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Schools scrambling to roll on Thursday
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School buses will start rolling for Vicksburg Warren School District students in six days and school officials are scrambling to be ready. Meeting Thursday night, the district’s Board of Trustees approved the hiring of more than 25 teachers and teacher assistants, administrators, coaches and other employees. They also were assured that construction at Warrenton Elementary School, where contractors were working to pave driveway and parking areas, would be manageable as its 400 students return the first day. Scroll down for orientation schedules Interim Superintendent Donald Oakes sai...
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Schools scrambling to roll on Thursday
School buses will start rolling for Vicksburg Warren School District students in six days and school officials are scrambling to be ready. Meeting Thursday night, the district’s Board of Trustees ...
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<b>Barry Graham, right, swears to tell the truth in court Thursday with attorney Mack Varner at his side.</b> Ex-city worker says guilty to embezzlement Barry Graham was TV23 boss
Former TV23 Director Thomas “Barry” Graham was placed on five years of probation, fined $1,500 and ordered to pay approximately $30,000 in restitution to the city and state after pleading guilty T...
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Vicksburg Warren School District Board of Trustees agenda items
Meeting Thursday, the Vicksburg Warren School District Board of Trustees: • Approved the minutes of the June 24 regular meeting and special meetings of June 29, July 14 and July 23. • Approved tra...
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<b>Mitchell Dent</b> Police department ‘younger’ than when Dent was chief
The nature of fighting crime hasn’t changed much in the nine years since newly installed Deputy Chief Mitchell Dent was last on the Vicksburg force. What has changed, Dent said, is the age of the ...
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Arizona Republicans Gov. Jan Brewer, left, and Sen. John McCain abruptly end a news conference in Glendale, Ariz., Friday, July 30, 2010.  Brewer and McCain held the news conference in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale to applaud a U.S. Air Force decision to base new F-35 combat jets at Luke Air Force Base in Glendale, but the event abruptly ended when the barrage of questions were regarding the Arizona immigration law and the next steps the governor was taking in the court battle.. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP - The fight over Arizona's immigration law showed no signs of letting up Friday as the federal judge who blunted its force faced threats and the Republican governor who signed it considered changes to address any faults.


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NATO and US soldiers are seen standing guard in Kabul. Three foreign soldiers were killed in two separate Taliban-style bomb attacks in Afghanistan's volatile south, NATO said Friday.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)AP - In a summer of suffering, America's military death toll in Afghanistan is rising, with back-to-back record months for U.S. losses in the grinding conflict. All signs point to more bloodshed in the months ahead, straining the already shaky international support for the war.


Fri Jul 30 22:10:58 -0500 2010

Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., leaves his office for a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, July 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - President Barack Obama on Friday called ethics charges against Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel "very troubling" and said he hopes the longtime lawmaker can end his career with dignity. Several House Democrats went further, flat-out urging the New York congressman to resign.


Fri Jul 30 22:11:03 -0500 2010

Arizona Republicans Gov. Jan Brewer, left, and Sen. John McCain abruptly end a news conference in Glendale, Ariz., Friday, July 30, 2010.  Brewer and McCain held the news conference in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale to applaud a U.S. Air Force decision to base new F-35 combat jets at Luke Air Force Base in Glendale, but the event abruptly ended when the barrage of questions were regarding the Arizona immigration law and the next steps the governor was taking in the court battle.. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP - The fight over Arizona's immigration law showed no signs of letting up Friday as the federal judge who blunted its force faced threats and the Republican governor who signed it considered changes to address any faults.


Fri Jul 30 22:10:12 -0500 2010

NATO and US soldiers are seen standing guard in Kabul. Three foreign soldiers were killed in two separate Taliban-style bomb attacks in Afghanistan's volatile south, NATO said Friday.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)AP - In a summer of suffering, America's military death toll in Afghanistan is rising, with back-to-back record months for U.S. losses in the grinding conflict. All signs point to more bloodshed in the months ahead, straining the already shaky international support for the war.


Fri Jul 30 22:10:58 -0500 2010

Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., leaves his office for a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, July 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - President Barack Obama on Friday called ethics charges against Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel "very troubling" and said he hopes the longtime lawmaker can end his career with dignity. Several House Democrats went further, flat-out urging the New York congressman to resign.


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Local Sports
<b>Garrett Vincent, 10, takes aim at the family’s Warren County home. Vincent has had an impressive summer on the competitive archery circuit. He’s won two tournaments, including the Mississippi state championship, after taking up the sport less than a year ago.</b> On the mark 10-year-old Vincent finds success on archery range
A small herd of animals stands silent watch over the trees next to Garrett Vincent’s house. One deer poses over a flower pot, another looks out on the street from the tree line. Deeper within the ...
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<b>Chase Smith</b> Smith eyes another county golf crown
For Chase Smith, three-peats are so last year. Four-peats are all the rage now. Smith, a senior golfer at Delta State, will try to win the Warren County Golf Championship for the fourth straight y...
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A day on the links
McKay Harris, 14, hits from the edge of a bunker on the fifth hole at Clear Creek Golf Course on Thursday. Harris was playing in the Vicksburg-Jackson Junior Cup golf tournament, the final event o...
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<b>Jeremiah Masoli</b> AP Source: Masoli accepts invite to visit Ole Miss
Former Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli has accepted an invitation from Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt to visit the school this weekend, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Pre...
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Overeaters Anonymous 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM
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Serenity Overeaters An... 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Wednesdays, Bowmar Baptist Church, room 10...
Vicksburg al-anon 8:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Family, friends of alcoholics and addicts;...
Celebrate recovery 6:00 PM to 12:00 AM
Support group; 601-630-5070
Gaskin and Prentiss Fa... 12:00 PM to 12:00 PM
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Taking It Back Outreac... 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
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Summer Enrichment Program 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Educational and art classes and field trip...
100% Narcotics Anonymo... 7:00 PM to 12:00 AM
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King of Kings Christia... 4:00 PM to 4:00 PM
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