News Briefs
Links plans mental illness awareness program for March 24 The Jackson (MS) Chapter of the Links, Inc., in collaboration with the Women’s Council for Philanthropy at Jackson State University, will present a mental illness […]
Links plans mental illness awareness program for March 24 The Jackson (MS) Chapter of the Links, Inc., in collaboration with the Women’s Council for Philanthropy at Jackson State University, will present a mental illness […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A plan to add context to a Confederate soldier statue at the University of Mississippi is a failure because a proposed plaque does not mention slavery as the central issue in […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A legislative panel will consider whether to increase Mississippi’s gasoline tax and put additional registration fees on vehicles to help pay for highway and bridge repairs. Senate Highways and Transportation Committee […]
STARKVILLE, Mississippi (AP) — A Starkville 5th grader is heading to the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Soyeon Park is a student at Henderson Elementary. Park won The Commercial Appeal’s 73rd Annual Mid-South Spelling Bee on […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Democratic Rep. Sonya Williams-Barnes of Gulfport is stepping into a new leadership role as chairwoman of the Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus. African-American colleagues from the House and Senate elected her last […]
WILKINSBURG, Pennsylvania (AP) — Two gunmen working as a team fatally shot five people and critically wounded two others at a backyard cookout, with one attacker using a high-velocity rifle to shoot all the victims […]
Moore, supporters seek removal of state flag By Shanderia K. Posey Editor Carlos Moore, a Grenada attorney who filed a federal lawsuit Feb. 29, against Gov. Phil Bryant to remove the Confederate emblem of the […]
Opponents aren’t backing down By Stephanie R. Jones Contributing Writer Phase One of an attempted takeover of the Medgar Wiley Evers-Jackson International Airport has succeeded. The Mississippi Senate voted 29-18 to approve Senate Bill 2162, […]
By Chinyere Lavina Brown Special to The Mississippi Link The outcome of the Mississippi primaries shows that rallies like the one on March 3, at Tougaloo College were successful. The Hillary for Mississippi supporters and […]
By Diamond Williams Mississippi Link Intern The second Annual IMS/Trensek Black Business Expo on March 5, was filled wall to wall with black-owned business vendors at Tougaloo College’s Owens Health and Wellness Center. Ninety-five vendors […]
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