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Education
The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) is set to publicly release letter grades for Mississippi public schools and districts on Sept. 29. In anticipation of ...
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by Ben Martin, Friday, September 16, 2022 2:41 pm
Downtown Vicksburg
The Vicksburg Fire Department responded to a residential fire alarm at the Aeolian Senior Apartments at about 3:55 a.m. on Wednesday, according to Deputy Fire ...
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by Ben Martin, Wednesday, September 14, 2022 10:37 am
Education
The deadline for candidates to qualify to run for Vicksburg-Warren School District Trustee positions (school board seats) has passed. The Warren County Election Commission met ...
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by Ben Martin, Monday, September 12, 2022 5:36 pm
Crime
A father and son have been arrested after they allegedly exchanged gunfire in a convenience store parking lot in Bovina late Sunday night. Warren County ...
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by Ben Martin, Friday, September 9, 2022 6:07 pm
Local
The Warren County Board of Supervisors budget hearing was held on Tuesday at the county courthouse. The proposed budget was presented and approved by District ...
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by Ben Martin, Friday, September 9, 2022 4:41 pm
Business
The Mexican restaurant El Sombrero in Vicksburg has been seeing an increase in customers not paying for meals. The general manager of the restaurant, Robert ...
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by Ben Martin, Friday, September 9, 2022 4:07 pm
Local
Drive to Thrive, an after-school program in Vicksburg, received a donation of 30 laptops from AT&T on Wednesday. The organization is a nonprofit mentoring program ...
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by Ben Martin, Thursday, September 8, 2022 2:27 pm
Business
The Strand Theatre will have a special screening of the classic 1929 silent film “Man With a Movie Camera” with a live performance by Austin-based ...
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by Ben Martin, Thursday, September 8, 2022 1:04 pm
Business
The Warren County Board of Supervisors approved the sale of 22.94 acres of land at the Ceres Industrial Complex during its regular meeting on Tuesday. ...
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by Ben Martin, Thursday, September 8, 2022 10:53 am
Crime
Yazoo County law enforcement officers apprehended a suspect who fled officers in Warren County with a toddler in the backseat of his vehicle on Friday. ...
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by Ben Martin, Monday, September 5, 2022 4:43 pm
Crime
A Warren County man was arrested following a shootout in Bovina late Sunday night. Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a business located in the 400 ...
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by Ben Martin, Monday, September 5, 2022 4:38 pm
News
Colleagues of Lieutenant Sam Winchester, of the Warren County Sheriff’s Office, shared fond memories of him after he passed away this week after battling cancer. ...
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by Ben Martin, Friday, September 2, 2022 3:36 pm
Crime
The Vicksburg Police Department made an arrest for a July 4 shooting, a juvenile was found in possession of a stolen firearm, and reports were ...
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by Ben Martin, Thursday, September 1, 2022 3:22 pm
News
The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) held a public presentation on Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) and its presence in Warren County on ...
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by Ben Martin, Thursday, September 1, 2022 1:46 pm
News
Orlon Derrick Smith recently announced that he will be running for the District Five School Board seat for the Vicksburg-Warren School District. Smith is currently ...
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by Ben Martin, Wednesday, August 31, 2022 12:58 pm
Education
Students gathered in the gymnasium at Dana Road Elementary last Friday to take part in a demonstration of Move to Learn, a program designed to ...
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by Ben Martin, Tuesday, August 30, 2022 2:36 pm
Crime
The Warren County Sheriff’s Office made arrests on Thursday and Saturday. One arrest involved aggravated domestic violence, while the other was for an outstanding capias ...
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by Ben Martin, Saturday, August 27, 2022 8:20 pm
Education
The Vicksburg Warren School District Board of Trustees recognized educators for outstanding performance at its monthly meeting on Thursday. The board approved a resolution honoring ...
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by Ben Martin, Friday, August 26, 2022 12:25 pm
Education
The Vicksburg Warren School District has applied for funding to implement a Career Coaching program in its high schools. Dr. Prentiss McLin is the Academy ...
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by Ben Martin, Thursday, August 25, 2022 3:18 pm
Local
Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson met with election officials at the Warren County Courthouse on Wednesday. Watson is currently touring all 82 counties in ...
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by Ben Martin, Thursday, August 25, 2022 3:07 pm
Local
UPDATE: Vicksburg Fire Chief Craig Danczyk confirmed with The Vicksburg Post that the 18-wheeler is leaking diesel fuel from a ruptured tank. He also said ...
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by Ben Martin, Tuesday, August 23, 2022 4:32 pm
Education
Students in the Vicksburg Warren School District — and Mississippi as a whole — showed a significant increase in proficiency levels for the 2021-22 school ...
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by Ben Martin, Friday, August 19, 2022 3:14 pm
Local
A Vicksburg couple is hailing their “guardian angel” following a dire situation that could’ve been far worse. Vicksburg resident James Anderson was going about his ...
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by Ben Martin, Thursday, August 18, 2022 4:08 pm
Local
The Vicksburg-Warren Chamber of Commerce held its monthly meeting on Wednesday when members of the chamber and other community members attended the event, held at ...
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by Ben Martin, Thursday, August 18, 2022 1:17 pm
Crime
The Warren County Sheriff’s Office received information Friday afternoon from the Harrison County, Texas, Sheriff’s Office that an individual who was indicted on Friday morning ...
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by Ben Martin, Monday, August 15, 2022 8:20 pm
Crime
A Warren County Sheriff’s Deputy sustained non-life-threatening injuries while apprehending a suspect who fled during a traffic stop on Friday night, according to Sheriff Martin ...
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by Ben Martin, Saturday, August 13, 2022 5:15 pm
Local
The Vicksburg Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted to declare an emergency for repair work required on Pemberton Square Boulevard — namely, flooding that occurs on ...
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by Ben Martin, Friday, August 12, 2022 3:01 pm
Local
The Vicksburg Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved a resolution regarding changes to policy in the shift schedules of part-time EMTs in the Vicksburg Fire ...
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by Ben Martin, Friday, August 12, 2022 2:43 pm
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