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Veterinary camp set for Mississippi State University
Mississippi State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine is planning to hold camp programs for students interested in animals and veterinary. Camp sessions are scheduled to run from 9 a.m. to...
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<B>The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra</b>
Mississippi symphony to perform for local students
More than 2,000 first-through third-graders from Vicksburg Warren School District will hear a live orchestra Monday as part of the 13th annual Day at the Symphony. Maestro Crafton Beck, musical di...
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<b>Gloria Dornbusch, co-chair of the Women of St. George group, prepares to bake the desserts.</b>
52nd annual Lebanese Dinner
The dinner is scheduled for Monday at the St. George Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church, 2709 Washington St. Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m., and dinner from 5 until 7 p.m. Tickets...
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<B>Mama Murph’s Famous Wings</b>
Super Bowl XLVI Sunday, 5:29 p.m. NBC
New England Patriots vs. New York Giants

A chicken wing worth waiting for
My mother is a huge Buffalo Bills fan. During the late 1980s and early 90s, the Bills were as good as they came, as far as NFL teams are concerned. She began making this version of the “Buffalo Win...
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<b>Fisher Ferry Volunteer Firefighter Josh Davies was honored as EMS First Responder of the Year for 2011 in Warren County.</b>
County departments honor top firefighters, EMS workers
First-responder Josh Davies takes top honor
Volunteer firefighters are a special breed of public servant, willing to drop what they are doing at any time of day or night, cold weather or hot, to help others for no monetary reward — except fr...
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<b>Lillie Lovette, a native of D’Lo and a world traveler, sits inside the Old Court House Museum on Tuesday.</b>
Lillie Lovette
A traveler whose favorite destination is home
EDWARDS — She has visited all seven continents and has sailed on all the oceans except the Arctic, has seen six of the seven Wonders of the World, but Lillie Lovette’s favorite place is called, “Ho...
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Robert E. Lee
A Man of Honor
In War and Peace
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He was one of President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s personal heroes; he always kept a portrait of him in his office. Gen. Robert E. Lee remains an American idol, revered not only in this country but by ...
Fredrick Slater is a cut above
Paper, scissors are his keys to creativity
by Gordon Cotton
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Don’t be fooled by Fredrick Slater’s walker or wheelchair, or that he’ll be 77 in March. He’s really a cut-up, but not in the manner one might think. He makes paper sculptures. All that is needed i...
This and that
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Mardi Gras parade set to roll Feb. 18 The 11th annual Vicksburg Mardi Gras Parade will roll along Washington Street at 4 p.m. Feb. 18. The fee is $25 for nonprofit and civic groups and $50 for ...
2011 Year in Review
Historic flood is local newsmaker
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The Mississippi River took center stage in 2011, flooding in Vicksburg and Warren County not once but twice in the spring. Initial forecasts of a second dramatic rise in the river came just weeks ...
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MLK Jr. events set in Vicksburg The eighth annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade will roll along Washington Street Jan. 14. The parade will begin at 2 p.m., and this year’s theme will be The...
'Jingle Bells'
’Tis the season to sing James Pierpont’s ‘very merry’ ditty
by Gordon Cotton
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This appropriately timed column is being reprinted. • Wrapping himself snugly in warm winter wear, James Pierpont tucked the sheets of hand-written musical scores under his arm and trudged a mile...
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