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Winners of final preliminary round night of Miss Mississippi 2024
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WLBT) - Friday night was the final night of the preliminary rounds of Miss Mississippi 2024 at the Vicksburg Convention Center. Miss Capital City Becky Williams won the Evening Wear competition. This is her second preliminary win after taking home a win in Talent Thursday night. In talent...
‘We can’t get anything done’: Mississippi farmers battling yet another climate crisis
HINDS/WARREN CO., Miss. (WLBT) - Another wave of weather has Mississippi farmers once again battling to keep their crops alive. Last year, farmers were hit hard by a severe drought, which 3 On Your Side reported multiple times. This year, the problem is too much rain, which is oversaturating farmland...
City of Vicksburg announces memorial for fallen firefighters
The Vicksburg Board of Mayor and Aldermen have announced the unveiling of a memorial to honor the memory of three Vicksburg firefighters who lost their lives in two separate traffic accidents. Vicksburg Mayor George Flaggs Jr. said the Vicksburg Fire Department will commemorate the lives and service of Lt. Drue A. Randolph, who also served […]
Third time is the charm: Miss Capital City Becky Williams crowned Miss Mississippi
Miss Capital City Becky Williams was crowned Miss Mississippi Saturday at the Vicksburg Convention Center following the final night of competition. “I’ve dreamed of being Miss Mississippi since I was six years old,” Williams said after winning the title. This year the Miss Mississippi Competition had 39 contestants vying for the title of Miss Mississippi. This […]
Miss Mississippi Pageant begins
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The Miss Mississippi Pageant is underway in Vicksburg. WLBT got to meet some of the delegates. Want more WLBT news in your inbox? Click here to subscribe to our newsletter. See a spelling or grammar error in our story? Please click here to report it and...
Williams, Randolph and Belk named Miss Mississippi preliminary winners for night 2 of competition
The second round of the Miss Mississippi preliminary competitions ended Thursday night at the Vicksburg Convention Center with Miss Capital City Becky Williams winning in the talent phase of the competition and two contestants, Miss Heart of the South Sarah Randolph and Miss Lafayette County Madison Belk, tying for the evening gown phase. Wearing a strapless teal […]
Two arrested in connection with homicide on Locust Street in Vicksburg
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WLBT) - Two men have been arrested in connection with a shooting that resulted in the death of a 45-year-old in Vicksburg. On May 28, the Vicksburg Police Department began investigating after Shandrick Montgomery, 45, was found dead with a gunshot wound to the chest on Locust Street.
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