Highs in the 90s early in the week gave way to the lower 80s as the monsoon-like remnants of Hurricane Gustav seemed to squat in the Vicksburg area. Lows were mostly in the lower 70s.

Totaled, rainfall measured during the storm’s stay was 10.75 inches.

The Mississippi River fell a bit over a half-foot daily on the Vicksburg gauge before reversing and starting to rise. The reading was 12.9 feet at the beginning of the period, 14 feet at the end and a reading of 15 feet was expected today.

A season-opening victory was claimed by Warren Central in the Red Carpet Bowl when the Vikings defeated Clarksdale 21-12. Vicksburg was not so fortunate in the second game of the classic as South Panola, the 2007 state champions, racked up a 27-6 win. In other games, St. Aloysius fell to Bogue Chitto and Porters Chapel defeated River Oaks.

The Vicksburg Chapter of the American Red Cross put six churches on alert for use as shelter as the evacuation of coastal areas began in anticipation of Hurricane Gustav.

The Christian radio format of local radio station WQBC will change to ESPN sports, owner Mike Corley said.

The Vicksburg Post announced an upgraded Web site. The new www.vicksburgpost.com offers more stories, more depth, more immediacy and the opportunity to purchase Post photos.

Former North Ward Alderman Gertrude Young said she will be a candidate for mayor in the 2009 election. She joins Mayor Laurence Leyens and attorney Paul Winfield, who have also said they will run for the job.

Early November may see the last visit of the famed passenger steamboat, the Delta Queen, at City Front. The vessel does not meet U.S. Coast Guard safety standards and its owners plan to retire it from scheduled service.

Vicksburg officials adopted a $31.5 million spending plan for the fiscal year that keeps spending level and does not change tax rates.

The Warren County Board of Supervisors, which also imposes the levy that will raise $23.9 million locally for public schools, announced a $15.7 million budget that will raise taxes to provide more money for roads, law enforcement and state-approved raises.

Sheriff Martin Pace said Shannon Michael Dionne, 31, was jailed and charged with aggravated assault after a neighbor was hospitalized with a knife wound to his throat.

Red Cross and other area shelters became home to more than 700 evacuees for up to four days. Departing evacuees said they were made to feel welcome here, but were happy to be going home.

Schools were closed for one day by Gustav as the storm moved inland. Winds were brisk and there were temporary power outages reported at 2,013 locations, but the big consequence was rain that came in waves and lingered for three days.

The final step in the Environmental Protection Agency’s months-long veto process was taken to kill a Corps of Engineers plan to use pumps to remove water that becomes impounded in the Mississippi Delta during flood years. The EPA deemed the project too harmful to wetlands.

Mary Quinn DeRossette, Laura Benson and Victoria Mekus, high school students, attended the National Underage Drinking Training Center’s Leadership Conference in Nashville.

Hurricane Gustav resulted in Adassa Bonilla having Mississippi as her birthplace instead of Louisiana. The storm forced her parents to Port Gibson from their home in LaPlace, La.

The Vicksburg Board of Zoning Appeals denied a request from Keyes Recycling to enlarge a scrap storage area on Falk Steel Road.

Deaths during the week included Henry Howard Hudson, Lona Pearl Elliott, William Henry Warren, Canary Bird Cooper, Agnes Mathile Scardovi, Albert Gullett Sr. and Bessie Mae McLaughlin.