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The Associated Press MOORHEAD, Miss. – A Mississippi Highway Patrol trooper is on paid administrative leave for allegedly shooting a man in Moorhead. Officials with the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation say 29-year-old Derrick Terry Pitts […]

On the first day of the special legislative session, called by Gov. Haley Barbour, the House voted to reauthorize the Mississippi Employment Sec-urity Service (MDES) for a year. A bill was passed to the Senate […]

Jackie Kitchen, a wife and mother of three, will have a lot to be greatful for this Mother’s Day Sunday. Thanks to the Women Build Committee of Habitat for Humanity/Metro Jackson, the Kitchen family will […]

PARCHMAN, Miss. – Convicted murderer Earl Wesley Berry was put to death Wednesday, May 21. Mississippi Department of Corrections officials said Berry died by lethal injection at 6:15 p.m. at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in […]

Following the National Day of Prayer, Mission Mississippi (MM), a growing faith-based organization, released what they termed, “some good news.” During its 15th-Year Anniversary celebration and 2008 Mississippi Mayors’ Prayer Breakfast, MM told more than […]

Tricia Perry said she doesn’t have a musical bone in her body. After an early attempt to play the piano failed, she decided not to pursue a musical career. But what she lacks in musical […]

Life often brings hard knocks and rugged roads. But the dawn eventually peaks with moments of bliss if dreams are held and explored. Forty-five-year-old Erica D. Steele and her daughter, 25-year-old Armetha Steele, held fast […]

Special to The Mississippi Link Headstart center manager retires after 41 years Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “Longevity has its place.” It certainly has had its place in the career history of Monzola […]

Storm debris clean-up efforts have ‘finally’ begun, and Northeast Jackson residents are thrilled. “I’m just excited,” said Heidi Wright Friday morning as she and a neighbor watched workers rapidly remove debris from their street. She […]

Special to The Mississippi Link In January of 2009, Jackson, Mississippi will open its doors to the luxurious Jackson Convention Complex. The complex’s management recently gave the media a hard-hat tour of the work in […]