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Week in Vicksburg
The week of counting blessings featured seasonal weather. Highs most days were in the 60s. Lows covered a far wider range, differing from 24 degrees one night to 59 on another. Very slight rainfall was recorded on two days before a daylong deluge arrived on Friday, the day after Thanksgiving.
The Mississippi River varied little during the week, starting at a reading of 7.8 feet on the Vicksburg gauge and ending at 7.7 feet. The forecast was a for a reading of 6.8 feet today.
Cinema returned to Vicksburg as Wilcox Theatres opened an upgraded and remodeled four-plex at Pemberton Square. The previous tenant had closed in December of 2006, leaving local movie fans with no place to go for nearly two years.
Riverside Construction, hired to build a new dock at the Port of Vicksburg for $3.4 million, filed suit against Warren County seeking to recover contract penalties imposed after the company did not meet a December 2007 deadline for completion of the project.
Porters Chapel’s Eagles were the last local team standing in football playoffs and saw their season end in a 30-7 loss to Glenbook in Minden, La.
Piper Booth, 15, Morgan Teller, 14, and Audrey Pope, 16, were part of a dance ensemble performing in Herald Square and marching in the 82nd annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York.
Warren Country Extension Service Agent John Coccaro was honored with state and national communications awards. He has a newspaper column and radio show.
Owners of the Sweet Olive river tour boat said a limited number of grant-sponsored river trips remain available. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality funded 45 of the 90-minute outings and lectures on pollution and the environment.
Barbara Luke, a deputy city clerk for the City of Vicksburg, retired after 35 years at City Hall.
Diana Hughes of Port Gibson was the overall winner of a $200 cash prize in The Vicksburg Post’s annual football contest.
Although gasoline prices have fallen sharply in recent weeks, the same is not true for utilities. Entergy has announced a rate reduction, but not for any electricity metered until after Jan. 1. The same amount of natural gas a City of Vicksburg customer bought for $165 in 2007 will cost $197 this year.
Mayor Laurence Leyens said the city will forgo an offer for free traffic control cameras until the technology is shown to result in improved safety. Leyens was initially enthusiastic about the idea, but said public reaction had brought on a “wait and see” approach.
A total of 15 companies bid on a city project to grade and prepare 50 of the 200 acres Vicksburg bought on Fisher Ferry road for ball fields.
River Region Health System said a lack of a satisfactory response means it will no longer accept non-emergency Medicaid patients from Louisiana for hospitalization. River Region says Louisiana pays the Vicksburg facility at a lower rate than it pays Louisiana hospitals for the same services.
Backers of the Steele Bayou Pumping Station were encouraged by correspondence indicating Congress was informed about the Army Corps of Engineers’ plan. In vetoing the latest design, the Environmental Protection Agency had relied on the belief the project was not congressionally authorized, meaning they had jurisdiction.
In his senior year at Southern Illinois University, former Warren Central standout Larry Warner has scored 13 touchdowns and been a rushing and receiving leader for the Salukis.
House fires near Thompson Lake and on High Street were reported within 30 minutes of each other, one of the blazes following a reported explosion.
Deaths during the week included Solomon Rafael Lynwood Kennedy, Patricia Ann Flowers Eubanks, Wibur Smith, Georgia Lee Baxter, Robert E. Duncan and George Ward Jr.
The Mississippi River varied little during the week, starting at a reading of 7.8 feet on the Vicksburg gauge and ending at 7.7 feet. The forecast was a for a reading of 6.8 feet today.
Cinema returned to Vicksburg as Wilcox Theatres opened an upgraded and remodeled four-plex at Pemberton Square. The previous tenant had closed in December of 2006, leaving local movie fans with no place to go for nearly two years.
Riverside Construction, hired to build a new dock at the Port of Vicksburg for $3.4 million, filed suit against Warren County seeking to recover contract penalties imposed after the company did not meet a December 2007 deadline for completion of the project.
Porters Chapel’s Eagles were the last local team standing in football playoffs and saw their season end in a 30-7 loss to Glenbook in Minden, La.
Piper Booth, 15, Morgan Teller, 14, and Audrey Pope, 16, were part of a dance ensemble performing in Herald Square and marching in the 82nd annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York.
Warren Country Extension Service Agent John Coccaro was honored with state and national communications awards. He has a newspaper column and radio show.
Owners of the Sweet Olive river tour boat said a limited number of grant-sponsored river trips remain available. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality funded 45 of the 90-minute outings and lectures on pollution and the environment.
Barbara Luke, a deputy city clerk for the City of Vicksburg, retired after 35 years at City Hall.
Diana Hughes of Port Gibson was the overall winner of a $200 cash prize in The Vicksburg Post’s annual football contest.
Although gasoline prices have fallen sharply in recent weeks, the same is not true for utilities. Entergy has announced a rate reduction, but not for any electricity metered until after Jan. 1. The same amount of natural gas a City of Vicksburg customer bought for $165 in 2007 will cost $197 this year.
Mayor Laurence Leyens said the city will forgo an offer for free traffic control cameras until the technology is shown to result in improved safety. Leyens was initially enthusiastic about the idea, but said public reaction had brought on a “wait and see” approach.
A total of 15 companies bid on a city project to grade and prepare 50 of the 200 acres Vicksburg bought on Fisher Ferry road for ball fields.
River Region Health System said a lack of a satisfactory response means it will no longer accept non-emergency Medicaid patients from Louisiana for hospitalization. River Region says Louisiana pays the Vicksburg facility at a lower rate than it pays Louisiana hospitals for the same services.
Backers of the Steele Bayou Pumping Station were encouraged by correspondence indicating Congress was informed about the Army Corps of Engineers’ plan. In vetoing the latest design, the Environmental Protection Agency had relied on the belief the project was not congressionally authorized, meaning they had jurisdiction.
In his senior year at Southern Illinois University, former Warren Central standout Larry Warner has scored 13 touchdowns and been a rushing and receiving leader for the Salukis.
House fires near Thompson Lake and on High Street were reported within 30 minutes of each other, one of the blazes following a reported explosion.
Deaths during the week included Solomon Rafael Lynwood Kennedy, Patricia Ann Flowers Eubanks, Wibur Smith, Georgia Lee Baxter, Robert E. Duncan and George Ward Jr.
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