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Dozens of people gathered at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church Wednesday, a week after a gunman, apparently motivated by white supremacist ideology, opened fire ...
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by Josh Edwards, Thursday, June 25, 2015 10:44 am
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This week, all eyes are on the contestants in brightly colored dresses flashing gleaming smiles, but the unsung heroes of the Miss Mississippi pageant wear ...
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by Josh Edwards, Tuesday, June 23, 2015 11:38 am
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Summer’s barely begun, but dangerous heat is taking hold this week. The National Weather Service is calling for a high of 97 Tuesday in Vicksburg ...
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by Josh Edwards, Tuesday, June 23, 2015 11:36 am
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The state’s oldest African Methodist Episcopal Church will host a prayer vigil Wednesday in honor of nine people killed at a sister church in Charleston, ...
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by Josh Edwards, Tuesday, June 23, 2015 11:35 am
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More than $10,000 seized by Vicksburg police in an illegal gambling game could be placed in the city’s general fund this week, adding to the ...
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by Josh Edwards, Friday, June 19, 2015 9:49 pm
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A Pattison man was hospitalized and another was on the lam Thursday following a shooting Wednesday afternoon in Claiborne County. At 2:30 p.m., Malcolm Hedrick, ...
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by Josh Edwards, Friday, June 19, 2015 9:18 am
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The frontline of state tourism is clearly drawn at the front door of the Mississippi Welcome Center on Washington Street. Welcome Center employees take every ...
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by Josh Edwards, Friday, June 19, 2015 9:14 am
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For a community that spends so much time thanking and honoring our veterans and Civil War dead, we certainly forget about our namesake. Ask the ...
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by Josh Edwards, Thursday, June 18, 2015 9:45 am
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Allen Pugh and Josh Gordon are arguably two of the busiest men in Warren County. The duo mans one shift of the Vicksburg Fire Department’s ...
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by Josh Edwards, Thursday, June 18, 2015 9:35 am
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Bail was set at $100,000 for a Vicksburg man accused of murder, and his wife and accused accomplice surrendered to police in Louisiana Wednesday. Municipal ...
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by Josh Edwards, Wednesday, June 17, 2015 3:20 pm
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A Vicksburg man, believed to have assaulted another man’s wife, is dead, the husband is in jail and the wife is on the lam following ...
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by Josh Edwards, Wednesday, June 17, 2015 12:22 pm
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The Red Carpet City of the South is sprucing up and preparing to show for pageant season. City landscape department crews were mowing grass Tuesday ...
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by Josh Edwards, Wednesday, June 17, 2015 12:10 pm
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The Mississippi Court of Appeals has declined to re-hear the appeal of a Vicksburg man convicted of beating his live-in girlfriend to death in 2011. ...
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by Josh Edwards, Wednesday, June 17, 2015 10:38 am
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A Vicksburg man, believed to have assaulted another man’s wife, is dead, the husband is in jail and the wife is on the lam following ...
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by Josh Edwards, Tuesday, June 16, 2015 4:59 pm
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County supervisors approved two tax exemptions on two longstanding industries but declined to take action on a newcomer. Supervisors unanimously approved tax exemptions for International ...
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by Josh Edwards, Tuesday, June 16, 2015 9:44 am
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A Vicksburg man is dead following a shooting on Court Street Tuesday morning. The man was found dead and suffering from multiple gunshot wounds when ...
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by Josh Edwards, Tuesday, June 16, 2015 9:44 am
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A civil demand for more than $11,000 has been issued against former Vicksburg High School football coach and sitting school board member Alonzo Stevens. State ...
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by Josh Edwards, Monday, June 15, 2015 3:56 pm
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Studies suggest that nearly 1 in 5 Americans will drop their phone into the toilet at some point, but common tips for “fixing” a water ...
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by Josh Edwards, Saturday, June 6, 2015 12:37 am
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A Vicksburg man accused of starting a shootout at a home on Buena Vista Drive where an illegal high-stakes dice game was taking place was ...
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by Josh Edwards, Saturday, June 6, 2015 12:35 am
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Two people accused of coming to Vicksburg to pawn property stolen in Louisiana were arrested Wednesday. Anna Easter, 38 of West Monroe and Patrick Tadios, ...
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by Josh Edwards, Friday, June 5, 2015 10:27 am
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Maintenance work on the county’s ferryboat hit a snag this week after the only bid for work came in at almost a quarter million dollars ...
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by Josh Edwards, Friday, June 5, 2015 10:26 am
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Once slated for the wrecking ball, one of Vicksburg’s most iconic downtown attractions quietly turned 67 years old this week. The Old Court House Museum ...
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by Josh Edwards, Thursday, June 4, 2015 10:52 am
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There’s no telling how many lives Edwin Green has helped save. Green’s not in the field, but when someone’s having the worst day of their ...
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by Josh Edwards, Thursday, June 4, 2015 10:34 am
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Vicksburg will be busting with construction work this summer as the city repaves streets, overhauls City Park and replace aging, failing infrastructure, North Ward Alderman ...
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by Josh Edwards, Thursday, June 4, 2015 10:32 am
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A Vicksburg woman accused of illegally selling prescription painkillers was in jail Wednesday. Yoko Jones, 47, 918 Harris St., was arrested at 6:23 a.m. Tuesday ...
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by Josh Edwards, Thursday, June 4, 2015 9:15 am
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Once slated for the wrecking ball, one of Vicksburg’s most iconic downtown attractions quietly turned 67 years old this week. The Old Court House Museum ...
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by Josh Edwards, Thursday, June 4, 2015 9:00 am
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What’s a person to do with that old refrigerator? Or maybe that box of dead batteries or stack of worn-bald tires? Warren County will hold ...
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by Josh Edwards, Wednesday, June 3, 2015 8:47 am
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Warren County supervisors voted 4-1 to pay for surveying a home on Laura Lake Road after FEMA officials discovered a 20-year-old paperwork error putting the ...
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by Josh Edwards, Tuesday, June 2, 2015 10:09 am
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