A Lowndes County jury has convicted a man of sexual assault of a minor. Court officials say the verdict was handed down Thursday against Benny Shelton. Authorities say the incident happened at a church summer camp in 2008 with a 17-year-old.
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Stephon Tull was looking through dusty old boxes in his father’s attic in Chattanooga a few months ago when he stumbled onto something startling: an audio reel labeled, “Dr. King interview, Dec. 21, 1960.” […]
Imagine having your business burglarized, and then finding out your son could be behind it. The owner of Burnham Drugs in Moss Point is dealing with that shock, after police arrested his son and another suspect for reportedly taking money and narcotics from the store last week.
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The Elvis Presley Birthplace in Tupelo has opened up a $4.3 million expansion to the two-room house where “the king” was born, including a 75-seat outdoor amphitheater and a 120-seat theater with crushed purple velvet drapes and purple seats.
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By Tim Ward
Sports Writer
Murrah opened the season this past Saturday, Aug. 18, at Newell Field. What was supposed to be a football game looked more like a track meet. Speed, speed and more speed raced up and down Newell Field. Hattiesburg with their spread offense and what looked like USA Men’s Olympic 4×100 relay team, ran away with the game… […]
Council members tour the future home of city employees
By Gail M. Brown
Editor
Four members of the Jackson City Council and an entourage of others toured the old Belk building at the Metrocenter Mall Wednesday, Aug. 22, in response to a concern of how $50,000 of taxpayers money was used in the project.
The site is slated to become an office complex for city employees,… […]
Mini Series – Part three
Husband faces challenges in coping with wife’s ‘early onset’
By Gail M. Brown
Editor
According to national statistics, there are more than 200,000 Americans under the age of 64 diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Earlier it was termed “working age dementia,” and today, it is referred to as “early onset dementia or Alzheimer’s.”… […]
By Jackie Hampton
Publisher
When Gail M. Brown became editor of The Mississippi Link four and a half years ago, she said the opportunity was a blessing that came when she and her family needed it most.
It is the opinion of The Mississippi Link that Brown joined the staff… […]
There aren’t many safe starting jobs at Mississippi’s preseason camp.
First-year coach Hugh Freeze certainly appreciates the competition. He’s just not sure if it’s a good thing or a bad thing.
The Ole Miss football roster is in various stages of disarray after two disastrous seasons. Freeze is confident he can rebuild the team’s depth after a few years of recruiting thanks to his connections around the region, but that’s not going to help this season. […]
A Hazlehurst man is going to prison for selling counterfeit purses and other goods out of his car, Attorney General Jim Hood said.
Christopher Williams, 25, of Hazlehurst, was sentenced by Judge Lamar Pickard in Copiah County Circuit Court on one felony count of vending goods bearing a counterfeit trademark or label. […]
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