Vicksburg News

After more than three years and $8.6 million, a main corridor between downtown Vicksburg and Interstate 20 is about to reopen.

Jonathon Wheaton of Vicksburg and Eddie Cousin of Pulaski listen to Don Sloan with Bowhead Science and Technology during a Veterans Job and Education Fair at the G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery VA Medical Center earlier this month.

A Mississippi levee board asked a federal appeals court Thursday to revive a $220 million Yazoo River flood control project the Environmental Protection Agency vetoed in 2008 over concerns it would harm wetlands and wildlife.

A second arrest has been made in the beating of a 62-year-old Vicksburg welder at a Jackson scrap... • What: Mississippi Symphony Orchestra Pops II: Your Song: The Music of Elton John • When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday • Where: Thalia Mara Hall, 255 E. Pascagoula St., Jackson • Cost: $15 and up, $5 for children 4-18 with paying ... (more)

Three sedans and three pick-up trucks were seized during a bust of an auto theft ring in Jeff Davis County Thursday.

A second arrest has been made in the beating of a 62-year-old Vicksburg welder at a Jackson scrap... •What: Dixie National Rodeo •When: Through Feb.

A second arrest has been made in the beating of a 62-year-old Vicksburg welder at a Jackson scrap... Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol officers do an accident reconstruction Tuesday at the intersection of Grants Ferry Road and Lakeland Drive in Flowood.

A second arrest has been made in the beating of a 62-year-old Vicksburg welder at a Jackson scrap... The Mississippi Senate expects to vote Wednesday on merging the three school districts in Sunflower County into a single district with a new board and an appointed superintendent.

When talking economic development, District 37 Sen. Melanie Sojourner said southern Mississippi has been compared by the governor to a bunch of crabs in a trap - "when one county would get ready, the neighboring counties would jerk them down." Sojourner asked the Adams County Board of Supervisors to pass a resolution saying they would work with ... (more)

Mississippi is one of nine states in the New Madrid Seismic Zone that will participate in a coordinated earthquake drill on the 200th anniversary of the most devastating quake to strike the heartland of the U.S. The Great New Madrid Earthquake happened on February 7, 1812.

A second arrest has been made in the beating of a 62-year-old Vicksburg welder at a Jackson scrap... The Sun Herald reported that the Club Gulf Coast Card was unveiled Wednesday by the Mississippi Gulf Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau.

A second arrest has been made in the beating of a 62-year-old Vicksburg welder at a Jackson scrap... There are 60 new Mississippi school superintendents, including 8 districts with interim leaders.

The Mississippi Department of Transportation is awaiting a study on Bayou Pierre as part of its preliminary study of four-laning U.S. 61 through Port Gibson.

Susan Gould fiancee of robbery and assault victim Fred Jackson, along with Jackson's daughter, Sheila Hedrick , and CrimeStoppers regional director Marti Morgan, show an image of Jackson lying in a coma after he was severely beaten Sunday in Jackson.

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A $13,500 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the severe beating of a Vicksburg man on Sunday while he was working in Jackson.

Clinton sculptor Sam Gore is among three Mississippi artists chosen for lifetime achievement awards from the Jackson-based Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters.

VICKSBURG, Ms., - The former chief of staff for Vicksburg Mayor Paul Winfield has sued him for sexual harassment.

Air Force Global Strike Command's new chief master sergeants and chief selects learned leadership lessons from senior NCOs of the past during the AFGSC Chief orientation Jan.

A pack of unwelcome swine are going wild at the site of one of the pivotal battles of the Civil War, after seeking higher ground from the flooded Mississippi River last year.