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Sweet aroma of major league success
Daniel Sweet drafted by Cincinnati Reds Special to The Mississippi Link A lot of the news has been good news lately for recent high school graduate Daniel Sweet. Years of hard work on the baseball […]
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Education
Homeowners in Jackson are in for a tax hike
Debt on school bond referendum must be paid By Othor Cain Managing Editor Six years ago, voters in Jackson took to the polls and voted overwhelmingly in favor of a $150 million school bond referendum […]
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NNPA to host its national convention; NNPAF, its Merit Awards & HIV/AIDS Luncheon
By Jackie Hampton Publisher The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), also known as The Black Press of America, will hold its annual summer convention June 20-23 in Atlanta at the Peachtree Street Hyatt Regency Hotel. […]
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2nd edition of ‘Who’s Who In Black Mississippi’ to be unveiled, June 23
More than 950 black elected and appointed officials among entries By Gail M. Brown Editor Many would agree that it is important to document and highlight the achievements of African-Americans in Mississippi. It helps to […]
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Miss. House will fund travel for speaker’s critic
JACKSON – (AP) The Republican-controlled Mississippi House of Representatives will pay for a critic of House Speaker Philip Gunn to go to a conference, after all. Democrat Billy Broomfield of Moss Point had criticized Gunn […]
Education
Obesity drops among younger Mississippi students
RIDGELAND – (AP) Obesity rates are dropping among Mississippi elementary school students and leveling out overall – important milestones in keeping young people healthy, researchers said. But obesity rates are steady or rising among black […]
Local Sports
Kendrick no longer with Mississippi’s team
OXFORD – (AP) Former McDonald’s All-American Jelan Kendrick has left Mississippi’s basketball program after one tumultuous season. The 6-foot-7 guard averaged 5.1 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game last season after becoming eligible […]
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Jackson matriarch succumbs at age 103
Funeral services set for Monday, June 18 by Gail M. Brown Editor Longtime Jackson resident Bernice Mae Allen Stimley died Wednesday morning, June 13, in a Jackson-area hospital. Stimley was 103-years-old. A native of Meehan […]
Local Sports
JSU Names McCall Offensive Coordinator
From The Mississippi Link Newswire JACKSON – Jackson State University head football coach Rick Comegy has named Derrick McCall to serve as offensive coordinator. The 2012 season marks McCall’s fifth as a member of the […]
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Suspect charged in Jackson double murder
By Monica Land JACKSON – A 41-year-old man has turned himself in to police after an incident Monday morning that left another man and a woman dead. Jessie Freeman has been charged with the murders […]