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Preschoolers learn about seatbelt safety

  Children at First Baptist Church’s preschool had a chance to explore the inside of a police car Thursday while getting a lesson in how ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Sunday, March 22, 2015 12:00 am

News

Father pleads guilty in infant’s death

A Vicksburg father has pleaded guilty to shaking his infant son to death in December 2013. Jamaro South Sr., 25, pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Saturday, March 21, 2015 12:01 am

Obits

Lorraine Hunter Bryant

Lorraine Hunter Bryant died March 17, 2015, at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. She was 58. Lakeview Memorial funeral Home has charge of arrangements. Read more

by Josh Edwards, Saturday, March 21, 2015 12:00 am

Obits

Deanna Michelle Pope

Deanna Michelle Pope, 47, passed away Wednesday, March 18, 2015, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Russellville, Ark. Visitation is 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, March ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Saturday, March 21, 2015 12:00 am

News

Plenty of questions: FBI, state agents work to determine Port Gibson man’s cause of death

PORT GIBSON — The FBI confirmed Friday the body found hanging from a tree near Port Gibson Thursday was in fact that of Otis James ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Friday, March 20, 2015 8:55 pm

News

Firefighter/medic plays versatile role

Firefighter/paramedic Jeremy Chavez could be putting out a burning building in the morning, rescuing a victim from a car crash in the afternoon and saving ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Thursday, March 19, 2015 9:28 am

News

Beating death conviction upheld, sentence tossed

The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld the conviction but threw out the sentence of a Vicksburg man convicted of beating his girlfriend to death in ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Thursday, March 19, 2015 9:26 am

News

MBN: Two had pounds of meth in teddy bear

A Vicksburg man accused of a possessing two pounds of methamphetamine stashed inside a teddy bear was free on bail Thursday while his accused accomplice ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Thursday, March 19, 2015 9:22 am

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Accused molester jailed

Bail was set at $25,000 Wednesday for a Warren County man accused of molesting a child. Thomas Gabriel, 46, 1650 China Grove Road, surrendered to ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Thursday, March 19, 2015 9:00 am

News

LSP trooper runs over, kills missing man

An Alabama man died Tuesday after being struck by a Louisiana State Police vehicle that was involved in the search fir him on a stretch ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Wednesday, March 18, 2015 10:04 am

News

Deputy laid to rest, badge retired

MADISON — A newlywed deputy who died as result of an on-duty crash during an ice storm was laid to rest, and his badge was retired ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Wednesday, March 18, 2015 10:00 am

News

Flooding light across county

Despite steady rain throughout Friday, Vicksburg and Warren County escaped major flooding issues on roadways and from the Big Black River. The Big Black River ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Saturday, March 14, 2015 12:00 am

News

Volunteer: Cancer bill could save lives

A bill pending in the Mississippi Legislature to ban health insurers from making patients pay higher out-of-pocket costs for oral medication taken at home than ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Friday, March 13, 2015 10:18 am

News

Sanderford keeps schools running

Long before the first bell rings, the public school education experience in Vicksburg and Warren County begins with Bill Sanderford and his crew. Sanderford is ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Thursday, March 12, 2015 10:14 am

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On-duty crash led to deputy’s death

The death of a Warren County Sheriff’s Deputy Tuesday was ruled to be the result of an on-duty car crash he suffered in a February ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Thursday, March 12, 2015 10:08 am

Faith

Weather delays cross unveiling

A ceremony celebrating the newest addition to Crosses Across American has been delayed because of inclement weather. The cross, which will stand 11 stories was ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Thursday, March 12, 2015 10:00 am

News

Juvenile escapee still at-large

A 14-year-old who escaped the Warren County Juvenile Detention Center remained on the lam Thursday morning. The boy escaped Tuesday, leading up to a wreck ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Thursday, March 12, 2015 9:57 am

News

A dark week for law enforcement

Tuesday should serve as a reminder of the dangers that law enforcement officers faces every day in the line of duty. A Jackson-based federal marshal ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Thursday, March 12, 2015 9:53 am

News

Appeals court to hear drug sentence case

The Mississippi Court of Appeals will consider in this term the drug sentence of a Vicksburg man with a long rap sheet who says he ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Wednesday, March 11, 2015 11:20 am

News

Deputy remembered as gentleman

An off-duty sheriff’s deputy remembered as a true gentleman died Tuesday after complaining of shortness of breath at his home in Vicksburg. Warren County Deputy ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Wednesday, March 11, 2015 11:19 am

News

Two cops, woman hurt in crash

Two Vicksburg police investigators on an emergency call and the wife of a longtime Warren County deputy were injured in a three-vehicle crash Tuesday morning ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Wednesday, March 11, 2015 10:59 am

News

Two cops, woman hurt in crash

Two Vicksburg police investigators and a woman were injured in a three-vehicle crash Tuesday at Clay and Adams streets. Vicksburg police Lt. Troy Kimble and ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Tuesday, March 10, 2015 1:02 pm

News

Man gets 20 years for sexual assault

A Sharkey County man was sentenced to spend two decades in prison for sexually assaulting two preteens. Johnnie Claudberry Ross, 25, 57 Mat Road, Cary, ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Monday, March 9, 2015 11:11 am

News

Evidence missing in ‘hit man’ Hutto appeal

The death row appeal of an Alabama man convicted of capital murder in the kidnapping and slaying of a Clinton woman he met at a ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Sunday, March 8, 2015 12:00 am

News

Hope for change reigned after Selma

The beating of 600 civil rights marchers a half-century ago at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., still resonates in Vicksburg. It’s deeper meaning ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Saturday, March 7, 2015 12:02 am

News

Winter’s grasp fades Friday

Winter’s final grasp at Vicksburg and Warren County was fading from view Friday morning. Schools and city and county offices opened as scheduled and roads ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Friday, March 6, 2015 9:47 am

News

Pace: Keep valuables out of sight

Keeping valuables out of view can lessen a home’s appeal to burglars and thieves, Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace told members of Triad this week. ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Friday, March 6, 2015 9:00 am

News

Flaggs still walks halls of Capitol

JACKSON — Elliot Flaggs grew up roaming the halls of the Capitol as the son of one of the state’s most respected African-American lawmakers. At ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Thursday, March 5, 2015 12:05 am

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