Assorted temperatures were on the menu for the week as highs ranged from the 60s to upper 80s. Overnight lows dipped into the 40s after several nights of 50s and 60s. Just under a half inch of rain fell during the week.

The Mississippi River at Vicksburg continued to climb its way to a record-setting predicted crest of 57.5 feet, leaping from 42.9 feet to 48.9 by week’s end.

Various officials were meeting with city and county leaders and groups of residents throughout surrounding areas to prepare for the flood situation. Muddy Bayou Control Structure and Mississippi 465 were closed as Eagle Lake residents were told to evacuate.

Businesses at both the north and south ends of the county, including LeTourneau Technologies and facilities at the Port of Vicksburg, were preparing to temporarily shut their doors while local casinos decided on a plan of action.

Temporary shelters were ready to open as Entergy announced the cut of power from affected areas. Redwood Elementary faculty and volunteers packed up school supplies as officials prepared to close the school’s doors and transfer students to other sites.

A group of seven women who eat lunch together on a monthly basis gathered at the Oak Park home of Carole Byram to celebrate the nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton. The friends dressed in hats and gloves, served wedding cake and finger foods and gathered in front of televisions to follow the networks’ coverage of the royal affair.

Two people were dead in separate killings during the week, and each were killed with a single gunshot wound. The body of Maurice Morris, 18, was found on the sidewalk at Confederate Ridge Apartments, and the body of Alicia Michelle Peay Vega, 32, was found at her home at 100 Jones Road. A murder arrest warrant was issued for Vega’s 14-year-old stepdaughter, Tyla Denise Vega, whom witnesses spotted leaving the scene around the time her stepmother’s body was discovered. Corey Thompson, 25, was charged with two counts of armed robbery and capital murder for the death of Morris.

After public hearings garnered few comments on the redrawing of Warren County’s political districts, supervisors were faced with making the decision on which map would be selected for approval. A single hearing is scheduled for May 23, then the Justice Department has 60 days to approve.

The Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved the transfer of ownership of the Dr. Jane McAllister home on Main Street in an effort to preserve the property and turn it into an African-American museum if a state grant is awarded. McAllister was the first black woman in the U.S. to receive a doctorate in education.

City employees and state organizers hoping to form a labor union said they were nearing the completion of the first phase of the process — union recognition from the Board of Mayor and Aldermen by the end of the month. About 30 city laborers met with the president of the Mississippi Alliance of State Employees to rally about pay raises, benefits and workers’ rights.

In addition to Morris and Vega, local deaths during the week were Annie Mae Honorable, Arvis R. Dennis, Lillie Frances Gerrard, N.J. “Jack” Blanchard, Maggie Lee Austin Davis, John Wesley Hunter Sr., Muriel Dees Arceneaux, Rudolf E. Richter, Allen P. Mayeaux and Mary LaVonne Prince.