Obituaries

PBS journalist Gwen Ifill dies of cancer

By David Bauder AP Television Writer NEW YORK – Gwen Ifill, co-anchor of PBS’ “NewsHour” with Judy Woodruff and a veteran journalist who moderated two vice presidential debates, died Nov. 14 of cancer, the network […]

News

Mississippi boy loses eye, battles rare cancer

VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — Mother’s don’t want to see their children in pain. Worse still is when the child is an infant who has a rare form of cancer. Vicksburg resident Lauren Forte first discovered […]

Education

JSU scientist studying links between common chemicals and cancer

The Mississippi Link Newswire Dr. Clement G. Yedjou, a cancer scientist in JSU’s College of Science, Engineering and Technology, and doctoral candidate William Johnson and master candidate Justin McDowell, are part of a task force […]

News

Republican Rep. Nunnelee of Mississippi dies

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A spokeswoman says U.S. Rep. Alan Nunnelee of Mississippi, a fiscal and social conservative elected to Congress in a Republican wave of 2010, has died. He was 56. Elizabeth Parks, the […]

Obituaries

Longtime ESPN sportscaster Scott dies at 49

By RICK FREEMAN  The Associated Press Stuart Scott was in his element, working a “Monday Night Football” game, when he was forced to leave for an appendix operation. Doctors discovered a tumor during surgery and Scott […]