Editorials
Another plea to slow down, pay attention
The intersection of Halls Ferry Road and North Frontage is one of the most traveled in Vicksburg. The traffic light works on a small delay — when the Halls Ferry side turns red, it is a second or t...
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Is mayor fully committed to city or self?
Paul Winfield is an opportunistic businessman. After being elected mayor of Vicksburg in 2009 — which came with an $81,000 salary — Winfield said he would continue to be attorney for the City of Po...
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New Year
A hearty farewell to 2011
Good bye — or should we say good riddance — to 2011. Welcome, 2012. We have waited 365 long days and nights for your arrival. The start of the New Year brings with it the hopes and dreams of an er...
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A thank-you to an anonymous tipster
We would love to thank the tipster who helped police nab two suspects in the brutal, senseless rape of a Drummond Street woman, but we cannot. That is the beauty of the Crimestoppers program — anon...
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Get the job done, legislators
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In a few short days new and veteran lawmakers of the Great State of Mississippi will head to the Capitol with a new governor, lieutenant governor and, most obviously, a different political party in...
Elections
Too many questions remain unanswered
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To Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann: Whenever questions persist on the validity of an election more than a month after Election Day, it needs your attention. In Warren County, tax collector ca...
Action Line a jewel for the city
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Vicksburg has had many nicknames. It once was referred to as the “Red Carpet City of the South” — rolling out the red carpet treatment to not only visitors but those who call Vicksburg home. Slogan...
Veteran clerks will be missed
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Like any quality public servant, Dot McGee deflected praise from herself during a retirement party for her as Warren County Chancery Clerk. McGee, who gave all the credit for her success in the pas...
Money
United Way teaching valuable lessons
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A nationally syndicated radio host gives listeners tips on how to get out of debt and stay debt free: “You have to live like no one else so that one day you can live like no one else.” The program...
Wild off-season on tap for state football teams
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College football remains strong on the brain for fans of Mississippi’s football-playing schools. Mississippi loves winners, especially those on the football field. Two of the three big schools are ...
National News
Romney looks to squelch Santorum's late rise (AP)

Republican presidential candidate former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks at The Cable Center in Denver, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP - Mitt Romney hopes his presidential campaign hasn't ignored Rick Santorum's aggressive attacks for too long, as caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota on Tuesday could reshuffle the race for the Republican presidential nomination.


Tue Feb 07 01:25:51 UTC 2012
Russian FM due in Syria amid escalating violence (AP)

A member of the Free Syrian Army stands guard as anti-Syrian regime protesters hold a demonstration in Idlib, Syria, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. The U.S. closed its Syrian embassy Monday and Britain recalled its ambassador to Damascus in a dramatic escalation of Western pressure on President Bashar Assad to give up power, just days after diplomatic efforts at the United Nations to end the crisis collapsed. (AP Photo)AP - Russia's foreign minister is due in Damascus for talks with embattled President Bashar Assad, a day after the U.S. closed its embassy and Britain recalled its ambassador from Syria.


Tue Feb 07 01:57:37 UTC 2012
Autopsies: Powell boys suffered 'chop injuries' (AP)

In this Aug. 19, 2011 photo, Josh Powell plays with his son Braden in a park near his home, in Puyallup, Wash. Powell had long been a person of interest in his wife’s disappearance from their home in West Valley City, Utah, two years ago. When Powell's two sons arrived Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, for a court-ordered, supervised child custody visit with their father, Powell barred a social worker from entering and then torched the house. All three died. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Rick Egan) DESERET NEWS OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; MAGS OUT; MANDATORY CREDITAP - Josh Powell's boys were coming for a visit, and he had preparations to make.


Tue Feb 07 01:38:19 UTC 2012
Staff to be removed during probe at LA school (AP)

Yolanda Sanchez talks about what she describes as documented child abuse of her son, outside the Miramonte Elementary school in Los Angeles, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. About three dozen parents and supporters staged a protest at the Los Angeles-area school rocked by allegations of lewd conduct crimes by two teachers against children. They demanded greater communication with education officials and the placement of cameras in classrooms and hallways at Miramonte Elementary School. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - The entire staff at an elementary school where two teachers were arrested on suspicion of lewd conduct will be removed while the school district investigates, the Los Angeles school superintendent said Monday night.


Mon Feb 06 23:36:08 UTC 2012
Obama to seek more Alzheimer's research money (AP)
AP - The Obama administration wants to spend just over half a billion dollars on Alzheimer's research next year, hoping to battle back against what could become the defining disease of the aging baby-boom generation.
Tue Feb 07 01:03:11 UTC 2012