Catherine Hadaway, Author at The Vicksburg Post
Catherine Hadaway, as The Vicksburg Post’s publisher, oversees the business operations of the newspaper. She is a native of Tuscaloosa, Ala. and is a graduate of Rhodes College in Memphis where she earned bachelor’s degrees in Business and Religion. She is a Director of Boone Newsmedia, Inc., the family company that owns The Post. Catherine comes from a long line of newspaper publishers, starting with her grandfather, Buford Boone, who served as publisher of The Tuscaloosa News and earned journalism's highest honor when he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1957 for his editorial titled "What a Price for Peace." Catherine is a member of The Rotary Club of Vicksburg, Junior Auxiliary of Vicksburg, The Heritage Guild, The Sampler Antique Club and The Vicksburg Warren County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors Executive Committee.
News
In a press release dated March 4, the U.S. General Services Administration announced it planned to divest real estate it has identified as not being ...
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by Catherine Hadaway, Wednesday, March 5, 2025 7:03 am
News
In a letter dated Dec. 5, 2024, the Vicksburg Warren School District Board of Trustees was notified it had been assigned an accreditation status of ...
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by Catherine Hadaway, Tuesday, March 4, 2025 8:26 am
News
Sources say the Vicksburg National Military Park has lost seven employees as a result of the Trump Administration’s layoffs, implemented on Feb. 14. The Department ...
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by Catherine Hadaway, Monday, February 24, 2025 2:13 pm
News
Editor’s Note: Since posting the original article, the job posting on usajobs.gov has been “canceled.” The website states, “This job will close when we have ...
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by Catherine Hadaway, Monday, February 24, 2025 12:19 pm
Local
As the Tuesday, Nov. 5 general election nears, residents throughout Warren County are readying to head to the polls. County precincts will be used for ...
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by Catherine Hadaway, Tuesday, October 29, 2024 3:41 pm
News
Numbers show tourists visiting the River City are spending 3.7% more than they did in 2022. The numbers were released this month as part of ...
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by Catherine Hadaway, Friday, October 25, 2024 12:15 pm
News
At the Governor’s Conference on Tourism in Hattiesburg earlier this month, Gov. Tate Reeves announced the release of Visit Mississippi’s annual Tourism Economic Contribution Report, ...
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by Catherine Hadaway, Wednesday, October 23, 2024 1:22 pm
Local
The annual Glenwood Circle 4th of July Bike Parade will be held Thursday beginning at 10 a.m. at Glenwood Circle Park in downtown Vicksburg. Ice ...
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by Catherine Hadaway, Tuesday, July 2, 2024 12:48 pm
News
Good chili was not the only thing recognized at the 14th Annual Chili for Children Cookoff. At the close of the event, Rett Evans, a ...
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by Catherine Hadaway, Saturday, February 3, 2024 9:18 pm
Crime
According to the Hinds County Sheriff’s Office, an unidentified body has been located in the Big Black River. Resources have been requested to the scene ...
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by Catherine Hadaway, Saturday, March 25, 2023 5:36 pm
Local
Community members are coming together to support the Rolling Fork community and tornado victims after a devastating storm swept through the town, leveling homes and ...
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by Catherine Hadaway, Saturday, March 25, 2023 11:58 am
Local
The Vicksburg Police Department visited the Glenwood Circle neighborhood Wednesday evening to talk to residents about a new high-tech video camera system that is being ...
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by Catherine Hadaway, Thursday, September 29, 2022 2:25 pm
Downtown Vicksburg
It might only be September, but Santa and his elves are already hard at work preparing for the Christmas season. To celebrate Vicksburg’s Second Saturday ...
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by Catherine Hadaway, Thursday, September 8, 2022 11:23 am
News
Auto Theft On Sept. 1 at 10:17 p.m., officers responded to the Uptown Mall, 3505 Pemberton Square Blvd., in reference to an auto theft. The ...
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by Catherine Hadaway, Tuesday, September 6, 2022 4:50 pm
BREAKING NEWS
Vicksburg Mayor George Flaggs Jr. announced Tuesday his plans to recommend Jessica Cade as a Vicksburg Fire Department Deputy Fire Chief at the Board of ...
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by Catherine Hadaway, Tuesday, August 30, 2022 3:45 pm
Local
The United Way of West Central Mississippi’s most popular fundraiser is back, and ticket sales begin Thursday, Sept. 1. Supper on the ‘Sip returns at ...
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by Catherine Hadaway, Tuesday, August 30, 2022 3:10 pm
News
Mississippi Insurance Commissioner and Vicksburg resident Mike Chaney returned to the Neshoba County Fair Wednesday to address fairgoers as part of the day’s political speeches. ...
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by Catherine Hadaway, Friday, July 29, 2022 12:33 pm
News
Vicksburg native and Mississippi Lieutenant Gov. Delbert Hosemann spoke Wednesday during political speeches at the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Miss. During the speech, Hosemann, ...
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by Catherine Hadaway, Friday, July 29, 2022 12:15 pm
News
Neshoba County fairgoers were in for a treat Saturday night when Thacker Mountain Radio Hour took the pavilion stage at Founders Square to host their ...
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by Catherine Hadaway, Wednesday, July 27, 2022 3:57 pm
Local
WLBT anchor and Vicksburg native Melissa Faith Payne recently addressed the community about her strong ties to the Miss Mississippi Competition. As part of the ...
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by Catherine Hadaway, Thursday, June 23, 2022 12:40 pm
Downtown Vicksburg
Vicksburg’s own has been elected to serve on the Mississippi Main Street Board of Directors. Kelle Barfield, owner of Lorelei Books in downtown Vicksburg, was ...
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by Catherine Hadaway, Tuesday, June 21, 2022 8:41 am
Downtown Vicksburg
Kim Hopkins, executive director of Vicksburg Main Street, was recently recognized for giving 14 years of service to the program. Hopkins was recognized at the ...
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by Catherine Hadaway, Monday, June 20, 2022 2:43 pm
Downtown Vicksburg
Vicksburg’s Joyce Clingan and the Catfish Row Museum were honored Thursday at the Mississippi Main Street Association (MMSA)’s Annual Awards Luncheon at The South Warehouse ...
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by Catherine Hadaway, Friday, June 17, 2022 2:27 pm
Local
Although Warren County and the rest of Central Mississippi will see colder temperatures over the New Year holiday, snow is an unlikely part of this ...
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by Catherine Hadaway, Thursday, December 30, 2021 12:29 pm
BREAKING NEWS
As of 8:50 a.m. this morning, 7,070 Warren County residents were without power. Entergy Customer Service Representative Sheila McKinnis said when power will be restored ...
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by Catherine Hadaway, Wednesday, May 5, 2021 8:58 am
BREAKING NEWS
This afternoon, a squall line packing heavy rain and up to 60-70 mph winds cut through Warren County Tuesday dropping trees and power lines and ...
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by Catherine Hadaway, Tuesday, May 4, 2021 9:08 pm
Columnists
Due to historic and unprecedented snow and ice falling on our community, The Vicksburg Post was unable to publish and distribute a Wednesday or Friday ...
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by Catherine Hadaway, Friday, February 19, 2021 10:51 am
Uncategorized
For 16 years, Delta Council has bestowed special honor upon two exemplary students from each of the high schools throughout the 19-county Mississippi Delta Region, ...
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by Catherine Hadaway, Tuesday, June 2, 2020 2:08 pm
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