Temperatures remained in the 90s at the start of the week with the possibility of rain and cooler temps for the weekend.
The Mississippi River was at 14.23 feet Sept. 6. It was a 15.35 feet Friday. Flood stage is 43 feet.

City and county residents attending a public meeting at Warren Central High School held by Vicksburg’s ad hoc recreation committee said they wanted city and county officials to get involved in the development of a multipurpose recreation complex, and criticized the county for not being involved. Omar Nelson, the committee’s chairman, suggested a seven-member commission with the authority to hire a recreation director and a tournament director to attract teams to play in tournaments at the facility govern the complex.
In a related recreation matter, the Warren County Board of Supervisors used the close of their Monday meeting to respond to criticism of the board from people attending the recreation committee meeting, pointing out that no one from the county’s parks and recreation commission had been appointed to the city board. Mayor George Flaggs Jr. later said he would favor adding three more people to the 11-member group to give the county representation.
• A recreation committee-sponsored petition site premiered on change.org Wednesday, featuring a photo of the Mississippi River taken from a spot north of the bridges and bore the name “River Bluff Park at Vicksburg,” hinting that the committee had a site for the complex. Nelson said the committee did not have a site for a recreation complex, adding the name was only to create interest in signing the petition for a complex.

A report on Vicksburg’s utility rates prepared by Jackson engineers Allen and Hoshall said the city’s current rate structure was insufficient to meet the needs of the utility system and should be increased to adequately fund the system’s present and future needs. Mayor George Flaggs appointed a five-member committee to review the report and present its findings by Jan. 1.

Supervisors and the Warren County Port Commission met in a 30-minute closed-door meeting to continue negotiations with an unnamed industrial prospect looking to buy an unidentified site in either Ceres Research and Industrial Park or the Port of Vicksburg.

Incumbent Vicksburg Warren School District trustees and the county’s interim circuit clerk face challengers in Nov. 4 elections. Interim clerk Greg Peltz faces challenges from John Shorter, Jan Hyland Daigre, Robert Donahue and Sharonda Taylor in a special election to fill the unexpired term of Shelly Ashley-Palmertree, who was removed from office May 19 by the Warren County Board of Supervisors.
Incumbent District 3 school trustee Jim Stirgus is challenged by John E. Walls a former deputy school superintendent, and Katrina Johnson, who ran against him in 2008, challenges District 4 incumbent Joe Loviza.

The trial of a Vicksburg man accused in shooting death of another man after an argument over a loud car stereo in the Kings community have been moved to December in Warren County Circuit Court. Rondell Galvin, 23, is accused of shooting William Jones after the argument, which occurred July 15, 2011.

Local hunters and gun enthusiasts went to area sporting goods stores to take advantage of Mississippi’s first tax-free holiday for guns and hunting equipment. The holiday was the result of an amendment to the state’s tax code, called the “Second Amendment Tax-Free Holiday,” and covered handguns, rifles, shotguns, ammunition, bows and archery supplies.

Local deaths included Gail Helgason Loviza, Bobby Dean Buford, David Curtis “Butch” Pettway, Dorothy C. Hebron, Brenda D. Jackson, Ruth Ann Jones, William L. Preslan, Helen Ann Hosemann Walker and Joyce A. Williams.