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Education

Schools: Missed days won’t be made up

Vicksburg Warren School District students and employees will not have to make up the two days missed because of last week’s water outage in the ... Read more

by Brandon O'Connor, Thursday, May 25, 2017 9:32 am

Local

Port Commission gains approval to sell land in Ceres

The Warren County Board of Supervisor approved the Port Commission to begin negotiating the sale of an 11-acre track of land at the Ceres Industrial ... Read more

by Brandon O'Connor, Wednesday, May 24, 2017 10:04 am

Local

Bridge reopened after barge strike

A towboat pushing a tow of 14 barges struck the Old Highway 80 bridge in Vicksburg at 3 p.m. Tuesday. Following the collision, two of the ... Read more

by Brandon O'Connor, Tuesday, May 23, 2017 3:17 pm

Local

Culkin working to restore pressure throughout system

Full pressure has been restored to the majority of the Culkin Water District’s system as of Tuesday morning, but customers in the Mount Alban and ... Read more

by Brandon O'Connor, Tuesday, May 23, 2017 1:51 pm

Local

County accepts bids for paving, striping projects

The Warren County Board of Supervisors received bids for paving and stripping projects in the county at their meeting Monday. The board accepted a bid of ... Read more

by Brandon O'Connor, Tuesday, May 23, 2017 9:15 am

Education

Leader in Me to expand to high schools

Following last week’s unanimous vote by the Vicksburg Warren School District Board of Trustees, VWSD will become one of the first school systems in the ... Read more

by Brandon O'Connor, Tuesday, May 23, 2017 9:11 am

Local

Crew working to restore water to Culkin, City and Culkin customers under boil water advisory

The city of Vicksburg remains under a boil water advisory and some customers of the Culkin Water District are still without water following a break ... Read more

by Brandon O'Connor, Monday, May 22, 2017 12:26 pm

Local

Families count blessings during outage

Marilyn Holt was in the middle of doing laundry on Wednesday when the water all of a sudden cut off. “I had a load of laundry ... Read more

by Brandon O'Connor, Monday, May 22, 2017 9:56 am

Local

Hall: Utility move has slowed key project

The Muddy Bayou bridge repair is scheduled to be finished by May 27 and the South Frontage slide repair should be completed in June according ... Read more

by Brandon O'Connor, Sunday, May 21, 2017 12:50 am

Obits

Mary Lee Fung

ROLLING FORK—Mary Lee Fung died Sunday, May 14, 2017, at Sharkey-Issaquena Hospital in Rolling Fork. She was 64. Funeral Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday, ... Read more

by Brandon O'Connor, Friday, May 19, 2017 10:29 am

Local

PCA bids farewell to class of 2017

Porter’s Chapel Academy’s Class of 2017 may have been small in number, but they graduated Thursday leaving behind a strong academic record and having made ... Read more

by Brandon O'Connor, Friday, May 19, 2017 10:27 am

Education

Schools close and now wait

So close to the end of the school year, all Vicksburg Warren School District schools and offices were forced to close early Wednesday, and will ... Read more

by Brandon O'Connor, Thursday, May 18, 2017 10:29 am

Downtown Vicksburg

Water outage forces restaurants to close

By Brandon O’Connor The Vicksburg Post The parking lot at Chick-fil-A was nearly empty and the drive-thru, that is normally full of cars, was quiet during the ... Read more

by Brandon O'Connor, Wednesday, May 17, 2017 3:39 pm

Downtown Vicksburg

Additional water being shipped in to stores

Grocery stores throughout Vicksburg immediately saw a run on bottled water after it was announced Wednesday a water line had broken leaving the city without ... Read more

by Brandon O'Connor, Wednesday, May 17, 2017 2:18 pm

Local

Fire Department has resources on hand in water emergency

Vicksburg Fire Chief Charles Atkins said the city’s fire department is prepared to respond if an emergency occurs during the declared water emergency. Atkins said if ... Read more

by Brandon O'Connor, Wednesday, May 17, 2017 12:15 pm

Local

Hall: More money needed for state’s roads

At the weekly meeting of the Vicksburg Kiwanis Club Tuesday, Mississippi Transportation Commission Chairman and Vicksburg native Dick Hall discussed the need for additional funding ... Read more

by Brandon O'Connor, Wednesday, May 17, 2017 10:22 am

Local

Letter Carriers collect tons of donated food

On a typical day, delivery trucks leave the Post Office full of letters and packages and return empty at the end of the day. Saturday was ... Read more

by Brandon O'Connor, Monday, May 15, 2017 12:22 pm

Education

Jenkins retiring after 43 years of teaching

When the final bell rings on May 25 marking the end of yet another school year, Marlene Jenkins will be leaving behind not just a ... Read more

by Brandon O'Connor, Monday, May 15, 2017 12:14 pm

Obits

Bubba G. Judge Jr.

Bubba G. Judge, Jr a Vicksburg resident passed away on Friday, May 12, 2017, in the Merit Health River Region Medical Center following a lengthy ... Read more

by Brandon O'Connor, Saturday, May 13, 2017 8:53 pm

Local

County’s population continues to decline

For the third straight year, Warren County has lost population. It’s the fifth time in the six years since the last census was conducted in 2010 ... Read more

by Brandon O'Connor, Saturday, May 13, 2017 8:49 pm

Education

More than a 1,000 years of experience retires

Experience is one of the hardest things to replace. Now, the Vicksburg Warren School District will have to find a way to replace a considerable amount ... Read more

by Brandon O'Connor, Friday, May 12, 2017 10:52 am

Columnists

Tuesday proved to be about finding a purpose

Being tall comes with some built in benefits. I can use every shelf in my kitchen and even reach items stored on top of my ... Read more

by Brandon O'Connor, Thursday, May 11, 2017 10:07 am

Local

Kiwanis honors clergy during regular meeting

Tuesday was a special day at the weekly gathering of the Vicksburg Kiwanis Club. The club celebrated its annual clergy appreciation day, with Mississippi Supreme Court ... Read more

by Brandon O'Connor, Wednesday, May 10, 2017 9:47 am

Local

Couple watches both Century plants bloom at the same time

In the span of only a half an hour, four cars came to a stop in front of Isabelle Parsons’s house on East Street. They, ... Read more

by Brandon O'Connor, Wednesday, May 10, 2017 9:45 am

Local

Martin honored as St. Al STAR student

St. Aloysius High School senior Charlie Martin has been named the STAR student for the class of 2017. He was honored as one of Mississippi’s 284 ... Read more

by Brandon O'Connor, Tuesday, May 9, 2017 9:57 am

Education

Crasta honored to be Vicksburg’s STAR student

Vicksburg High School senior Nicholas Crasta has been named the STAR student for the class of 2017. He will also serve as the class’s Valedictorian ... Read more

by Brandon O'Connor, Monday, May 8, 2017 10:27 am

Education

District plans summer meals

Children from one to 18 will have the chance to receive a free breakfast and hot lunch throughout the summer courtesy of the Vicksburg Warren ... Read more

by Brandon O'Connor, Monday, May 8, 2017 10:26 am

Education

First county dual enrollment nursing students to graduate

Six seniors will graduate from high school this year with not only a diploma, but also a major step closer to a long-term career in ... Read more

by Brandon O'Connor, Saturday, May 6, 2017 6:31 pm

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