Religion
The King Jubilees, from left, Estus Sneed, Shireley Thornton, Doretha Sneed, Lola Sneed and Essie Sneed gather for a rehearsal this week.
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The 1960s and ’70s were the heyday of the gospel quartet, when more than a dozen local groups such as The King Jubilees were in high demand, regularly performing locally and across the mid-South at...
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Faith Fest, a night of gospel music downtown, is returning for its fifth year.
“This year, our goal is stopping violence in our community and reaching our youths,” said event organizer and Warren ...
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On March 12, Leah Wheeless received the worst news a parent can hear: her only child, David Vantrease, 27, had died. Fifty-seven years earlier, Billie Abraham — then just 6 years old — received th...
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From its establishment in 1839, First Baptist Church of Vicksburg has experienced numerous pastors and countless new members. However, a custodian named Beatrice Tyler has remained a constant for 3...
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AP - Politically weakened but refusing to bend, President Barack Obama insisted Wednesday that Bush-era tax cuts be cut off for the wealthiest Americans, joining battle with Republicans — and some fellow Democrats — just two months before bruising midterm elections.
Wed Sep 08 17:58:08 -0500 2010
AP - The top two national security advisers in President Barack Obama's Cabinet on Wednesday denounced plans by a small church in Florida to burn the Muslim holy book to commemorate the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, saying it would inflame tensions and put Americans abroad at risk.
Wed Sep 08 18:18:25 -0500 2010
AP - BP took some of the blame for the Gulf oil disaster in an internal report issued Wednesday, acknowledging among other things that it misinterpreted a key pressure test of the well. But in a possible preview of its legal strategy, it also pointed the finger at its partners on the doomed rig.
Wed Sep 08 15:35:16 -0500 2010
AP - Politically weakened but refusing to bend, President Barack Obama insisted Wednesday that Bush-era tax cuts be cut off for the wealthiest Americans, joining battle with Republicans — and some fellow Democrats — just two months before bruising midterm elections.
Wed Sep 08 17:58:08 -0500 2010
AP - The top two national security advisers in President Barack Obama's Cabinet on Wednesday denounced plans by a small church in Florida to burn the Muslim holy book to commemorate the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, saying it would inflame tensions and put Americans abroad at risk.
Wed Sep 08 18:18:25 -0500 2010
AP - BP took some of the blame for the Gulf oil disaster in an internal report issued Wednesday, acknowledging among other things that it misinterpreted a key pressure test of the well. But in a possible preview of its legal strategy, it also pointed the finger at its partners on the doomed rig.
Wed Sep 08 15:35:16 -0500 2010