Flaggs to announce plans to reopen city government, lift business restrictions

Published 3:30 pm Monday, April 13, 2020

: Vicksburg Mayor George Flaggs Jr. speaks during a press conference at the Vicksburg Convention Center on March 22, 2020. (Courtland Wells/The Vicksburg Post)

Mayor George Flaggs Jr. has announced a press conference Friday, where he is expected to announce a plan to begin reopening city government and some businesses within the city limits.

In a release from Flaggs’ office Monday, the press conference at city hall will be open to credentialed members of the media only and will be broadcast live on The Vicksburg Post’s Facebook page at facebook.com/thevicksburgpost. The press conference will be held at 2:30 p.m.

The current shelter-in-place order, along with two curfews and a list of business restrictions and closures is set to expire Monday, April 20 at 5 a.m.

As part of Flaggs’ plan to bring back city employees, he has announced COVID-19 screenings that will begin Tuesday.

About Tim Reeves

Tim Reeves, and his wife Stephanie, are the parents of three children, Sarah Cameron, Clayton and Fin, who all attend school in the Vicksburg Warren School District. The family are members of First Baptist Church Vicksburg. Tim is involved in a number of civic and volunteer organizations including the United Way of West Central Mississippi and serves on the City of Vicksburg's Riverfront Redevelopment Committee.