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Faith

Elevate Church planning summer mission trip to Zimbabwe

Vicksburg’s Elevate Church will be spending time deep in the mission field this summer as a group from the congregation prepares to travel to Africa ... Read more

by Blake Bell, Monday, February 5, 2024 12:54 pm

Local

Blackledge named 2024 Jester

There was a full house Saturday night at the Vicksburg Convention Center for the third annual Jester’s Ball, where David Blackledge became the first man ... Read more

by Blake Bell, Sunday, February 4, 2024 11:23 am

Local

UPDATE: 1 dead in house fire on Speed Street

Vicksburg Fire Chief Derrick Stamps has confirmed one person has died as a result of a house fire that broke out Friday night at a ... Read more

by Blake Bell, Saturday, February 3, 2024 1:05 am

News

Speed Street fire under investigation

As of 11:30 p.m. Friday, Vicksburg Fire Department (VFD) personnel remained on the scene of a house fire at home located at 508 Speed Street. ... Read more

by Blake Bell, Friday, February 2, 2024 11:41 pm

News

Fire in vacant home under investigation

A fire that broke out in a vacant home this morning on Egan Avenue was quickly extinguished, but is still under investigation. Vicksburg Fire Chief ... Read more

by Blake Bell, Friday, February 2, 2024 8:24 am

Local

Dees named chamber chair, Downey Ambassador of the Year at annual meeting

Monday’s annual meeting of the Vicksburg-Warren County Chamber of Commerce saw new leadership welcomed into the fray, while outgoing chair positions were honored for their ... Read more

by Blake Bell, Tuesday, January 30, 2024 10:21 pm

Local

UPDATE: No injuries, business continues after fire at FPI

A weekend fire only temporarily slowed production and resulted in no injuries Saturday at Foam Packaging, Inc. Vicksburg Fire Chief Derrick Stamps said firefighters responded ... Read more

by Blake Bell, Tuesday, January 30, 2024 9:56 pm

Business

Chamber banquet was further evidence of what I suspected

With each passing week, I feel like I know the community a bit more as I collect new information and match names with faces while ... Read more

by Blake Bell, Tuesday, January 30, 2024 9:43 pm

Business

‘We’re getting it done’: New port plans announced at chamber banquet

Monday’s annual meeting of the Vicksburg-Warren County Chamber of Commerce brought some big news for both entities it represents, as the chamber’s Executive Director, and ... Read more

by Blake Bell, Monday, January 29, 2024 9:50 pm

Local

WCEC seeking poll workers for upcoming elections

With the March 12 presidential primary election just more than a month away, the Warren County Election Commission (WCEC) is looking to add poll workers ... Read more

by Blake Bell, Sunday, January 28, 2024 11:17 am

Columnists

Excited to witness my first Vicksburg Mardi Gras

Where I come from, we got out of school for Mardi Gras every year. Growing up in Mobile, Alabama, we just thought every- one did. ... Read more

by Blake Bell, Sunday, January 28, 2024 9:07 am

Local

Healthy aging: Vicksburg’s YMCA gaining national attention

Two years ago Mindy Giambrone began a journey to improve the lives of senior citizens in the Vicksburg area. Twenty-four months and one partnership with ... Read more

by Blake Bell, Saturday, January 27, 2024 10:22 pm

News

Mayfield thanks community for support amid health battle

City of Vicksburg Ward 1 Alderman Michael Mayfield has had a challenging start to the new year, and during Thursday’s meeting of the Vicksburg Board ... Read more

by Blake Bell, Saturday, January 27, 2024 8:41 pm

Crime

Vicksburg PD continues vandalism investigation

When the sun came up Tuesday morning in Vicksburg, it didn’t take long for the police department to receive reports of vandalism in two downtown ... Read more

by Blake Bell, Saturday, January 27, 2024 7:16 pm

News

Stamps: ‘Lot of man hours’ put in to extinguish overnight fire at Foam Packaging, Inc.

