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Repairs to Arkabutla Lake continue a year after dam damage
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - On May 6th of 2023, The Arkabutla Dam became a major story across North Mississippi. The U.S. Army Corp Of Engineers discovered damage to the dam. This resulted in a response by multiple teams from the Vicksburg District. They began to lower the water level t decrease the stress on the dam while also decreasing the potential of a dam failure. The lake water has been low now for the last fourteen months.
‘She guided me’: Flaggs honors late educator with proclamation
The Vicksburg Board of Mayor and Aldermen during its regular meeting Thursday honored the life of a late Warren County educator with a proclamation declaring July 27th Dorothy Mae Owens Pickett Day.. Pickett, a well-known teacher who served the Vicksburg Warren School District for 36 years, passed away this week and will be laid to […]
BOMA encourages locals to support weekend catfish tourney
The Bill Dance Mississippi River Monsters Megabucks Pro Series Catfish Tournament has returned to the River City for its second year and during its regular meeting Thursday, the Vicksburg Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BOMA) encouraged locals to support this weekend’s activities. Vicksburg Ward 2 Alderman Alex Monsour said the second installment of the tournament, […]
Dana Road Elementary named one of six SOR schools by Mississippi Department of Education
Dana Road Elementary is one of six state schools designated as Mississippi Emerging Science of Reading Schools (SOR) by the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) for the 2024-25 school year. The Emerging SOR designation is for schools that have trained teachers in the science of reading, exemplified a change of instructional practices and embodied a school […]
Vicksburg hosts Yazoo Backwater Study meetings
The latest information concerning the Yazoo Backwater Study and the decades-long quest to solve flooding problems in the Yazoo Backwater Area took place Tuesday in Vicksburg. Following three meetings held Monday in Rolling Fork, an additional trio of public town hall-style meetings took place Tuesday at the Ardis T. Williams Auditorium, with officials from the […]
Warren County public records: July 15 to July 22
Records were recorded from the Warren County Courthouse from the period of July 15 to July 22. Warranty Deeds: *Anita W. Houston to Brittany J. Banks, N/2 of Lot 11, Block 1, Springfield Proper Subdivision, Resurvey. *Dustin Michael Blount and Amber Marie Blount to Marguerite Lowery, Part of Section 5, Township 15 North, Range 5 […]
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