High School, one of three original black schools in Jackson, is celebrating the school’s 10th reunion July 1-2. A picnic […]
Opinion
“I come from Mississippi”
The Mississippi Link Newswire When I heard the news of the massacre at Mother Emanuel Church in Charleston last June it horrified me, but I can’t say it surprised me. I come from Mississippi, where […]
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Hillary Clinton ends Democratic primary season with win in Washington, DC
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton brought a close to the presidential primary season with a win Tuesday in the nation’s capital and a meeting with dispatched rival Bernie Sanders, hoping to set a tone of […]
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The latest Mississippi news
MENDENHALL, Miss. (AP) – Officials say a man who fatally shot his estranged wife and then turned the gun on himself Saturday is not dead as first reported. Sheriff Donald O’Cain tells The Clarion-Ledger Danny […]
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Man admits using stolen identity to earn $113,000
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) – A 35-year-old man from Honduras has admitted he assumed a Gulfport man’s identity and earned more than $113,000 in income reported to the Internal Revenue Service. The Sun Herald reports (http://bit.ly/1UTZAUP) […]