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Still few leads in decade-old homicide

It’s been 10 years Angela Schultz Shiers Barrentine went missing, but time has brought little comfort and few leads in her disappearance and death. Barrentine ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Tuesday, November 25, 2014 11:20 am

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Three shot at Washington Street party Saturday

Three people were wounded and as many were being held by police this morning after a shooting early Saturday morning on Washington Street. Just after ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Monday, November 24, 2014 11:42 am

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Driver, bar sued in fatal crash

The family of a woman killed in a collision in May on Washington Street has filed a wrongful death suit against the man accused causing ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Monday, November 24, 2014 11:41 am

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Sharkey native survived Jonestown

Thirty-six years ago this week, a 20-year-old Herbert Newell was locked away in a dirty jail cell in Guyana trying to come to grips with ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Sunday, November 23, 2014 12:50 am

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Severe weather moving in tonight: Drivers leaving Alcorn-JSU game cautioned

Severe weather is expected to move across the region tonight, brining with it heavy rain, damaging wind and potential for tornadoes. Claiborne County and a ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Saturday, November 22, 2014 12:10 am

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Carr sentencing moved to December

Sentencing for the live-in girlfriend of a physician accused of supplying her drug habit has been moved to December. Circuit Judge M. James Chaney is ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Friday, November 21, 2014 11:25 am

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Hotel robbed at gunpoint today

An armed robber was on the lam this morning after making off with an undetermined amount of cash from a Vicksburg hotel in an early ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Friday, November 21, 2014 11:15 am

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Convicted rapist takes plea in drug case

A convicted rapist who was set to go to trial today on drug charges has pleaded guilty and is headed to prison. Michael London, 46, ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Thursday, November 20, 2014 11:15 am

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Ranger’s determination led to dream work

Patty Montague found something with the National Park Service that her hometown on New York’s Long Island never gave her — an opportunity. “They wouldn’t ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Thursday, November 20, 2014 11:05 am

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Bill Cosby was my TV dad

I don’t want to believe it. Sexual assault allegations are swirling against a man that millions of Americans invited into our homes each week for ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Thursday, November 20, 2014 11:00 am

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Monument to black soldiers being repaired

The three exhausted, limping figures frozen in time atop Vicksburg National Military Park’s African-American Monument as they, with determination, carry an injured comrade will soon ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Wednesday, November 19, 2014 11:30 am

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Court upholds burglary conviction

The Mississippi Court of Appeals has upheld the burglary convictionof a  three-time convicted felon from Sharkey County. On Tuesday, the court affirmed the conviction and ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Wednesday, November 19, 2014 11:15 am

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Generator missing in county

A generator was missing this morning following a theft Monday in Warren County. At 8:34 a.m. Monday, an American Exchange generator valued at $250 was ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Tuesday, November 18, 2014 10:28 am

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Port looking toward expansion

  The Warren County Port Commission is in the process of figuring out how and where to expand the Port of Vicksburg. “Our port is ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Monday, November 17, 2014 11:15 am

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Car crash, quiz show helped raise Cairo

Raising the USS Cairo from its watery grave required a car crash and a quiz show, the famous historian who helped find the ironclad told ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Sunday, November 16, 2014 1:00 am

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Street packed for Veterans Day ceremony

People lined the streets of downtown Vicksburg on Tuesday waiving flags, singing patriotic songs and thanking veterans. About 250 people gathered in the war memorial ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Wednesday, November 12, 2014 11:17 am

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Pig out raises big bucks for United Way

Hundreds of people pigged out on barbecue Saturday, raising thousands of dollars for the United Way of West Central Mississippi. About 300 people attended the ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Sunday, November 9, 2014 12:45 am

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VNMP offers program, free admission Tuesday

Vicksburg National Military Park will celebrate Veterans Day by offering a ceremony Tuesday morning in the national cemetery and free admission all day to the ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Sunday, November 9, 2014 12:00 am

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Gators go down in season finale

Neshoba Central rammed its running game straight down Vicksburg’s throat on Friday night. James Campell and Kavonte McCarty ran for a combined 428 yards — ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Saturday, November 8, 2014 1:40 am

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VPD seizes pound of pot; 1 arrested

A Vicksburg man caught with a pound of marijuana was free on bail after an early morning drug raid Friday, Police Chief Walter Armstrong said. ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Saturday, November 8, 2014 12:52 am

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Christmas coming through Good Shepherd Community Center

The line began before dawn Thursday and snaked around the old school building as hundreds of parents, grandparents and guardians of children signed up nearly ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Friday, November 7, 2014 11:30 am

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Homebuyers’ session set for Saturday

First-time homebuyers will have a one-stop shop Saturday for information on the particulars of purchasing a house. Vicksburg Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority is ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Friday, November 7, 2014 11:30 am

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Woman shot by homeowner arrested

A Warren County woman who police say was shot while breaking into an 82-year-old Korean War veteran’s home has been released from a hospital and ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Thursday, November 6, 2014 11:00 am

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Fire at home inspired Jerry Briggs’ VFD service

When most firefighters talk about what inspired them to rush headlong into danger for a living, it begins with them on their knees as a ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Thursday, November 6, 2014 11:00 am

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Gunfighter’s life focus of talk this week; McClung was hero and villain

They called him The Black Knight of the South. Col. Alexander Keith McClung of the Mississippi Rifles is one of those rare figures in history ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Sunday, November 2, 2014 12:15 am

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Only 2 defendants show up with attorney for arraignments

Of the 50 defendants called to appear for arraignment before Circuit Judge Isadore Patrick on Friday after indictments this week by a Warren County grand ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Saturday, November 1, 2014 12:30 am

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Veteran says gun saved life in home invasion

An 82-year-old Korean War veteran who shot a woman accused of breaking into his home says having a gun probably saved his life Wednesday when ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Friday, October 31, 2014 12:11 pm

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Habitat for Humanity still making dreams come true

Warren County Habitat for Humanity has been making dreams of homeownership come true for almost 25 years. In 2015, the nonprofit will celebrate its 25th ... Read more

by Josh Edwards, Friday, October 31, 2014 12:10 pm

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