Religion
<b>Billy Jack McDaniel, from left, daughter Carney and wife A’eta</b> (Submitted photo)
Burn survivor set to share story at Calvary Baptist Church Sunday
Billy Jack McDaniel would like to feel his daughter kiss him on the cheek — but he can’t. “I can feel the pressure,” but not the sensation, said the burn survivor. McDaniel, a native of the south...
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<b>Mattie Jones, 14, performs during a dress rehearsal for “The Christmas Post” at Hawkins United Methodist Church. Mattie is the daughter of Sonny and Teresa Jones.</b> (Eli Baylis)
'The Christmas Post'
Hawkins musical features cast in search of season’s reason
Hawkins United Methodist Church will present “The Christmas Post,” a musical set in the 1940s that features people in search of the meaning of Christmas. The theme, said church member and director...
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<b>The Farm Hands Quartet, from left, Jody Elmore, Daryl Mosley, Tim Graves and Devon Avery.</b>
Group with Opry ties set for church shows
The Farm Hands Quartet, a Nashville bluegrass gospel group, will perform in Vicksburg tonight and Sunday. The four-man group, two of whom are veterans of Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry, will be in con...
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FBC aims to help divorced survive holidays
Holidays are hectic and can be difficult under the best conditions, but for the newly separated or divorced, Thanksgiving and Christmas can be especially painful. DivorceCare, a Bible-based suppor...
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Operation Christmas Child
Laura Blackledge helps 10-year-old Armi Cole, the son of Tina and Brad Abernathy, sort items at First Baptist Church for Operation Christmas Child, a world missions project. Shoeboxes are filled wi...
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Jason Crabb, a country and gospel singer, speaks during a performance at Vicksburg Auditorium this week that drew about 570 people. Crabb won a Grammy in 2010 and 10 Dove Awards, gospel music’s top honor. He has been featured on “The Gaither Homecoming Series” videos, has sung on the Grand Ole Opry stage and is lead vocalist for The Crabb Family.
Singing the gospel

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Pastor of Word Church named bishop
by Manivanh Chanprasith
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A Vicksburg pastor has been promoted to a regional leadership position. Dr. Oscar L. Davis, 47, who lives in Natchez but is pastor of The Word Church of Vicksburg, has been named regional bishop b...
Singing the gospel
by Eli Baylis
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Pastor of Word Church named bishop
by Manivanh Chanprasith
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A Vicksburg pastor has been promoted to a regional leadership position. Dr. Oscar L. Davis, 47, who lives in Natchez but is pastor of The Word Church of Vicksburg, has been named regional bishop b...
On the go
Rayville man pastors at 7 churches in Vicksburg area
by Manivanh Chanprasith
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Dr. Michael R. Reed Sr. is a preacher on the go. One recent Sunday, he preached at Ebenezer M.B. Church on Grove Street. An hour later, he was at Second Union Baptist, 25 miles away in Utica. Ree...
Mount Carmel’s Harvest Ball to begin at City Auditorium Nov. 12
by Terri Cowart Frazier
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“Making a joyful noise unto the Lord” is the theme for the sixth annual Harvest Ball sponsored by Mount Carmel Ministries. “The event will be Christians getting together, rejoicing in Christ and...
A celebration at 60
Trinity to mark ‘60 years of sharing our faith’
by Manivanh Chanprasith
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Trinity Baptist Church is 60, and a celebration will run today and Sunday. “The celebration is a testimony of the work that we share with our community,” said the Rev. Ron Burch, pastor of Trinity...
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