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VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — Authorities say they are looking for two men who allegedly raped a 72-year-old woman and stole cash from her after kicking in the door of her home Saturday. The Vicksburg Post reports that the rape and robbery was reported about 6:35 a.m. Saturday. Vicksburg police Capt. Sandra Williams says at least one of […]
VICKSBURG, Mississippi (AP) — Two 19-year-olds and a 17-year-old have been arrested for allegedly shooting the windows of more than 50 vehicles in Warren County. WAPT-TV reports that vandals armed with BB and pellet guns shot out the windows early in the week. Investigators said that, after looking at surveillance video, they were able to match […]
By DAVID BRANDT VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — The day before the Super Bowl that would change Malcolm Butler’s life, he posted a picture of the Vicksburg city seal on his Facebook page, thanking family and friends for supporting him during his journey to football’s biggest stage.It was clear Butler loves his hometown. Now Vicksburg — a […]
The Associated Press Here are some news and notes around Mississippi this morning: — In Oxford, the Lafayette County Board of Supervisors has repealed a local ban on armed civilians in courthouses. Board Attorney David O’Donnell tells the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal (http://bit.ly/1wW5xFm ) the ordinance conflicted with two state laws and could have left supervisors […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Bill Marcy says he’s changing party labels, but not beliefs, to run as a Democrat for the U.S. Senate in Mississippi this year. The Vicksburg resident courted tea party voters when he ran as a Republican for the U.S. House in 2010 and 2012. Both times, he lost to Democratic incumbent […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Paul Winfield seemed like a man on the rise, a young attorney who unseated a two-term incumbent when he was elected in 2009 as mayor of Vicksburg, the site of a pivotal Civil War battle. The Democrat said the people wanted change, and he was the man to give it to […]
News Briefs From Across The State By Monica Land One survivor found clinging to boat Authorities are looking for two men missing after a boating accident on Long Lake near Vicksburg. The Post reports that divers and officials with the Warren County Sheriff’s Department and Vicksburg police and fire departments have been searching for the […]
WASHINGTON – (AP) William Henderson Foote was a black federal law enforcement official in America’s Deep South at a time of heightened racial tensions, tasked with collecting liquor tax revenue from wholesalers and retailers in post-Reconstruction Mississippi. He joined the military at the start of the Civil War and later was politically active, championing civil […]