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Kilroy takes reins as VWSD communications director

Most Vicksburg residents know Christi Kilroy as the former executive director of the Vicksburg-Warren County Chamber of Commerce, but at the beginning of the summer ... Read more

by Alana Norris, Wednesday, July 27, 2016 9:52 am

Local

Silvercloud brings joy, fun

Camp Silvercloud, a camp for children with special needs, was held Monday and Tuesday at Warner-Tully Memorial YMCA Camp and sponsored by the Junior Auxiliary ... Read more

by Alana Norris, Wednesday, July 27, 2016 9:50 am

News

Vicksburg High’s Blake once a missionary to Africa

Over the summer administration changes are typical, but this year Vicksburg High School is getting a brand new assistant principal. After a 17-year career in ... Read more

by Alana Norris, Tuesday, July 26, 2016 11:31 am

Local

Interns leave an impression

A summer internship program has changed the face of the local juvenile detention center forever. The two interns assigned to work in the Warren County ... Read more

by Alana Norris, Monday, July 25, 2016 12:45 pm

Local

Collecting can tabs supports Ronald McDonald House

TALLULAH — A Tallulah boy is using trash to make money for charity. Tallulah Academy sixth-grader Luke Shivers, 12, has been collecting can tabs every ... Read more

by Alana Norris, Monday, July 25, 2016 12:42 pm

Columnists

Lions Club’s newest members sees benefits

You are reading a column by one of the Lions Club’s newest members. Each full-time Post writer has joined a civic club. While I’m still ... Read more

by Alana Norris, Monday, July 25, 2016 12:39 pm

News

Sunday deliveries come to Vicksburg

Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail — nor day of the week — shall keep the postal workers from their appointed rounds. The ... Read more

by Alana Norris, Saturday, July 23, 2016 6:41 pm

News

Women and pulpit mixing in growing numbers

The role of women in the church has evolved over the years. While the occupation of pastor is still a predominately male field, women have ... Read more

by Alana Norris, Friday, July 22, 2016 10:54 pm

News

Taxes could rise to support schools

Property taxes could be on the rise to help support the operations and maintenance of the school district in the coming year. The Vicksburg Warren ... Read more

by Alana Norris, Friday, July 22, 2016 10:39 pm

Local

VCC budget, maintenance on track

Maintenance work and the predicted budget have been pretty much on schedule so far this year at the convention center. The advisory board of the ... Read more

by Alana Norris, Friday, July 22, 2016 11:12 am

Local

Shelter sees small drop in intake, Lynn says

The good news is the number of stray, homeless and unwanted pets taken in by the Vicksburg-Warren Humane Society in recent years has experienced a ... Read more

by Alana Norris, Thursday, July 21, 2016 10:07 am

Local

Local law enforcement receives a free meal

Local McDonald’s owners Melanie and Mike Roach chose to give back to officers who protect and serve the community. All three local McDonald’s locations offered ... Read more

by Alana Norris, Wednesday, July 20, 2016 9:19 am

Local

Bennett takes reins at Bowmar

It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s Superman Jason Bennett. Bennett, former assistant principal at Vicksburg High School, is the new principal at Bowmar Elementary ... Read more

by Alana Norris, Tuesday, July 19, 2016 9:49 am

Local

Vicksburg High donates workbooks

This summer Vicksburg High School found itself overstocked with literature workbooks and chose to look around the community to find where the workbooks could best ... Read more

by Alana Norris, Tuesday, July 19, 2016 9:47 am

Opinion

Learning a different side of Vicksburg

This past week I have really begun to delve into my new beat at The Vicksburg Post. As the current education reporter, I have been ... Read more

by Alana Norris, Monday, July 18, 2016 10:24 am

News

Students to get laptops next week

New technology is coming to the Vicksburg Warren School District. Students and parents from all three high schools — Vicksburg, Warren Central and River City ... Read more

by Alana Norris, Monday, July 18, 2016 10:19 am

News

Young pageant queen donates 67 stuffed animals to local Teddy ‘We Care’ Bears

A young local pageant queen is using her title to raise donations for a statewide cause. Young Miss River City Brooklynn Marie Nicholson, 6, of ... Read more

by Alana Norris, Monday, July 18, 2016 10:17 am

Local

Teens headed to YMCA conference

The Young Men’s Christian Association is taking this week to examine the “C” in the YMCA. A group of more than 30 local teenagers worked ... Read more

by Alana Norris, Saturday, July 16, 2016 8:50 pm

Local

Painting Peace

Celebrating peace is what the International Lions Club is promoting through the theme “A Celebration of Peace” for this year’s annual peace poster contest, where ... Read more

by Alana Norris, Friday, July 15, 2016 11:16 pm

News

VWSD Remains ‘D’ grade

The Mississippi Department of Education released accountability ratings Thursday for every school district and individual school in the state from the 2014-2015 school year, and ... Read more

by Alana Norris, Friday, July 15, 2016 10:32 am

Downtown Vicksburg

From the ruins, Windsor modeled

A Claiborne County plantation home lost to fire in 1890 and shrouded in mystery has been carefully recreated and is on display in Vicksburg. Paul ... Read more

by Alana Norris, Thursday, July 14, 2016 10:14 am

News

Know your rights legal forum set for July 30

Rising tensions between law enforcement and the public throughout the country have inspired local attorneys and law enforcement to open up a clear path to ... Read more

by Alana Norris, Thursday, July 14, 2016 10:05 am

Local

Bomb threat reroutes traffic downtown

A bomb threat placed Tuesday had three downtown buildings and the surrounding blocks evacuated as police preformed a routine search during the noontime lunch hour. ... Read more

by Alana Norris, Wednesday, July 13, 2016 10:10 am

Local

Cultivating local relations

Open communication and genuine relationships formed with the community are important to Vicksburg and Warren County law enforcement officers. Vicksburg police Chief Walter Armstrong said ... Read more

by Alana Norris, Wednesday, July 13, 2016 10:07 am

Local

Matthews works to provide real-world experience for students

Real world experience is the most important thing Christin Matthews can give her students at St. Aloysius High School. Matthews has taught web design for ... Read more

by Alana Norris, Tuesday, July 12, 2016 9:30 am

News

A summer’s worth of experience

This summer multiple students have gotten the chance to experience working in occupations around the county. The Summer Work Enrichment Program sponsored by District 3 ... Read more

by Alana Norris, Monday, July 11, 2016 10:49 am

Columnists

Still lots of summer fun to be had here

A lot of learning opportunities have been open to students during the summer months in Vicksburg. I don’t know if any local students have earned ... Read more

by Alana Norris, Monday, July 11, 2016 10:08 am

Local

Porter’s Chapel holds fundraisers

This spring semester the elementary students at Porters Chapel Academy spent time raising money for two separate organizations that contribute to health and wellbeing. Third ... Read more

by Alana Norris, Saturday, July 9, 2016 8:21 pm

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