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- Miss. loses gaming jobs
Regulators say Mississippi casinos lost about 2,300 jobs in the first 11 months of 2008.
- Appeals Court upholds conviction in Vicksburg killing
The state Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of a Rolling Fork man in the 2005 armed robbery and killing of a Vicksburg contractor.
- Crop-duster's plane found; body not yet identified
A body has been recovered near the wreckage site of a private crop-dusting plane recovered Monday evening in Neshoba County after a three-day search.
- Body found in Neshoba County aircraft wreckage
Authorities are working to confirm the identify of a pilot whose body was found in the wreckage of a yellow-and-blue crop-duster in northeastern Neshoba County.
- Local Restaurants in Vicksburg, Mississippi
Are you the type of person that likes to eat in the same old chain restaurants? Experience the same old tastes? If you are, then this is not the article for you.
- Warren Co. confronting crystal meth use head-on
Jessica Wicker has lived on Poole Road for about four years. It's a pine tree-lined lane with ranch-style houses and mobile homes.
- Vicksburg's 412th Engineer Command back on home turf after duties in Iraq
Justin Green, an Army reservist with Vicksburg roots, returned from Iraq this week with high-level administrative experience, a craving for pizza and a plan to enhance the learning experiences of the ...
- Meth is a nightmare that won't go away
In common lore, cocaine in powder form is for celebrities and elites, in rock form it's for the inner-city poor while homemade crystal methamphetamine is the narcotic of choice for the pickup truck crowd.
- Two big projects should be on tap for county
With the approach of 2009, two big grant-funded projects should be on tap for local governments.
- Political realm touched by Vicksburg through the years
Thanks to Doug Arp who helped me with this research and suggested the story. Vicksburg and Warren County have had their share of men who were elected to national office, but few enjoyed fame beyond their ...
- High cost: Big money being spent in local drug fight
It can truthfully be said that the cost of drug abuse in terms of wrecked lives and misery cannot be calculated.
- Bridge work at Port of Vicksburg likely to create 2 1/2-year kink in traffic
Traffic in and out of the Port of Vicksburg is likely to be tied up for at least 2 1/2 years once construction begins on the bridge connecting E.W. Haining Road and North Washington Street next year, officials ...
- Grants helping Vicksburg airport
VICKSBURG, Miss. a ' Grants will allow the Vicksburg Municipal Airport to buy a 19-acre tract, clear it of trees and construct a federally approved fence.
- Rapist is back behind bars
Gov. Haley Barbour on Friday revoked a 90-day pass that allowed a convicted rapist to stay temporarily at his parents' home in Louisiana.
- Christmas goodies headed to 1,500 kids
Minutes before Salvation Army volunteers began distributing gifts through their Angel Tree program Thursday morning, Capt.
- Marine startles officials with Miss. River swim
A U.S. Marine startled Vicksburg officials when he went for a winter swim in the Mississippi River.
- Guardian Angels come to Vicksburg
Perhaps most widely known for their red berets and street patrols through tough neighborhoods, the Guardian Angels are known less for the children's and teens' programs that Tony McElroy would like to establish ...
- City roadblocks yield 22 arrests, 30 citations
Vicksburg Police made 22 arrests and issued 30 citations at roadblocks set up in the city during the opening weekend of the Over The Limit, Under Arrest campaign, said Sgt.
- HPD arrests suspect in bank robbery
A Louisiana man arrested by Hattiesburg Police is a suspect in a bank robbery in Vicksburg on Thursday and is being questioned in another robbery that occurred Wednesday in Hattiesburg.
Vicksburg Classifieds
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City DescriptionVicksburg is a city in Warren County, Mississippi, United States. It is located 234 miles (377 km) north by west of New Orleans on the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers, and 40 miles (65 km) due west of Jackson, the state capital. In 1900, 14,834 people lived in Vicksburg; in 1910, 20,814; in 1920, 17,931; and in 1940, 24,460. The population was 26,407 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Warren County.
Vicksburg is the principal city of the Vicksburg Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Warren County.
The area was first settled by the French, who built Fort-Saint-Pierre in 1719 on the high bluffs overlooking the Yazoo River at present-day Redwood. Native Americans, however, wiped out the settlement 10 years later. A military outpost established on the site by the Spaniards in 1790 was known as Nogales, but it changed to Walnut Hills (Nogales is Spanish for walnut trees) when the Americans took possession in March of 1798.
A sprawling community developed which officially incorporated in 1825 as Vicksburg, named after Newitt Vick, a Methodist minister and conscientious objector of the Revolution. During the American Civil War, it was site of the Siege of ... Read MoreCity Contained By:City Contains:- Vicksburg National Military Park
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