Vicksburg saw mild temperatures most of the week as highs ranged from the mid-50s to the mid-70s. Overnight lows varied from the mid-20s to the upper-50s. Just over 2 1/2 inches of rain fell during the week.

The Mississippi River dropped from 11.7 feet to 9.9 feet on the Vicksburg gauge during the week. The river was expected to quickly rise, as forecasters predicted a reading of 11.9 for today.

Five neighbors, all residents of Overlook Drive in Greenbriar Subdivision, were arrested after investigators found properties reported stolen in some of the suspects’ homes. Arrested were Gerald Young, Kameron Johnathan Lamb, Gregory DeWayne Mason, William A. Taylor and Everette T. Scott Jr.

Numerous Vicksburgers traveled to Jacksonville, Fla., to cheer on the Mississippi State Bulldogs in the Gator Bowl against Michigan. The Bulldogs won the game, 52-14.

Sen. Briggs Hopson of Vicksburg was the lone official from Mississippi to tour plants in the Far East and Europe that are developing ways to generate energy. Hopson, chosen by a group of pro-environment nonprofit groups, logged more than 18,000 air miles with other officials to build bridges toward enhancing traditional energy sources and making new energy more affordable.

Finder’s Keeper’s, a flea market and thrift store, opened on Veto Street to generate money for the Mountain of Faith Ministries Women’s Restoration Shelter. The goal is to make operating cost for the shelter, which houses 22 homeless women and two children.

Fifteen years after his first pocketknife repair job, Billy Foster, 71, sells knives he now makes by special order and at flea markets and shows across the country. The retiree’s work has progressed into hunting knives and the sheaths that hold them.

Dorwin Shields, 64, was named by the Warren County Board of Supervisors to fill a vacancy on the Vicksburg Bridge Commission. Shields is an International Paper retiree who serves on the Board of Architectural Review and who managed Paul Winfield’s mayoral campaign.

Warren County supervisors asked John Smith, county administrator, to prepare an assessment showing how much building and maintaining a new jail would cost property owners in extra taxes annually. Cost projections for a new facility have varied from $20 million to $30 million.

Timothy Wayne Harmon, 25, was shot and killed at the mobile home he shared with his girlfriend on U.S. 80. Jeremy Blake Bowlin, son of the victim’s girlfriend, was charged with Harmon’s death after neighbors reported shots fired near the home.

County Prosecutor Richard Johnson became the first candidate to qualify for a spot on this year’s general election ballot. He seeks a third term as lead prosecutor in cases involving county ordinances and in youth and justice court cases.

United Way of West Central Mississippi received a grant of nearly $150,000 to offer basic money-management classes. The classes will begin in March and will be available in five counties.

David McDonald, originally considering a run for the Warren County chancery clerk’s job, said he had changed his mind and would instead seek to be re-elected to the Board of Supervisors District 1 spot he has held for 12 years. City Clerk Walter Osborne has also expressed interest in the chancery clerk position, though no one has officially qualified for the office.

In additon to Timothy Wayne Harmon, local deaths during the week were Hayes Clark Sr., Mark Anthony Johnson, Rodney Mark Erickson, Frances G. Hawkinson, Robert “Shydog” Shy, James E. Wright Sr., Geneva Ann Boykin, Brad Neil Gaines and Golden Washington.