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Vicksburg Warren School District to offer two new classes

Beginning this fall, students in the Vicksburg Warren School District will have the choice of taking an engineering or a biomed course. Sophomores, juniors and ... Read more

by Austin Vining, Wednesday, June 17, 2015 10:49 am

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Teacher has dedicated her life to teaching dance

  Debra Franco, of Debra Franco School of Dance, has been taking dance since before she started school. In fact, she started dancing instead of ... Read more

by Austin Vining, Tuesday, June 16, 2015 9:52 am

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Scholastic Academy, Alternative School switching locations

  Beginning with the 2015–2016 school year, Scholastic Academy and Grove Street Alternative School will be switching locations. Scholastic Academy will now meet at the ... Read more

by Austin Vining, Tuesday, June 16, 2015 9:51 am

Columnists

I don’t know about you, but I was feeling 22

Saturday was my 23rd birthday, and in honor of making it to see another year, I thought I would reflect on 22 highlights from my ... Read more

by Austin Vining, Tuesday, June 16, 2015 9:43 am

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VWSD makes administrative changes

Besides Warren Central Principal Jamie Creel’s departure from education, other administrative changes are taking place before the 2015–2016 school year begins. Vicksburg Warren School District ... Read more

by Austin Vining, Monday, June 15, 2015 1:44 pm

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Gateway to College opens doors for VWSD students

Gateway to College graduated 13 high school students after its first semester of implementation. That’s 13 students who may not have graduated high school and ... Read more

by Austin Vining, Sunday, June 14, 2015 12:10 am

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Creel bids farewell to Warren Central: Family is top priority for popular principal

This year was effectively the ninth inning for baseball coach-turned-principal Jamie Creel. Creel, Warren Central’s principal, is leaving the field of education after a 21-year ... Read more

by Austin Vining, Sunday, June 14, 2015 12:00 am

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Thrift Store gives back to the community

Salvation Army Family Thrift Store continues to generate positive experiences and opportunities to not only employees and shoppers, but also everyone affected by the community ... Read more

by Austin Vining, Saturday, June 13, 2015 12:05 am

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Benefit concert to support Ag Museum

The Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum Foundation and Southern AgCredit will present the popular, Knoxville-based, Americana band, The Black Lillies, at the inaugural “Raising the ... Read more

by Austin Vining, Friday, June 12, 2015 9:46 am

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VWSD’s kindergarten reading scores above state average

Kindergarten students in the Vicksburg Warren School District showed significant growth on the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment Results, gaining 204 scaled score points. Superintendent Chad Shealy ... Read more

by Austin Vining, Friday, June 12, 2015 9:40 am

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Ag & Forestry EXPO planned for Friday

The Mississippi State Extension Service has a day full of activities planned ranging from home landscaping and wildlife seminars to a benefit concert to raise ... Read more

by Austin Vining, Thursday, June 11, 2015 3:49 pm

News

Two-vehicle wreck sends woman to UMMC

A collision leading to a rollover accident and injury occurred about noon Tuesday at the intersection of U.S. 61 North and Oak Ridge Road. A ... Read more

by Austin Vining, Wednesday, June 10, 2015 2:58 pm

News

Teacher continues working with children into summer

Lana Fuller spends most of the year teaching, but she doesn’t take a break from children when the summer arrives. During the summer, Fuller continues ... Read more

by Austin Vining, Tuesday, June 9, 2015 11:40 am

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Eating my way through Vicksburg

When I got into journalism, I always thought it would be fun to combine two of my passions: writing and food. That dream came to ... Read more

by Austin Vining, Tuesday, June 9, 2015 10:51 am

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Lorelei Books hosts story time for children

As Lorelei Books owner Laura Weeks finished reading “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom” by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault Saturday morning, one of the toddlers ... Read more

by Austin Vining, Monday, June 8, 2015 10:43 am

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What does it take to be a pageant judge

Judging the Miss Mississippi’s Outstanding Teen Pageant is a job that brings in people from around the south, from former royalty to pageant veterans. Judges ... Read more

by Austin Vining, Sunday, June 7, 2015 1:07 am

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Chamber welcomes St. Al’s new principal

Community leaders seized the opportunity to welcome Dr. Buddy Strickland as St. Aloysius High School’s newest principal at the Chamber of Commerce’s Business After Hours ... Read more

by Austin Vining, Sunday, June 7, 2015 1:05 am

News

Salvation Army hosts annual soccer camp

  This week around 80 children from around Vicksburg came together for the Salvation Army’s Kicks for Hope Soccer Camp, a place where they can ... Read more

by Austin Vining, Saturday, June 6, 2015 12:39 am

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Salvation Army facing closure

Due to a $50,000 budget shortfall, the Salvation Army could face closure until its next fundraising drive, which will pick up again around Christmas. The ... Read more

by Austin Vining, Friday, June 5, 2015 10:31 am

News

HOME TALENT: Pageant brings choreographer back

While the Miss Mississippi Outstanding Teen contestants enjoy the limelight of the stage, Taylor Thomas Hosemann watches and encourages them. After months of work, she ... Read more

by Austin Vining, Thursday, June 4, 2015 10:31 am

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Miss Heart of Dixie takes aim at crown

For the 2015 Miss Heart of Dixie’s Outstanding Teen Emily Tingle, 17, a rising senior at Warren Central High School, the decision to become involved ... Read more

by Austin Vining, Tuesday, June 2, 2015 11:03 am

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Pageant raises money for Children’s Miracle Network

In 2007, the Miss America Organization adopted Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals as its national charitable partner, raising funds for hospitalized children across the country and ... Read more

by Austin Vining, Tuesday, June 2, 2015 11:01 am

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Choir director continues fun into summer

Warren Central choral director Nancy Robertson has taught a lot of students in her nearly 20 years with the Vicksburg Warren School District, but several ... Read more

by Austin Vining, Tuesday, June 2, 2015 10:42 am

Columnists

There’s nothing to do in Vicksburg

There’s nothing to do in Vicksburg, I thought to myself Tuesday as I laced up my shoes before running out the door to go to ... Read more

by Austin Vining, Tuesday, June 2, 2015 10:25 am

News

Corps’ campaign promotes life jackets, offers prizes

This summer the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District is promoting life jacket use with the Wear It to Win It! campaign on Facebook ... Read more

by Austin Vining, Sunday, May 31, 2015 12:00 am

Business

Main Street Market Cafe needs votes

Things could be changing soon at Main Street Market Cafe. $100,000 would do that. Main Street Market Cafe is in a national competition to win ... Read more

by Austin Vining, Sunday, May 31, 2015 12:00 am

News

Hundreds gather to celebrate Afton Wallace’s life

Hundreds of people gathered in Vicksburg Auditorium Saturday to celebrate the life of Afton Wallace, and during the funeral the crowd was played a video ... Read more

by Austin Vining, Saturday, May 30, 2015 7:22 pm

News

Archery tournament to support Warrior Bonfire Project

With quivers full of arrows and bows packed up, people will be flocking to Clinton today for the 3D Archer Tournament hosted by Hobie’s Outdoor ... Read more

by Austin Vining, Saturday, May 30, 2015 12:00 am

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