The American Cancer Society and Riverwalk Casino Hotel collected and strung 5,988 bras during the second annual Bras for Breast Cancer campaign, which ended with a dedication ceremony on the Old U.S. 80 bridge Thursday morning. Full Story »
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Mary Barnes, left, and daughter Delores Barnes stand outside their new business ,Reflections Reception Hall and Salon, at 1805 Washington St. The hall is available to rent for birthday parties, baby showers, business meetings and other occasions. Salon spaces also are available for rent. Full Story »
JACKSON (AP) — A post-conviction petition from death row inmate Thomas E. Loden Jr. is one of dozens of appeals the Mississippi Supreme Court will hear during its November-December term. Full Story »
A Warren County Jail inmate is being sought after escaping from the jail Saturday evening. Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace said his office is looking for jail trusty Eugene Lewis Jr., 22, 1900 Baldwin Ferry Road, who had been arrested in March for credit card fraud and residential burglary. Full Story »
Warren County led Mississippi’s second controlled alligator hunt on private land with 24 of the 59 harvested, including the largest gator of the season — a 12-foot, 9-inch gator hauled in by a Bossier City native. Full Story »
Shaken by last month’s news of cuts in Jackson Public School District, some Vicksburg parents are stepping up efforts to keep the Vicksburg Warren School District’s violin program from meeting the same fate. Full Story »
A person of interest during the 17 months since a retired Vicksburg “pioneer in law enforcement” was found shot to death was headed to his initial court hearing this morning to formally be charged with capital murder. Full Story »
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• Experience/qualifications: Enforcement trooper with the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol since 1984, had been in an administrative role with MHP from 1994 until retirement June 30; master’s degree from Alcorn State; FBI National Academy grad. Full Story »
An ideal weather week followed a stormy one with 1.98 inch of rain recorded on the first day of the period before skies cleared. No additional rain was recorded as highs ranged from 66 degrees to 77 and lows ranged from 43 degrees to 50. Full Story »
Two Vicksburg men dubbed the smash-and-grab burglars who were being sought for a string of business burglaries on U.S. 61 North and South in the spring are in custody. Full Story »
The 100th anniversary of the Mississippi monument at the Vicksburg National Military Park will be observed Thursday morning with a wreath-laying ceremony. Full Story »
Good afternoon, everybody. I just want to say a few words about the landmark vote that the House of Representatives is poised to take today — a vote that can bring us one step closer to making real the promise of quality, affordable health care for the American people. Full Story »
• Tuesday, 6 p.m. - Vicksburg Intermediate School fifth- and sixth-graders will be singing for veterans. • Wednesday, 8 a.m. - Breakfast for veterans at Warren Central High School. Full Story »
Noted for supplying specialists to military actions in World War II and Vietnam, the 579th Engineer Detachment has found its way to Vicksburg and is growing gradually in its new home. Full Story »
In the 1960s and 1970s, Vicksburg native Bill Ferris was doing something taboo for a white man in post-Jim Crow Mississippi. Full Story »
Two separate one-car wrecks on Oak Ridge Road Saturday morning sent five people to the hospital. Rachael Redditt, 28, 102-B Greyline Drive, was treated and released Saturday from River Region Medical Center, hospital spokesman Diane Gawronski said. Full Story »
Eleven convictions for driving under the influence were recorded in Warren County in the week ending Tuesday. • Joseph Nelson Brown, 52, 1529 South St., who was fined $694. Full Story »
Two Vicksburg garden clubs received some of the top awards given at the fall River Road District meeting in Stoneville. Morning Gardeners club won third place Outstanding Garden Club and Honor Roll distinction. Full Story »
Vicksburg residents will join a statewide effort to promote a healthy lifestyle. The second annual Let’s Go Walkin’ Down Main Street will be a week from today downtown. Full Story »
The Vicksburg Chamber Choir’s 26th annual fall concert will be presented in two parts this year. In addition to the group’s annual Christmas concert, a performance is set for Tuesday evening at the Old Court House Museum. Full Story »
“Aunt Pattie planted these flowers,” Josephine Alexander said as she gave a freshly picked bouquet, still wet with the morning dew, to Anne Newell some years ago. Full Story »
Dornisha Erves, 17, the daughter of Donald and Dorothy Erves, is crowned Warren Central’s 2009 homecoming queen by Principal Rodney Smith Friday during halftime of the Vikings’ game against the Grenada Chargers. Dornisha’s escort is Ronnie Washington, 17, the son of Ronnie and Sharron Washington. Full Story »
Old friends and former classmates gathered at the All Saints’ Episcopal School and All Saints’ College campus for their first all-class reunion since the school closed in 2006. Full Story »
A morning moonset peeks through the autumn foliage near Bradfordton, Ill. AP Photo/Seth Perlman
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