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MARTIN: A productive field trip for Vicksburg leaders

In February, I joined Vicksburg community leaders for a leadership exchange in Hattiesburg. Mayor George Flaggs Jr., Aldermen ...

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GUIZERIX: Reeves, Legislature moving in right direction for Mississippi moms

I saw the news on Monday and Tuesday that Gov. Tate Reeves and the state House of Representatives ...

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FRAZIER: Moving from melancholy to happiness

Sometimes when writing, you can just come up dry and that is how I feel this week about ...

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SURRATT: Happy anniversary to me

This month, I celebrated an anniversary of sorts. In February of 1979 — 44 years ago — I ...

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GUIZERIX: What’s next for Yazoo Backwater Flood reporting

Last week’s Community Engagement sessions with the Department of the Army and Environmental Protection Agency left me with ...

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FRAZIER: Cold hands led to a warmed heart

It was cold on Friday. Just ask all the volunteers who were at the Vicksburg waterfront to greet ...

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GUIZERIX: Thank an Educator this week

It’s been a busy week already for our education community and we’re only halfway through. With the news ...

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FRAZIER: The clock is ticking for Vicksburg Living photo submissions

Being on time is not my strong suit. And it’s not that I intentionally like being late; no, ...

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SURRATT: Program to reduce juvenile violence will need help of whole community

Mayor George Flaggs Jr.’s decision to tackle juvenile violence in the city is a chilling example of how ...

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GUIZERIX: We must be proactive, not reactive, toward youth crime

A child was shot and killed two blocks from my home last week. Two Blocks. That’s too close ...

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FRAZIER: The unspeakable need not prevail over 31 voices

This week the headlines of The Vicksburg Post were covered with news of 13-year-old, Carleone Woodland, who was ...

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FROM THE VAULT: On a Roll for 80 years

By the Late Gordon Cotton | Originally published in The Vicksburg Post on Feb. 13, 2017 OAK RIDGE ...

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GUIZERIX: May the best man — or woman — win

It’s an exciting time to be in Warren County, with election season in full swing and so many ...

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FRAZIER: What’s in a (middle) name?

My baby girl is getting married, and I have been having fun working on the wedding list. (This ...

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GUIZERIX: The time my Momma caught Elvis

With the passing of Lisa Marie Presley last week, Elvis has been on my mind. Having grown up ...

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MARTIN: Voices and Votes and History and me

Since the beginning of December, I have written a series of articles that tie into the Voices and ...

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FRAZIER: The value of a qualified watchdog

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. How many of us have seen a statue of ...

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SURRATT: My favorite time of year is here

Unless you are super religious, it passed by unnoticed two weeks ago. Jan. 6; the feast of the ...

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GUIZERIX: A celebration of Mardi Gras in Vicksburg

Growing up near Mobile and frequenting New Orleans, it should come as no surprise that when I was ...

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FRAZIER: The hospitality of Vicksburg’s waterfront

Growing up in Vicksburg, I remember when my parents would load the family up in the car for ...

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SURRATT: Are you paraskevidekatriaphobic?

Do you suffer from paraskevidekatriaphobia? At some point in our lives, we’ve all heard the term “triskaidekaphobia,” which ...

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GUIZERIX: COVID’s come a-calling

After three years of successfully evading the coronavirus, I finally came down with it on Friday. At first, ...

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FRAZIER: New year, same technology woes, new outlook

I recently got a new phone and a new printer. Our home printer bit the dust a couple ...

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SURRATT: Our weather remains a mystery

It’s the thing that, according to the saying, everybody complains about but nobody does anything. Since the fall, ...

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GUIZERIX: On resolutions and knowing my limits

If the first three hours of 2023 are any indication, I’m in for a doozy of a year ...

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FRAZIER: Resolutions and the Daily Do-Over

This week, I reached out to many in our community asking for them to share their New Year’s ...

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SURRATT: Of the New Year and resolutions

Ah, here we are. Another year has almost gone, the bowl games hitting the airwaves as an indicator ...

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GUIZERIX: Heading into the new year and the midweek doldrums

What day is it? What planet am I on? Who am I? All these things ran through my ...

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