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Students sign pledge to wear seatbelts
Hundreds of Warren Central High School students made a colorful pledge to make a seatbelt part of their pre- and post-prom outfits. Students put their ...
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Autopsies come with price tag
For Warren County’s taxpayers, unexplained deaths come with a price tag. The county foots the bill for every ordered autopsy through the state crime lab, ...
by Josh Edwards, Friday, April 10, 2015 8:26 am
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Solemn ceremony marks surrender
With the final toll of the great iron bell, a solemn stillness hung in the air Thursday at Vicksburg National Military Park. About two dozen ...
by Josh Edwards, Friday, April 10, 2015 8:25 am
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Curtis leads summer youth program
Tommy Curtis looks forward to the days when he trades in his police uniform for a t-shirt and basketball shorts. Curtis, a longtime juvenile investigator ...
by Josh Edwards, Thursday, April 9, 2015 9:53 am
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Thompson tours children’s museum: US Congressman pledges support
U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson toured Vicksburg’s newest museum Tuesday and helped its curator come up with plans to fund the educational museum. Thompson and members ...
by Josh Edwards, Wednesday, April 8, 2015 10:12 am
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VNMP events commemorate end of war
Vicksburg National Military Park will be participating in a nationwide bell-ringing ceremony Thursday in commemoration of the surrender that signaled the beginning of the end ...
by Josh Edwards, Monday, April 6, 2015 10:17 am
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Elfer: Prepare for storm season
The first spring thunderstorm moved through Vicksburg and Warren County Friday bringing with it Mississippi’s most dangerous season. Spring with all its beauty also marks ...
by Josh Edwards, Sunday, April 5, 2015 12:00 am
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Teen advocates for heart health
Miss Vicksburg’s Outstanding Teen Tori Ross takes her pageant platform to heart. The cause the Warren Central High School junior is advocating is “HappyHearts,” aimed ...
by Josh Edwards, Sunday, April 5, 2015 12:00 am
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Flea market roster filling quickly
Three weeks before the annual Old Court House Spring Flea Market, vendor spaces are filling fast. More than 100 vendors have already registered for the ...
by Josh Edwards, Saturday, April 4, 2015 12:00 am
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Braxton man wins poker tournament at Ameristar
A Braxton man took home $32,678 Monday at the Heartland Poker Tour Final Table. Larry White, a retiree, outlasted eight other competitors to win the ...
by Josh Edwards, Friday, April 3, 2015 9:20 am
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Basket drive turns nonprofits into ‘Easter bunny central’
More than 200 children received baskets, boxes and buckets filled with Easter goodies this year, thanks to the annual Baskets for Believers program. Vicksburg Family ...
by Josh Edwards, Friday, April 3, 2015 9:19 am
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Responders trained on tourniquet techniques
First responders who cared for a man who arm was severed in a collision with a bladed piece of farm machinery had the right training ...
by Josh Edwards, Thursday, April 2, 2015 9:52 am
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Florence cross dedication set for Friday
A giant cross raised last month along U.S. 49 in Florence will be dedicated on Good Friday. The program begins at 11 a.m. in front ...
by Josh Edwards, Thursday, April 2, 2015 9:50 am
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Sheriff’s office seeks missing teen
A Warren County girl was missing Wednesday after leaving her home on foot following a dispute with her parents, Sheriff Martin Pace said. Bailey Elizabeth ...
by Josh Edwards, Wednesday, April 1, 2015 2:11 pm
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Smith: Palmertree plea vital to victims’ restitution
A plea agreement reached with jailed former Circuit Clerk Shelly Ashley-Palmertree gave her no additional jail time but guarantees restitution to more than 70 victims ...
by Josh Edwards, Tuesday, March 31, 2015 9:42 am
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Three hurt in interstate crash
Three people were injured and traffic was snarled for hours after a vehicle attempting to enter Interstate 20 from East Clay Street veered off the ...
by Josh Edwards, Tuesday, March 31, 2015 9:41 am
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Vega pleads guilty to murder
A Warren County teen who shot her stepmother in the face with a high-powered rifle in 2011 pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree murder and avoided ...
by Josh Edwards, Tuesday, March 31, 2015 9:38 am
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Palmertree pleads guilty: Former Circuit Clerk ordered to pay restitution monthly
Jailed former Circuit Clerk Shelly Ashley-Palmertree pleaded guilty Monday to stealing more than $100,000 meant as restitution for crime victims. Palmertree, entered the plea before ...
by Josh Edwards, Monday, March 30, 2015 10:06 am
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Army of fourth-graders invade Military Park
Hundreds of fourth-graders learned the principles of firing a cannon and walked in the footsteps of Civil War soldiers this week as they toured ...
by Josh Edwards, Sunday, March 29, 2015 12:00 am
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SCHC houses high-tech company
Between a calendar full of events and a number of recent new tenants, the parking lost at Southern Cultural Heritage Center has been packed lately. ...
by Josh Edwards, Sunday, March 29, 2015 12:00 am
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Details elusive at Byrd’s funeral
PORT GIBSON — A Port Gibson man found hanged behind his home earlier this month was laid to rest Friday, while state, local and federal ...
by Josh Edwards, Friday, March 27, 2015 9:52 pm
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Rush to headline Port Gibson festival
Blues and soul legend Bobby Rush will headline the 22nd Heritage Festival Saturday in downtown Port Gibson. Rush is set to take the stage at ...
by Josh Edwards, Friday, March 27, 2015 9:16 am
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Sports complex funding needs community support
A bill to help Vicksburg fund a proposed sports complex is on its last legs in the Mississippi Legislature, but it’s not quite dead yet. ...
by Josh Edwards, Thursday, March 26, 2015 9:48 am
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Each college needs own board
Love or hate former University of Mississippi Chancellor Dan Jones, but his firing could result in a long-overdue change for the way colleges and university ...
by Josh Edwards, Thursday, March 26, 2015 9:48 am
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Goodman spreads Mom’s advice at center
James Goodman has always taken his mothers’ advice, and for nearly two decades he’s been sharing those words of wisdom at the Warren County Youth ...
by Josh Edwards, Thursday, March 26, 2015 9:46 am
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Special Olympians competing for state
The applause at Vicksburg Memorial Stadium was thunderous Tuesday as more than 100 Special crossed finish lines, hurled softballs and made tremendous jumps. Event organizers ...
by Josh Edwards, Wednesday, March 25, 2015 10:16 am
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Jones rejects plea, trial set
A Warren County man accused of breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s home and beating her unconscious rejected a plea offer at the last minute this week ...
by Josh Edwards, Monday, March 23, 2015 10:48 am
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Park Day events at VNMP, Raymond
Vicksburg National Military Park is seeking volunteers to help slap a fresh coat of paint on some of the battlefield’s historic cannons. Volunteer sign-up will ...
by Josh Edwards, Monday, March 23, 2015 10:46 am
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