News

Coast Guard ends search for 33 missing cargo ship crew members

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Coast Guard officially ended its search Wednesday for the missing crew members from a U.S. cargo ship that sank off the Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin. Petty Officer Mark Barney said […]

Business

City Council prefers state’s attorney general does its job

By Stephanie R. Jones Contributing Writer Jackson City Council members on Tuesday delayed voting on a contract for disposal of biosolids (sludge) until Nov. 8, saying they wanted the state Attorney General and state Auditor’s […]

Obituaries

In Memoriam: Van Allen Williams

September 18, 1953 – September 25, 2015 Born September 18, 1953 to the late Rev. Howard Williams, Sr., and Helen Williams. One of thirteen siblings, Van graduated from Callaway High School in Jackson, Miss., and […]

Education

Royal Coronation royally received at Jim Hill High School

The Mississippi Link Newswire   The Royal Coronation of Isaiah Rush and Jazstiny Jackson, Mister and Miss Jim Hill High School, was held Tuesday, September 29, at 10 a.m. in the school’s auditorium at 2185 […]

Business

Parts sold from KiOR biofuel plant that owes Mississippi $79M

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Equipment from the failed KiOR biofuel plant in Columbus is being sold, but Mississippi taxpayers are likely to recover little of the $79 million that the state is seeking. Iowa-based REG […]

Sports

Jackson State University fires football coach Harold Jackson

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Jackson State has fired football coach Harold Jackson less than two seasons into his tenure. School spokesman Wesley Peterson confirmed Jackson was fired on Tuesday afternoon. The Tigers had a 6-11 […]

News

Former Mississippi police officer pleads guilty in inmate sex case

COLUMBIA, Miss. (AP) — A former Columbia police officer has pleaded guilty to sexual activity with an inmate in Marion County. WDAM-TV reports Richard Pack pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of sexual activity between certain individuals […]