The New York City medical examiner’s office has ruled the death of hip-hop mogul Chris Lighty a suicide.
Lighty, a hip-hop mogul who helped the likes of Sean “Diddy” Combs, 50 Cent and Mariah Carey attain not only hit records, but also lucrative careers outside music, was found dead in his New York City apartment Thursday in an apparent suicide. He was 44. […]
A former Tunica County probation officer has been arrested and charged with embezzlement. Patricia Nicole Brown, 40, of Hernando was arrested in a joint operation between investigators of the Attorney General’s Public Integrity Division and the Mississippi Department of Corrections Investigations Division. […]
Gulfport, Miss-The sun rose over the Mississippi Gulf Coast on the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina to flooded and deserted streets and sporadic power outages. Wind whipped coastal communities like Bay St. Louis and Waveland and dumped heavy rain on the already soggy ground.
Thousands of residents in south Mississippi remained without power, officials said. […]
The Mississippi Link Editor, Gail Brown’s going away celebration was held on Friday, August 24. The event was held at The Mississippi Link office location, 2659 Livingston Road in Jackson, Mississippi.
Brown has taken a position as a director of a non profit program located in the Mississippi delta. […]
TAMPA, Fla. — With the Republican National Convention at last in full-throated roar, nominee Mitt Romney and his team are reaching out in all directions to connect with key voting groups including veterans, Hispanics and women while gleefully mocking the man he is out to defeat in November. […]
Mini Series – Part four
Disaster preparedness while remembering ‘grandma’
By Gail Brown
Special to The Mississippi Link
As severe weather looms over the metro and surrounding areas, Gentiva Hospice Executive Director Janet Butts and her staff were busy making sure their patients were safe, secure and had the supplies needed in case of a disaster. […]
The first confirmed death attributed to Hurricane Isaac in Louisiana was reported in Vermilon Parish.
Sheriff Mike Couvillon says a 36-year-old man had gone to help two friends move a vehicle from under a tree to prepare for Isaac on Tuesday, and fell to his death after climbing 18 feet up the tree. […]
A Mount Olive woman has been sentenced to five years in prison for hitting a patient at a personal care facility in the head. Thirty-four-year-old Stacey Keyes pleaded guilty in Covington County Circuit Court to one count of felony abuse of a vulnerable person before Judge Eddie Bowen.
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A local television station is going off the air at the end of the month.
WKDH is the ABC station.
Its owner, Southern Broadcasting, says it will end broadcasting at 11:59 p.m. on August 31 after more than a decade on the air. […]
City leaders may take debt collection efforts to the Facebook social media site.
The Daily Corinthian reports the Board of Aldermen last week discussed posting the names of people who owe money to the city.
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