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Work on power line causes brief outage
Power went out briefly in several areas of Vicksburg Wednesday while a contractor for Entergy was working to upgrade a power line. Entergy Customer Representative ...
January 22, 2021
John Surratt is a graduate of Louisiana State University with a degree in general studies. He has worked as an editor, reporter and photographer for newspapers in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. He has been a member of The Vicksburg Post staff since 2011 and covers city government. He and his wife attend St. Paul Catholic Church and he is a member of the Port City Kiwanis Club.
Power went out briefly in several areas of Vicksburg Wednesday while a contractor for Entergy was working to upgrade a power line. Entergy Customer Representative ... Read more
Mrs. Shirley Marie Dart passed away on Jan. 15, 2021, at Merit Health River Region. She was 71. Funeral Services will be 11 a.m. on ... Read more
We’re almost finished with the first month of the New Year and things are still strange, almost like 2020 is making one last gasp before ... Read more
A Tallulah, La., man was being held in the Warren County Jail Thursday in lieu of $25,000 bond after his arrest on a charge of ... Read more
A lifelong resident of Vicksburg, David E. Tyler went to be with Jesus, his Lord and Savior on Jan. 21, 2021, at the age of ... Read more
South Ward Alderman Alex Monsour has a second challenger. Vickie Bailey qualified Friday to run for South Ward Alderman, according to records at the city ... Read more
Charles Clifford Calhoun Jr., 79, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. He was born April 1, 1941, at the old Baptist Hospital in Jackson, the ... Read more
Senior citizens and the handicapped in Vicksburg will be able to use NRoute, the city’s public transportation system, at no charge to get vaccinated for ... Read more
Charles Curtis Trahan, 88, of Vicksburg passed away on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. He was born Feb. 23, 1932, in Lafayette Parish La., son of ... Read more
Mr. Tommy Lee “Buck” Caston passed Jan. 12, 2021, at Merit Health River Region. He was 80. Funeral Services will be 2 p.m. on Thursday, ... Read more
The Very Rev. Father John W. Morris (Warren B. Morris, Jr. in secular life) passed away suddenly on the evening of Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, ... Read more
Elvin Daniel “Danny” Key, 84, died on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, at Baptist Hospital in Jackson. Graveside services will be Saturday, Jan. 23, at 11 ... Read more
With the number of COVID-19 cases in Warren County exceeding 3,500 and the county’s death toll from the disease approaching 100, city and county officials ... Read more
Graveside services for Victoria Caldwell Thomas will be Saturday, Jan. 23 at 11 a.m. at Cedar Hill Cemetery under the direction of W. H. Jefferson ... Read more
Vicksburg police are looking for a teenager wanted in connection with a Thursday incident in which shots were fired at a car in the 2100 ... Read more
Vicksburg’s two incumbent aldermen qualified Thursday for re-election to their seats on the Board of Mayor and Aldermen. North Ward Alderman Michael Mayfield is seeking ... Read more
One of my favorite times of the year is being altered — or eliminated — this year because of COVID-19. With the exception of possibly ... Read more
When they get ready to design a new county jail, Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace is asking supervisors to avoid building a multi-story facility. “Any ... Read more
Concerns over COVID-19 are causing some local pastors to consider how to safely continue their church’s Ash Wednesday traditions. Ash Wednesday, which is Feb. 17, ... Read more
Warren County Judge Marcie Southerland would like to see a separately appointed prosecutor for the county’s Youth Court. Southerland in December signed a court order ... Read more
Alpha Phi Alpha’s 32nd annual Dr. Martin Luther King Scholarship Breakfast will be a virtual event Monday out of concern over COVID-19. The breakfast, sponsored ... Read more
A Vicksburg man on the Mississippi Department of Public Safety’s 10 most wanted list is back in jail. According to Warren County Sheriff’s Office reports, ... Read more
Despite receiving more than three inches of snow and two nights of well-below freezing temperatures, city and county officials reported few problems. Only a handful ... Read more
Once the funding becomes available for the Yazoo Backwater Pumps project, it would take about four years to complete the work, the commander of the ... Read more
The search for two duck hunters reported missing Dec. 3 continues as authorities scour the Mississippi River in hopes of finding the young men. “We ... Read more
The National Weather Service Office in Jackson has issued a winter weather warning with the possibility of snow and some sleet for Warren County and ... Read more
Warren County residents can expect 2 to 3 inches of snow starting Sunday night and into Monday, a National Weather Service meteorologist said Saturday. David ... Read more
A move Friday by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen clears the way for the creation and installation of “Welcome to Vicksburg” signs along Interstate ... Read more