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Faith

Backpacks needed for Honduras mission

During a trip to Honduras last summer missionaries from Vicksburg noticed a flaw in their assistance delivery. People were trekking on foot across a mountain ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Saturday, January 10, 2015 12:00 am

News

State high court to review paralyzed man’s appeal

In a divided decision Thursday, the Mississippi Supreme Court ordered documents to review in the case of a paralyzed Warren County man convicted of drive-by ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Friday, January 9, 2015 9:14 am

News

Why the flu is scarier than Ebola

With plenty of dry, hacking coughs, and sniffles, seasonal influenza has reached epidemic proportions in Mississippi. Local schools so far have been spared, but the ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Thursday, January 8, 2015 10:43 am

News

AG’s Office: Scammers getting more advanced

Scammers, hackers and identity thieves are getting more advanced, using hundreds of new and old ways to rip off people and corporations. There is more ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Thursday, January 8, 2015 9:13 am

News

Firefighter answers final alarm

Hundreds of people gathered Wednesday at a tearful ceremony to pay their respects for a Vicksburg paramedic killed in a New Year’s Day crash in ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Wednesday, January 7, 2015 3:21 pm

News

Homicide rate declines

Vicksburg and Warren County combined to end 2014 with one homicide, the lowest rate in at least 20 years, as the city more than halved ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Wednesday, January 7, 2015 8:33 am

Business

Funeral home reaches milestone

Mississippi’s oldest black-owned business is celebrating 120 years of service to Vicksburg. W.H. Jefferson Funeral home turned 120 years old in December, making it the ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Sunday, January 4, 2015 12:01 am

News

Supreme Court could rule on DUI case

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider later this month whether to hear an appeal from a man seeking a new trial for an aggravated DUI ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Sunday, January 4, 2015 12:00 am

News

Hattiesburg to vote on Dent as next chief

Hattiesburg city officials are expected to decide this week if former Vicksburg Police Chief Mitchell Dent will take over the police department there  Hattiesburg Mayor ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Sunday, January 4, 2015 12:00 am

News

DUI crackdown nets nearly 200 citations

Vicksburg police issued nearly 200 citations during a holiday crackdown on drunk drivers and traffic violations, but to Chief Walter Armstrong, the most important number ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Saturday, January 3, 2015 12:01 am

News

Prosecutors want expanded death penalty

In the coming legislative session, Mississippi prosecutors want to expand the death penalty to cover mass shootings and terrorist attacks. The expansion of the death ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Saturday, January 3, 2015 12:01 am

News

Bass: Specialist care is best medicine for arthritis

Having constant trouble with swollen, aching joints? It’s time to see a specialist. The top cause of joint pain and inflammation is arthritis, and seeking ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Saturday, January 3, 2015 12:00 am

News

Martin retiring after lifetime of service

After more than four decades as a federal employee, Vicksburg National Military Park Chief of Operations Rick Martin will hang up his ranger hat for ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Friday, January 2, 2015 11:30 am

News

What The Post covered 100 years ago today

Say the phrase “imagine life in Vicksburg a century ago” to most people, and they conjure up a pretty-as-a-postcard Washington Street full of shopping families ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Thursday, January 1, 2015 12:01 am

News

My favorite stories from 2014

It’s no secret the daily news reported in The Vicksburg Post has a major impact on our community. But what most readers probably don’t know ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Thursday, January 1, 2015 12:00 am

News

Garbage truck falls into sinkhole

Speed Street was closed this morning as city sewer department crews began repairs to a broken storm sewer line that created a sinkhole in the ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Wednesday, December 31, 2014 11:30 am

News

Family puts up memorial to DUI victim

Warren Guider hopes the brightly colored solemn memorial he put up Monday at the corner of Halls Ferry and North Frontage Road will save a ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Tuesday, December 30, 2014 11:30 am

News

Gas price falls to ’09 levels

From one end of the county to the other, gas prices are inching toward $2 a gallon as Mississippi is seeing it’s lowest cost of ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Sunday, December 28, 2014 1:34 am

Faith

Missionary spread word in Tijuana

For Erik Chappell, spending two years spreading the gospel in one of the world’s poorest and most crime-ridden places was “like a dream come true.” ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Saturday, December 27, 2014 12:03 am

Columnists

The undeniable story of Jesus

On this Christmas morning, I can’t help but think about how too many people my age and younger don’t believe in Jesus. They not only ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Thursday, December 25, 2014 12:01 am

News

Card brings century of Christmas cheer

More than a century after it was mailed, a Christmas card between friends is still bringing holiday cheer. The card, which was printed in Germany, ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Thursday, December 25, 2014 12:01 am

News

Vicksburg not in Memphis bridge threat

FBI officials are investigating an anonymous threat against one of the Mississippi River bridges in Memphis, but Warren County officials say they have not been ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Wednesday, December 24, 2014 11:30 am

News

Bar owners to appeal cutoff time

An earlier last call for four Vicksburg bars is set to go into effect in late January, but bar owners plan to appeal the decision ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Wednesday, December 24, 2014 11:30 am

News

Planning for park expansion begins in New Year

Expansion of Vicksburg National Military Park has the president’s approval and planning to acquire more than 11,000 acres will begin in the New Year. President ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Tuesday, December 23, 2014 11:08 am

News

Dreaming of a white Christmas?

Other Vicksburg, Warren County to see snow Downtown Vicksburg and the Warren County Courthouse will be covered in snow for Christmas — just not here. With ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Monday, December 22, 2014 11:30 am

News

Five elected county officials sworn in

The newest office holder in the Warren County courthouse swore in the most senior official in the building Friday as five people took oaths of ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Sunday, December 21, 2014 1:15 am

Faith

House of Israel celebrates Chanukkah

At Vicksburg’s House of Israel, Chanukkah celebration began as the rabbi, dressed in a traditional ancient robe and prayer shawl, spoke softly in Hebrew and ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Saturday, December 20, 2014 3:06 am

News

State OK’s resort status recall

Last call will be coming sooner for some local clubs inside the city limits next year, as the state has approved a resolution cutting off ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Saturday, December 20, 2014 2:57 am

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