Vicksburg Fire Chief Derrick Stamps said firefighters responded to a fire at Foam Packaging, Inc. on Stennis Drive at approximately 1:57 a.m. Saturday and worked ... Read more

by Blake Bell, Saturday, January 27, 2024 10:26 am

Business

Cutting the ribbon: Sweet Baby Loves Boutique opens downtown

When Vicksburg’s newest downtown business, Sweet Baby Loves Boutique, cut its ribbon at its official opening Thursday afternoon, Mayor George Flaggs Jr. said it was ... Read more

by Blake Bell, Friday, January 26, 2024 7:25 am

Downtown Vicksburg

Expanding the arts: Tucker teaches printmaking for kids at Catfish Row Museum

Local artist Kate Hamel Tucker was on hand at Catfish Row Museum Saturday for the second of her two classes on block printmaking, with the ... Read more

by Blake Bell, Wednesday, January 24, 2024 2:06 pm

Columnists

History is a huge part of living in Vicksburg

You don’t have to live in Vicksburg to see that our town is steeped in history, specifically military history, and even more specifically, Civil War ... Read more

by Blake Bell, Wednesday, January 24, 2024 12:59 pm

Crime

Civil War Museum vandalized overnight

An act of vandalism at the Vicksburg Civil War Museum in downtown didn’t do any significant damage to the building, but has left owner Charles ... Read more

by Blake Bell, Tuesday, January 23, 2024 12:49 pm

Lifestyles

Flying high: Guthrie, Allen honored with latest flag-raising ceremony

Monday looked like a typical January day along the Mississippi River in Vicksburg: cold and overcast. It was nothing out of the ordinary for the ... Read more

by Blake Bell, Monday, January 22, 2024 8:35 pm

Local

The weather stopped us cold, but there is still so much going on in Vicksburg

I hope this is the last time for a while we’ll need to talk about the cold weather. I’m not in a huge hurry for ... Read more

by Blake Bell, Saturday, January 20, 2024 4:06 pm

Crime

UPDATE: 2 minors charged as adults in Port Gibson shooting death

Two minors are in custody in Port Gibson and being charged as adults in connection with the shooting death of a 23-year-old man. Port Gibson ... Read more

by Blake Bell, Friday, January 19, 2024 11:41 pm

Louisiana

Tallulah experiencing ‘catastrophic water outage’ in wake of winter weather

Residents in Tallulah, La. are experiencing what city officials say is a “catastrophic water outage” caused by this week’s winter weather and resulting in the ... Read more

by Blake Bell, Friday, January 19, 2024 1:30 pm

Local

In need of a ‘helping hand’: Blood drive for Vicksburg man to be held Monday

Lifelong Vicksburg resident Bobby Brown is known by many in Vicksburg as the man in the Rat Rod truck who has taken part in countless ... Read more

by Blake Bell, Friday, January 19, 2024 12:36 pm

Columnists

Snow or not, Vicksburg is a beautiful place

If you’ve ever been anywhere near south Alabama around this time of year, while any hint of winter weather is bearing down, the conversation most ... Read more

by Blake Bell, Wednesday, January 17, 2024 11:07 am

Downtown Vicksburg

Second Saturday highlights weekend in downtown

Vicksburg Main Street’s first Second Saturday event of 2024 slipped in just before this week’s winter weather and brought with it a combination of music ... Read more

by Blake Bell, Wednesday, January 17, 2024 11:03 am

Education

Winter weather puts freeze on Warren County; EMA: No major incidents reported

Vicksburg and Warren County were brought to a halt Tuesday as winter weather set in overnight Monday, freezing many county and city roads and forcing ... Read more

by Blake Bell, Tuesday, January 16, 2024 10:29 pm

Local

City, county offices, schools close as icy roads deemed hazard

A number of city and county offices, along with public and private schools, are closed today (Tuesday, Jan. 16) as overnight winter weather has left ... Read more

by Blake Bell, Tuesday, January 16, 2024 7:47 am

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