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$25 billon mortgage settlement seen as one step towards fairness
Negotiations continue with other lenders By Charlene Crowell The recent mortgage agreement reached with the nation’s five largest mortgage services brings the first major consumer victory after a nearly year-long effort. State attorneys general, working […]
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Mose Allison to perform at Delta State
Special To The Mississippi Link CLEVELAND – Composer, poet, pianist and vocalist Mose Allison will appear in concert at 7:30 p.m. in the Bologna Performing Arts Center on the Delta State campus in Cleveland on Wednesday, […]
Education
Newton school district employee indicted and arrested for forgery
JACKSON – A library assistant for the Newton Municipal School District has been arrested and indicted for cashing a check that didn’t belong to him. State Auditor Stacey Pickering said Thursday that Billy Lamont Johnson […]
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No. 20 Mississippi State still searching for depth
STARKVILLE – (AP) Mississippi State has a starting five that looks capable of a deep run into the NCAA Tournament come March. The bench? Not so much. With the grind of Southeastern Conference taking its […]
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Jackson-Evers receives temporary extension of nonstop service to D.C.
From The Mississippi Link Newswire BOLTON – Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) said the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) has granted US Airways the temporary authority to operate nonstop service from Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers […]
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Stay of execution reversed; Turner executed
PARCHMAN – Almost two days after Edwin Hart Turner was granted a stay of execution by U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves, the U.S. Court of Appeals vacated that stay and Turner – convicted of killing […]
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Rep. fined $50K, ordered to repay state $346,554
JACKSON – (AP) A Rankin County lawmaker has been ordered by the state Ethics Commission to repay the state $346,554 from public printing contracts that went to his family business. State Rep. Kevin McGee was […]
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MDOT’s Cable Median Barrier Safety Initiative Wins National Award
From The Mississippi Link Newswire JACKSON – The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) has received a 2011 National Roadway Safety Infrastructure Improvement Award for its “Cable Median Barrier Safety Initiative.” The awards are a joint […]
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Turner granted temporary stay of execution
JACKSON – (AP) A Death Row inmate scheduled to die today at 6 p.m. has been granted a temporary stay of execution. A federal judge temporarily blocked the execution of a Edwin Hart Turner who was […]