Daytime highs in Vicksburg remained in the 70s throughout the week, while lows in the mid- 40s made for crisp, fall nights. About 1 1/4-inches of rain fell throughout the week.

The Mississippi River dropped from 11 to 8.7 feet on the Vicksburg gauge before beginning a slow climb. Forecasters predicted it to rise to just above 10 feet by today.

More than 150 people attended the first of five courtyard concerts arranged by the Southern Cultural Heritage Center.

A Nov. 18 trial date was set for Vicksburg attorney Marshall Sanders, accused by federal authorities of three counts of tax evasion and suspected of not filing an income tax return since 1994.

RiverWalk Casino announced a promotion to stretch bras across the Mississippi River. For each bra donated, the casino will give $1 to the American Cancer Society for breast cancer research.

Four county high schools were winners in Friday night football action, with Vicksburg High posting the most convincing win, 49-0, over Jackson Lanier.

Beth Ann Sullender was named winner of the Emma Grace Hayes Everyday Hero Award during National Down Syndrome Awareness Month.

About 450 former students of Culkin, Jett and Redwood schools met for an all-school reunion.

Dr. Jeffrey Holland of the Corps of Engineers in Vicksburg was one of about 350 federal employees nationwide to receive a Presidential Rank Award.

A Vicksburg resident said donations will help open a clinic in Pearl where cats and dogs can be spayed or neutered at bargain prices.

Being listed on the National Register of Historic Places will not keep the former Speed Street School from being razed, a historic preservationist said. The structure, which has been converted into apartments, has been condemned as unsafe by the City of Vicksburg.

Warren County’s deal with its port operator, Kinder Morgan, and Kinder Morgan’s negotiations to use Vicksburg as a link in the shipping chain for Severstal Steel at Columbus, were said to be at a critical juncture.

The best guess in the tie-breaker gave David Sanders the weekly prize in The Vicksburg Post’s Pick The Winner football contest.

U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., announced a nearly $300,000 grant from the Federal Aviation Administration for right-of-way acquisition and work on overgrown land near Vicksburg Municipal Airport.

Ann Avery Burrell was selected to participate in the Mississippi Governor’s School residential honors program.

A visit to the Vicksburg National Military Park by Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and country musician Trace Adkins was announced.

Kim Hopkins was named interim director of Vicksburg Main Street as Rosalie Theobald stepped aside.

Teresa Cochran took up the helm of Riverfest 2009.

Charles D. White and his wife Bethany Ann White were charged after a raid on their 2904 Cherry St. home. Authorities said the two were manufacturing methamphetamine. Their two children were taken from the home and placed in the custody of the Department of Human Services.

Art was hung for the Mississippi Artists Exhibition, one of two major shows sponsored annually at the Firehouse Gallery by the Vicksburg Art Association.

Income and attendance at the Vicksburg Convention Center were down in the just-ended fiscal year, along with the operating deficit.

Local deaths during the week were Grover Chambliss Sr., Elsie Mae Stewart, Davion Corneil Thomas, Sylena Brown, Thomas, Angela Lynne Browning, Jason Reid Nevels, Barbara Ann Prosser Forrest, Virginia Kerr Morton and Alma Ruth Mason Williams Robinson.