Tim Reeves

The Vicksburg Police Department has identified the pedestrian killed Friday in a fatal hit-and-run on U.S. 61 South Friday morning. The victim, Tanya Hackler, 45, is a resident of Florence. The delay in naming the victim was tied to the department’s efforts in contacting her family. Also Saturday, the department named the suspect connected to […]

Crews with AT&T have arrived to fix lines knocked down at around midnight when high winds and heavy rains all but destroyed a power pole along Fisher Ferry Road near the entrance of Sports Force Parks on the Mississippi. The downed lines have blocked traffic along the busy thoroughfare near the brid…

Transportation Commissioner for the Central District Willie Simmons has asked city and county governments in the western portions of the state, particularly those in the Delta, to support a plan to expand a series of highways to create a much-needed corridor for commerce and development. Friday, the Board of Mayor and Aldermen backed the plan, […]

The Mississippi River Commission will hold a public meeting aboard the Motor Vessel Mississippi Wednesday from 1 to 4 p.m. at Vicksburg’s riverfront. As part of its annual high-water inspection trip, the MRC will hear ideas, concerns and testimonies from stakeholders, local partners and residents. To pre-register for the public meeting, complete the form located […]

Bill Ferris went to a Black church that wasn’t too far from his family’s home in rural Mississippi on the first Sunday of every month. He could hear the worship music coming across the open field. “It was very alluring,” Ferris said. “And then when I got to sit in the pews it was totally enveloping…

Multiple units with the Vicksburg Fire Department responded to a fully-involved house fire Friday afternoon on Grammar Street. The home, located on the narrow, dead-end portion of Grammar Street, had smoke and flames leaping from windows by the time units arrived. Some trucks were unable to make it…

The latest filing by mayoral candidate Shawn Jackson shows her campaign has $171 on hand as it enters the final week before the April 27 Democratic Party primary runoff against Troy Kimble. In the report filed Tuesday, Jackson detailed $5,900 in contributions in the latest filing but itemized just $900 of that amount. The itemized […]

The grass was a little greener along some of Vicksburg’s streets Thursday — not because gorgeous spring weather has allowed everything to bloom and grow, but because volunteers picked up hundreds of pounds of litter and trash from the roadways. As part of Community Cleanup Day, an event to mark Eart…

The third time was the charm for Miss Central Mississippi’s Outstanding Teen Tori Johnston. After being named second runner-up the first year she competed in the Miss Mississippi’s Outstanding Teen Competition and then first runner-up the next, Johnston’s “climb up the ladder” paid off. Sunday, the…

The Warren County Board of Supervisors on Monday said the county’s existing COVID-19 emergency orders will likely be allowed to expire May 3, ending a mask mandate that will have been in effect for 287 days. By allowing the order to expire, the county will no longer require masks to be worn within public buildings […]