Vicksburg News

This week folklorist William Ferris returns to Mississippi to promote his new book, Give My Heart Ease: Voices of the Mississippi Blues.

VICKSBURG a ' After sitting gutted and empty for years, an historic, pioneering department store is getting new life as a luxury corporate apartment building.

Gaming equipment maker Bally Technologies Inc. posted fiscal 2010 first-quarter results yesterday after the closing bell.

An urgent need for radio and other communications that work everywhere in the county, without ''dead zones,'' is the top need for Warren County law enforcement, a county grand jury reports.

Zach Booth of Vicksburg was 13 years old and had never seriously pondered his sexual orientation.

Roadside bombs are claiming the lives of a growing number of Americans in Afghanistan.

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Interview Project, a series of interviews with ordinary Americans conducted by David Lynch's son Austin and fellow film-maker Jason S, is an addictive experience that plays to the internet's strengths Think poignant folksiness rather than lucid nightmare ... David Lynch and a cow.

VICKSBURG, Miss. - In the prefab home that's been serving as the Vicksburg Municipal Airport terminal for the past year, space is at a premium.

The state Court of Appeals has upheld the murder conviction of David Welch, who was sentence to life in prison in 2007 in Warren County for the shooting death of Cetric Ladell Griffin.

The year after theSeptember 2008 national economic meltdown took a big bite out of gambling revenue for Mississippi's state-licensed casinos.

The four-lane Interstate 20 bridge over the Mississippi River was closed to vehicular traffic early Thursday as a precaution after barges broke loose on the river.

A leading Democrat on the Mississippi budget committee says the state can't afford to keep all 152 school districts and eight public universities.

Q: Dear Jack, is there a doll restoration business in this area? I have a Shirley Temple doll that needs some work.

Alcorn State University officials say the school will soon offer education degrees at its campuses in Natchez and Vicksburg.

Vicksburg Police Chief Walter Armstrong says his department has no statistical data on how 24-hour alcohol sales affect crime rates, but added he would not expect crime to increase if the city lifts restrictions on alcohol sales enacted in 2008.

Editor's note: The 168th Engineer Brigade is headquartered in Vicksburg and is comprised of citizen soldiers throughout Mississippi.

Three Warren County Justice Court judge candidates will address community concerns about domestic abuse during a domestic violence forum, starting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in Vicksburg.

Vicksburg residents are being challenged to lose 17,000 pounds in 17 weeks and a kick-off event is set for 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Vicksburg Convention Center.

THE TEDDY BEAR and the South Delta go hand in hand. As evidence of that, Rolling Fork will be the site of a national celebration - the eighth annual Great Delta Bear Affair.