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Resolutions

According to history.com, the Babylonians held a celebration in mid-March when their crops were planted. The event lasted ...

December 30, 2017

Lifestyles

Historical Jewish holiday ends on Dec. 20

The holiday season is upon us and while Christians are preparing for Christmas, Jews around the world are ...

December 16, 2017

Lifestyles

Vicksburg author Marc Mitchell has been pounding out words at an award-winning pace

Fifty thousand words in one month is a lot of writing by anyone’s standards, but for the past ...

December 11, 2017

Lifestyles

Mississippi State University Warren County Extension Office helps you repair your lawn following the rainy season

By Sandy Havard MSU Extension Officer Many lawn issues have arisen due to the wet spring and summer ...

September 16, 2017

Lifestyles

More and more enthusiasts testing their knowledge

It is a trend growing across the country — trivia game night. Enthusiasts young and not so young ...

August 26, 2017

Lifestyles

As school begins, students head back to class with uniforms all ready to go

Getting ready for a school day can be simplified when you know what you are going to wear. ...

August 6, 2017

Lifestyles

Just shy of his 100th birthday, Herbert Jackson still has a need for speed

A smile grew across his face as he listened to a favorite poem being read. Herbert R. Jackson ...

July 22, 2017

Lifestyles

Be our guest

This year, 28 women will take a week out of their lives to serve as Miss Mississippi Pageant ...

June 17, 2017

Lifestyles

Warm weather brings about unwelcome visitors

Summer is just around the corner and with warmer temperatures snakes will be slithering out of their winter ...

June 3, 2017

Lifestyles

There was a creative passion burning inside Marnita Miller.    ///   In high school, she was continuously ...

May 6, 2017

Lifestyles

B.B. Club prepares to celebrate its centennial

From poker games to elaborate parties, the B’nai B’rith Literary Club played host to a wealth of events ...

March 18, 2017

Lifestyles

Family has fallen in love with their Dak

The numbers speak for themselves. In the last few months, 25 cats, 21 kittens, 29 dogs and 49 ...

March 11, 2017

Lifestyles

Passionate For Rescues working to get shelter animals adopted before they are euthanized

Seeing a homeless animal is heartbreaking for most. Day after day, the unwanted canine or feline is left ...

March 11, 2017

Lifestyles

Twenty-two debutantes take part in 45th annual ball

The 45th annual Les Soeurs Charmantes Social and Civic Club Debutante Ball was held Feb. 18. Twenty-two young ...

March 4, 2017

Columnists

What you need to know about the ancient but humble fig tree

No doubt one of the weirdest foreign born plants we grow around here is the fig tree. It’s ...

February 25, 2017

Columnists

Recalling rides from Fred Flintstone to Fats Domino

The quick transformation from buggies to Buicks and long walks to Learjets astonishes me. The cavemen traveled by ...

February 25, 2017

Columnists

Vicksburg experiences well represented at Smithsonian

Vicksburg has a strong, singular presence at the nation’s premier archives, The Smithsonian Institution, in Washington, D.C. It ...

February 25, 2017

Lifestyles

30 Sub Debs will participate in Saturday event at The Bluff

The Vicksburg Sub Debs will hold their annual ball Saturday night at The Bluff of Vicksburg. The organization, ...

January 21, 2017

Lifestyles

Dining out doesn’t have to ruin any of your resolutions

Local restaurateurs maintain that eating out does not have to equate to blowing one’s dieting goals. In fact, ...

January 7, 2017

Lifestyles

Enjoy the history behind the plant that has become synonomous with Christmas

Poinsettias are synonymous with the Christmas season and are by far the best selling of all Christmas plants. ...

December 24, 2016

Lifestyles

Abdur-Razzaaq, Lassiter marry

Miss Elyssa Morganette Lassiter of Vicksburg and Haneef Abdur-Razzaaq of Weatherford Texas were married at 5 p.m. June ...

December 17, 2016

Columnists

How are meat, poultry, chicken prices calculated?

The meat section at any grocery store can be a simple study of one phase of agriculture. Just ...

December 17, 2016

Columnists

Honoring ghosts of Christmas past

Each time I turn a lamp off, I think of the man who raised me. Daddy always promised ...

December 17, 2016

Columnists

Deer have quite the taste for garden plants, roses

In my lifetime, three native animal species in Mississippi and Louisiana have made a comeback from very few ...

December 3, 2016

Columnists

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas

If you need more proof that Christmas is here than the bright lights flickering from your neighbor’s windows ...

December 3, 2016

Lifestyles

Coulter, Carter plan March wedding

Dennis and Jennifer Coulter of Vicksburg announce the engagement of their daughter, Mackenzie Ann Coulter, to Justin Lane ...

December 3, 2016

Lifestyles

B&B Association readies homes for Christmas Pilgrimage

The holiday season seems to beckon one towards home. Whether it be physically loading up in the car ...

December 3, 2016

Lifestyles

Moisture in trees doesn’t vary much during year

This is the time of year our country ancestors claimed the “sap is falling” in trees as if ...

November 19, 2016