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JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – A Vicksburg man is facing several charges after loading ammunition in his gun while curbside at an airport in Boston, Massachusetts. According to Massachusetts State Police Lieutenant Paul Sullivan, 22-year-old Zachary Carden was arrested on Thursday, June 30 for taking his pistol out of a previously checked luggage bag and loading […]

Two vehicles crashed on Halls Ferry Road near its intersection with North Frontage Road Friday evening. At around 9 p.m., two vehicles traveling northbound on Halls Ferry Road made contact when a dark-colored Mustang reportedly merged into the right lane without enough room. The Mustang came to a stop in the grass in front of the Burger King and a white Chevy sedan spun out and hit a city pole.

EUDORA (KATV) — The City of Eudora is facing multiple challenges with their drinking water. It's an issue KATV first shared earlier this week about complaints from the residents that were discussed in a public meeting with city officials. Eudora mayor Tomeka Butler said their water problems continue to...

A suspect has been arrested after being wanted for the murder of a former Vicksburg woman. B.J. Brown, 32, has been charged with attempted first-degree murder after shooting a police officer in Erin, Tennessee during a traffic stop, as reported by WSMV of Nashville. Brown was apprehended by law enforcement...

Boston news station WCVB 5 reports that a Mississippi man who had just landed at Boston’s Logan International Airport for a trip to Maine was arrested Thursday afternoon after loading rounds into his pistol curbside, Massachusetts State Police said. According to Massachusetts state police, the man, identified as Zachary...

Preston Nailor’s name went on the plaque. The honor, he insists, belongs to everyone else. Nailor, the Vicksburg Warren School District athletics director, was honored earlier this year as the 2021 Class 4A/5A/6A Mississippi Athletic Administrators Athletic Director of the Year. The award honors an athletic administrator across a...

Martin’s at Midtown has been a part of the Vicksburg culinary scene since 2009 when it was opened by John and Lisa Martin. They had to adapt to changing circumstances during the COVID-19 pandemic, but they are still offering delicious, unique and often educational dishes to their customers. Thirteen...

A Mississippi man who had just landed at Boston's Logan International Airport for a trip to Maine was arrested Thursday afternoon after loading rounds into his pistol curbside, Massachusetts State Police said. According to state police, the man, identified as Zachary Carden, 22, of Vicksburg, was placed under arrest for...

Live music will begin at 8:00 pm at The Biscuit Company of Vicksburg, 610 Grove Street. For more information contact 601-429-0035.

“And I’m proud to be an American, where at least I know I’m free. And I won’t forget the men who died, who gave that right to me,” Lee Greenwood sang in his hit song. Using his woodworking skills, U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Reagan Fleming, of...

Two Vicksburg residents appeared before Judge Angela Carpenter in Vicksburg Municipal Court on Thursday and were given bond. At 4:12 p.m. on Tuesday, Vicksburg resident Carl Williams, 68, was stopped on Mission 66 near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Williams was found in possession of .56 grams of cocaine. Vicksburg...

The Fourth of July celebration of 1864 at Davis Bend, located in Warren County roughly 20 miles southwest of Vicksburg, was the first Independence Day celebration that the Black soldiers and the newly liberated Freedmen in that area had ever experienced as free men and women. Vicksburg – the prized...

It was just a green bottle floating above a barge. Over the past 33 years, currents had taken it 295 river miles through the Mississippi Delta. However, Billy Mitchell didn’t know that when he walked by it at first, before it caught his eye. For 30 minutes he worked...

About three weeks after it was delayed due to illness, the Friends of Vicksburg National Military Park and Campaign will dedicate the Lamar McMillin Civil War Library on Thursday, July 7, at a 5 p.m. ceremony at the Friends office, 2414 Grove St., formerly the Anshe Chesed Temple. A longtime...

For years, a colorful pink and yellow art installation in front of a home served as a popular roadside attraction on “Blues Highway” 61 outside of Vicksburg, Mississippi. The brightly painted former grocery store beckoned travelers from all over the globe who were captivated by the famed double-headed eagle and chimney-like stacks atop the structure. But over the past decade, the site has fallen into disrepair, and now a major restoration project is underway to save it.

VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) – Vicksburg police are investigating after a man was injured when shots were fired into a home. The incident happened early Wednesday morning at a home in the 100 block of Meadowbrook Drive. Officers said someone fired one shot into the home, striking the victim in his right leg. The victim was […]

Edward Jones Financial Advisor Wayne Pratt announced that a second financial advisor, Paige Pratt, has joined his office in Vicksburg. “Edward Jones prides itself on providing the best services possible to those investors who choose to do business with us,” Wayne said. “Paige will help provide the high level of service investors in Vicksburg have come to expect from us as well as extend our services to new investors.”