WLBT is reporting that authorities are investigating their third homicide in the Capital City this weekend.
The most recent murder occurred Sunday afternoon in west Jackson where a 34-year-old man was shot several times and subsequently died of his injuries. […]
A Greenwood nurse is facing charges that she illegally obtained drugs while she was on duty.
Stephanie Ray Barton, 46, formerly a licensed practical nurse (LPN) at Golden Age Nursing Home in Greenwood turned herself in to investigators with the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit following indictment by the Leflore County Grand Jury on seven counts of “obtaining a controlled substance by means of fraud…”
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A woman and her daughter accused of pairing up to break the law have pleaded guilty to robbing at least one bank in the city of Gulfport.
Fifty-eight-year-old Evie Mearlene Herrin and her daughter, 30-year-old Amelia Darci Crew appeared in court Monday where both entered their plea. […]
Police said a former employee of an automobile dealership has been arrested on an embezzlement charge alleging she stole more than $200,000 within about 1 1/2 years.
The Sun Herald reports that police investigated the complaint about a month before they arrested Teresa Holland Stanley on Friday, according to Detective Lt. Terry Hines said.
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Even though T.I. hasn’t produced any major hits lately, the Grammy-winning rapper believes he can still sell a considerable amount of albums based on his track record.
T.I.’s credentials include 10 Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hits and five platinum albums. But he has yet to make a big splash musically since he was released from jail following an 11-month term at an Arkansas prison on a probation violation. […]
The Mississippi Link launched its new regular video news feature: Socrates Garrett Live. Garrett, a Jackson native and businessman shares his take on news stories of interest. The Mississippi Link will air his videos each week.
This first video is about the use (or missuse) of Tiger Woods at this past weekend’s Ryder Cup competition. […]
Registration still open for second ‘free’ session
The Mississippi Link Newswire
LEXINGTON, Miss. – The Community Students Learning Center’s “free” EDGE (Empowering the Delta with a Growing Economy) Job Training Program is providing job marketing skills to interested participants.
Registration is still open for a new session which began Sept. 25. […]
On Friday, the Mississippi Freedom Trail unveiled its latest marker to commemorate James Meredith’s enrollment as the first black student at Ole Miss.
“It’s important for our students today to be reminded of the sacrifices made by people like James Meredith so that they (the students) can have a better life. We are a better society because of those sacrifices,” said Daniel Jones, chancellor of the University of Mississippi. […]
The Hinds County Republican Party and the county’s only white supervisor are suing four black county supervisors, charging race was used improperly as a factor in redrawing district voting lines.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Jackson, claims the majority-black Hinds County Board of Supervisors used “impermissible racial considerations” when redrawing district lines. […]
The lawyer for a convicted sex offender says the man will pursue an insanity defense against a charge of failing to register.
A filing Thursday said Cleve Calloway Gordon has a mental disease that prevented him to know right from wrong at the time of the alleged offense, when he didn’t register from February to April. […]
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