Vicksburg roasted under August skies with high temperatures hovering in the upper 90s throughout the week and lows dipping to the upper 70s. No rainfall was recorded.

The Mississippi River dipped to 23.3 feet before rising a bit at the end of the week to Friday’s stage of 23.7 feet. Flood stage is 43 feet.

Dutch filmmakers visited Edwards as part of a 15-city tour of American cities that were named Amsterdam. A section near Edwards along the Big Black River west of Smith Station held the monicker Amsterdam in the 1820s. Filmmakers visited a blues club and interviewed Edwards residents for a future documentary.

The summer swelter couldn’t keep thousands of people away from The Outlets at Vicksburg for the districtwide pep rally, which led up to the first day of school on Monday. Teachers and administrators in the 9,000-student district said the first day of school went “smooth.”

The annual Governor’s Cup youth baseball tournament concluded with a pair of Vicksburg-area teams winning championships. Legit, a team of Vicksburg and Canton players, won the 13-year-olds’ division, while the Warren County Cardinals won the 11-year-olds’ division.

Quincy Jones, a Grove Street Elementary School teacher and local pastor, drowned in a swimming pool at his home. Jones was pastor at A.M.E. Church on Monroe Street. The death was ruled accidental.

Juvenile arrests were down in the city and slightly up in the county during June and July. Thirty-nine arrests for juveniles were recorded in the city, down from 60 in June and July 2010. In the county, 22 arrests were made compared to 14 in June and July 2010.

New owners of the American Queen Riverboat announced plans to resume river excursions and make Vicksburg an overnight stop on north-south trips on the Mississippi River. The Great American Steamboat Company plans to resume river cruises in April.

Halls Ferry Station, an unfinished strip mall that has sat dormant since 2007, was bought by a Yazoo City development company. Officials with Action Properties LLC said they have been in contact with several prospective tenants for the property, which sits on the site of the old Halls Ferry Elementary School at Halls Ferry and South Frontage roads.

Mayor Paul Winfield was authorized to declare the City Front floodwall a levee and also provide proof that the floodwall held back waters from the Mississippi River Flood of 2011.

Ten burglaries — all from unlocked vehicles — were reported in the city and county. A Vicksburg man, Henry Armstead Jr., 28, was arrested.

Grand Gulf Nuclear Station said it would hire 2,000 temporary employees in February when the power station begins an upgrade. The upgrade will make Grand Gulf the most powerful nuclear reactor in the country.

In addition to Rev. Jones, local deaths during the week were Stephen W. Harden, Eva Louise Nicholson, Billy T. Ainsworth, Jesse Lee Miller Sr. and Wesley Erskin Robertson.