Vicksburg News

The best reason for reading David W. Beckwith's book about his year as a public school teacher in his native Mississippi is that he had no reason to write it.

The House and Senate reauthorized Medicaid to stay in business with the start of the year Wednesday, and both chambers passed a separate bill to fund the government health insurance program for the needy.

Fireworks won't be the only noisemakers Saturday. More than 700 bikers are expected to ride from Roosters Event Center in Delhi, La., to The Riverwalk Casino Hotel in Vicksburg on Saturday in a "poker run" to benefit cancer patient Karen Walker of Greenwood.

In preparation for the Miss Mississippi Pageant, the University of Southern Mississippi Student Government Association is sponsoring a trunk show for Miss University of Southern Mississippi, Maggie Evans.

At age 9, she dreamed of being an astronaut or a rabbi. Either job would have brought her closer to God, but Batsheva Appel chose the latter.

Father's Day was very special for a Vicksburg minister being honored by the state.

The president of the Mississippi State Medical Association disagrees with the governor's statement that delaying Medicaid reimbursements won't affect services.

Tickets are on sale now for next month's Miss Mississippi Pageant, organizers said.

Landscape changes are coming to the Vicksburg National Military Park to reveal the terrain features that helped make the river city a natural fortress during the Civil War.

MINDEN - The Sparta Ground Water Conservation District Commission meets at 3 p.m. Thursday in the Minden Civic Center.

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The Mississippi River has eased in the Vicksburg area, allowing federal officials to examine the acres of farmland submerged by flooding in May.

The Mississippi may in a few years be laced with giant underwater turbines using the force of the river's flow to generate power if Free Flow Power Corp, a Massachusetts-based hydropower developer, is allowed to install hydrokinetic turbines at as many as 55 sites along the Mississippi River.

VICKSBURG, Miss. - A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of a former Vicksburg police officer for taking bribes to protect what he thought were shipments of cocaine into the city.

Bunge-Ergon Vicksburg Inc. is seeking a tax exemption for about $3.6 million worth of ethanol shipped out of Mississippi.

OXFORD - After more than a decade of defining itself in relation to its charismatic leader, the University of Mississippi will soon be stepping into a new, unknown phase of its history - life after Robert Khayat.

The state Court of Appeals has thrown out part of a ruling by Warren County Circuit Court concerning a fired Vicksburg police officer.

It's all water over the dam - or under the bridge - now, but history shows that the U.S. Army's dominant research and development organization had an unlikely start: its own Corps of Engineers didn't want it and opposed its creation.

Harvey Johnson Jr. is Jackson's new mayor. Click here for election results. Johnson, a Democrat, had a substantial lead throughout the night Tuesday.

Democrat Paul Winfield defeated two-term incumbent Mayor Laurence Leyens in Vicksburg become the Mississippi River city's second black mayor.