Vicksburg News

The fall of Vicksburg, Miss., to forces under Gen. Ulysses S. Grant is remembered for the long, intensive siege that led up to it.

VNMP is hosting 3 outdoor concerts at the Clay Street Visitor Center, May 24, 25, & 26.

This week 150 years ago in the Civil War, Ulysses Grant hurled his Union forces at heavily fortified Vicksburg, Miss., in hopes of a swift conquest of the Mississippi River city.

Michael P. Miller, senior environmental protection specialist, Regulatory Branch, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District, was recently presented the Larry N. Harper Regulator of the Year Award for his outstanding service and support.

VICKSBURG - The Public Transportation Board is reviewing a proposal from the Vicksburg police department for penalizing companies offering vehicles for hire for violations of the local cab ordinance.

By late August, Vicksburg's downtown City Front will be without a floating casino for the first time since 1993 if the winning bidder at an auction April 25 for the former Grand Station Casino follows through on a bankruptcy court-ordered sale of the vessel.

Forecasters tell the Vicksburg Post the updated projection is based on rainfall amounts in areas near tributaries that feed the Lower Mississippi.

However, the battle's 150th anniversary on Tuesday was expected to pass mostly without commemoration in Jackson itself.

An unfinished 2012 audit of Warren County says Circuit Clerk Shelly Ashley-Palmertree owes the county more than previously thought and supervisors will ask for payback this week.

"I love what I do. I love serving the state of Mississippi," said Mike Chaney, Mississippi commissioner of insurance, recently when he visited Cleveland.

A former Sack and Save store in Columbus will be converted into a bowling alley.

On May 16, 1863, Union and Confederate forces clashed at the Battle of Champion Hill in Mississippi, dueling with artillery and rifle fire.

Louisiana officials have informally asked about video from security cameras at the old U.S. Highway 80 bridge where a barge struck the Mississippi River span on March 23, 2011.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District is accepting sealed bids from individuals or groups that are interested in leasing agricultural - grazing land in Yazoo County.

The mighty Mississippi River, already bobbing above flood stage at Natchez, Miss., will reach flood stage Sunday at Vicksburg, Miss.

Most Mississippi cities elect mayors this year, and party primaries Tuesday narrowed the fields of candidates.

The Mississippi River is again flooding about 8,500 acres of farmland in East Carroll Parish's Bunches Bend, which had a huge levee failure in 2011 that wiped out $10 million in crops.

"My mother was a praying woman, and there would be many times when I was growing up that I would be awakened early in the morning by her powerfully moving prayers." I am always honored when I get asked to write for Living Lutheran, however, in some sense, this assignment is probably one of the toughest because it involves looking back over a ... (more)

Whenever faced with impending leadership voids during the past 13 years, Vicksburg Warren School District has turned to one man for transitional guidance.

First-term Vicksburg Mayor Paul Winfield is challenged by Rep. George Flaggs, businesswoman Linda Fondren and three other Democrats.