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Faith

It takes all walks of life

Tom Isaac and his wife, Debra, have family out of state. But for Thanksgiving this year, they chose not to travel. Instead, the Isaacs volunteered ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Friday, November 25, 2016 8:26 pm

Obits

Marcie R. Hollis-Johnson

Funeral services for Marcie R. Hollis-Johnson will be Saturday, Nov. 26, in the Word of Faith Church at 10 a.m. with the Rev. Reginald Walker ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Friday, November 25, 2016 9:53 am

Local

Supervisors weigh port crane options

County engineer John McKee presented the Warren County Board of Supervisors with three options for it to consider for its crane project at the Port ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Tuesday, November 15, 2016 9:49 am

Columnists

Let’s follow President Obama’s lead: Go high

We need to follow the lead of our President and First Lady now. “When they go low, we go high.” The amazing grace of our ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Saturday, November 12, 2016 10:44 pm

News

Rigged? Not in Warren County

Despite rhetoric from national candidates and some state elected officials claiming the upcoming presidential election will be “rigged,” Warren County voters don’t have to be ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Monday, November 7, 2016 9:52 am

Local

County staff handles absentee votes, prepares for Nov. 8 election

Few are as busy in Vicksburg these days as those who work in Circuit Clerk Jan Daigre’s office in the Warren County Courthouse. Daigre and ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Wednesday, November 2, 2016 11:55 am

Columnists

We need a return to tolerance, civility

We’re just over a week from being done with this presidential election, which should please us all, regardless of which side of the aisle you ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Saturday, October 29, 2016 8:12 pm

Education

VWSD takes next step toward Ford NGL

The design of the future of education in Vicksburg schools was honed Tuesday morning. About 50 people — a mix of a school personnel and ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Wednesday, October 26, 2016 9:31 am

Local

County supervisors ponder contract with head hunter for port director’s job

  The Warren County Board of Supervisors on Monday previewed a contract it will be asked to approve in order for the Warren County Port ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Tuesday, October 11, 2016 9:30 am

News

Pink edition a touching time for all

Today’s pink edition, meant to celebrate the lives of breast cancer survivors and remember those who fought the good fight and are no longer with ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Saturday, October 8, 2016 6:10 pm

Local

After 2 years cancer free, Weaver is on the way to regaining her health

  Evelyn Weaver loves a good boot camp. She enjoys the sweating, the physical exertion and challenge and has always worked hard to stay fit ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Saturday, October 8, 2016 6:06 pm

Local

Election registration cutoff looms

  If you plan to vote in the Nov. 8 general election, you have until Saturday to register to vote. The good thing is, Warren ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Wednesday, October 5, 2016 9:50 am

Local

Report: Evidence of faulty brakes on dump truck

  The truck Michael Collins was driving the day he backed into the Mississippi River while waiting to pick up a load of rock, had ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Wednesday, October 5, 2016 9:44 am

Opinion

Some things change, and some stay same

I grew up reading newspapers, as many people my age — 54 — did. In my large household of five children, my stepfather and I were the ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Saturday, October 1, 2016 8:56 pm

Local

Vicksburg’s Hosemann pondering run for Lt. Gov.

Will Vicksburg native Delbert Hosemann, Mississippi’s Secretary of State, be Mississippi’s next lieutenant governor? That’s a distinct possibility. Hosemann was in Vicksburg last week with ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Tuesday, September 27, 2016 10:08 am

News

The season just started and hope is lost

Let’s talk football. For me, it is truly the most wonderful time of the year. The only thing better than college football is March Madness. ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Saturday, September 24, 2016 7:50 pm

Local

Nine arrested in early morning drug raid

In a pre-dawn roundup, tagged by law enforcement as Operation Fall Sweep, law enforcement arrested nine people. The arrests are the result of a four-month-long ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Thursday, September 22, 2016 1:13 pm

Local

Board of Supervisors honor Arp for work with national event

The Warren County Board of Supervisors honored Doug Arp, a retired, longtime Vicksburg Police Department officer, who organizes the community’s National Night Out event each ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Tuesday, September 20, 2016 9:44 am

Local

Wife allegedly shoots, kills husband

A Vicksburg woman is in custody after shooting her husband in the head and killing him. Vicksburg Chief of Police Walter Armstrong said Becky Harris ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Tuesday, September 13, 2016 6:53 am

Opinion

Lest we forget, we’re already a great nation

No doubt, all of us today will at times think back to 15 years ago and recall our reaction when we heard the news about ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Saturday, September 10, 2016 9:10 pm

News

Wells joins newspaper staff at photojournalist

Courtland Wells has joined the staff of The Vicksburg Post as a photojournalist. Wells, a native of Tuscaloosa, Ala., is 2016 graduate of the University ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Friday, September 9, 2016 10:52 pm

News

Diocese moves ahead with plans to tear down former rectory

The old rectory building at St. Mary Catholic Church is coming down. Built in 1906 as part of the original construction of the church, the ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Tuesday, September 6, 2016 9:57 am

Local

Closure for family: Body of Michael Collins recovered

Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace has confirmed that the body of Michael Collins has been recovered. Collins, an employee of Riverside Construction, was driving the ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Friday, September 2, 2016 5:49 pm

Uncategorized

Unconfirmed reports body found in river

Unconfirmed reports indicate searchers may have found a body in the Mississippi River, while searching for Michael Collins, who was the driver of the dump ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Friday, September 2, 2016 4:39 pm

Local

City businesses close as a result of water notice, low pressure

The ongoing boil water notice in the city of Vicksburg and its accompanying loss of water pressure put the hurt on many Vicksburg businesses Tuesday. ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Wednesday, August 31, 2016 9:56 am

BREAKING NEWS

UPDATE: Pumps back in operation at water plant

The pumps at the Vicksburg water treatment plant on Haining Road are back up and city water customers should be getting water pressure, city Public ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Tuesday, August 30, 2016 11:48 am

BREAKING NEWS

City, county reach ambulance service agreement

During a meeting Monday morning, the City of Vicksburg and the Warren County Board of Supervisors reached agreement for the city to continue ambulance and ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Monday, August 29, 2016 9:19 am

News

Now’s time to prepare for seasonal storms

Social media weather watchers are tracking a tropical depression known now as Invest 99L. Some are predicting it could turn into a tropical storm and ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Friday, August 26, 2016 10:13 am

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