History
Looking back: The Shlenker House
In August 1902, David Jacob and Maude Rice Shlenker bought the “old Arthur homestead” at 2212 Cherry Street from H. C. Kuykendall. The Vicksburg American ...
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Downtown Vicksburg
On the shelf: Come discover our new Adult Fiction titles
This column was submitted by Evangeline Cessna, Local History Librarian at the Warren County-Vicksburg Public This week, we have some New Adult Fiction for you ...
by Guest Columnist, Sunday, April 14, 2024 11:18 am
Downtown Vicksburg
On the Shelf: Stories of mystery, redemption, salvation
This column was submitted by Evangeline Cessna, Local History Librarian at the Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library. This week the library is featuring titles from our ...
by Guest Columnist, Sunday, April 7, 2024 6:29 pm
Letters to the Editor
City, county need to come together for mutual benefit
In the City of Vicksburg, with the second longest river in the world; with three different cruise ship companies docking in the City of Vicksburg, ...
by Guest Columnist, Sunday, March 24, 2024 12:38 pm
Downtown Vicksburg
Looking back: 1215 Washington Street
1215 Washington Street, on the east side of the street between China and Clay streets, was built prior to 1869 and at that time was ...
by Guest Columnist, Sunday, March 24, 2024 11:06 am
Downtown Vicksburg
Looking back: Biedenharn Candy Bottling Company
In January 1908, the Tillman House on the south side of Grove Street between Washington and Walnut streets, “an old Vicksburg landmark” as reported by ...
by Guest Columnist, Friday, March 15, 2024 9:16 am
Guest Columnists
On The Shelf: Satisfy your hunger for Spring Break reads
This column was submitted by Evangeline Cessna, Local History Librarian at the Warren County-Vicksburg Library. This week’s column features serial fiction from our New Fiction ...
by Guest Columnist, Friday, March 8, 2024 9:09 am
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On the Shelf: Curl up with these new adult fiction titles now available
This column was submitted by Evangeline Cessna, Local History Librarian at the Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library. This week the library is featuring New Adult Fiction ...
by Guest Columnist, Monday, March 4, 2024 11:36 am
Downtown Vicksburg
Levee, Depot streets and the overnight train track
The Louisville, New Orleans, and Texas Railway was formed by C. P. Huntington in 1882 to connect Huntington-owned railroads Southern Pacific and Chesapeake, Ohio and ...
by Guest Columnist, Sunday, March 3, 2024 11:01 am
Downtown Vicksburg
Looking back: The west side of the 1000 block of Washington Street: part II
While the west side of the 1000 block of Washington Street is devoid of buildings today, prior to the 1940s and urban renewal in the ...
by Guest Columnist, Monday, February 26, 2024 10:41 am
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This week’s selections run gamut from food to history
This column was submitted by Evangeline Cessna, Local History Librarian at the Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library. This week features New Nonfiction titles from our adult ...
by Guest Columnist, Sunday, February 25, 2024 5:55 pm
Downtown Vicksburg
Looking back: West side of the 1000 block of Washington Street
The west side of the 1000 block of Washington Street is devoid of buildings today and the hill that slopes to the depot is known ...
by Guest Columnist, Monday, February 19, 2024 9:26 am
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On The Shelf: Mysteries, thrills this week’s titles from the new Large Print Collection
This column was submitted by Evangeline Cessna, Local History Librarian at the Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library. This week’s column features mystery/thriller titles from our New ...
by Guest Columnist, Sunday, February 18, 2024 4:59 pm
Letters to the Editor
Thank you to all who helped make Carnaval de Mardi Gras a success
Dear Editor, On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Vicksburg Foundation for Historic Preservation, I would like to take this opportunity to thank ...
by Guest Columnist, Saturday, February 17, 2024 7:39 pm
Opinion
Private schools forget their racist origins in trying to collect public funds
Thick with irony is the Midsouth Association of Independent Schools’ contention that the provision of the Mississippi Constitution plainly stating that public funds cannot go ...
by Guest Columnist, Wednesday, February 14, 2024 9:26 pm
Downtown Vicksburg
On The Shelf: A smorgasbord of knowledge awaits you in these new Adult Nonfiction titles
This column was submitted by Evangeline Cessna, Local History Librarian at the Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library. This week we are featuring some of our New ...
by Guest Columnist, Monday, February 12, 2024 2:45 pm
Downtown Vicksburg
On The Shelf: This week’s must reads are Young Adult Fiction but great for all ages
This column was submitted by Evangeline Cessna, Local History Librarian at the Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library. This week we are featuring fiction titles from our ...
by Guest Columnist, Sunday, February 4, 2024 6:58 pm
Letters to the Editor
Thank you to Vicksburg FD, first responders for taking good care of us
Dear editor, We would like to extend our heartfelt appreciation to the Vicksburg Fire Department for their rapid and courageous response to the warehouse fire ...
by Guest Columnist, Sunday, February 4, 2024 5:37 pm
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ON THE SHELF: Giddy up with these Western titles in our New Large Print Collection
This week we are featuring Western titles in our New Large Print collection. The third title in Mary Connealy’s Wyoming Sunrise series is called, “Marshaling ...
by Guest Columnist, Friday, January 19, 2024 9:37 am
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ON THE SHELF: This week we are delving into the Civil Rights Era with these Adult Nonfiction selections
This column was submitted by Evangeline Cessna, Local History Librarian at the Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library. This week’s column features new titles in the Adult ...
by Guest Columnist, Saturday, January 13, 2024 3:59 pm
Guest Columnists
ON THE SHELF: Baby it’s cold outside so cuddle up with a good book
This column was submitted by Evangeline Cessna, Local History Librarian at the Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library. This week we are featuring titles from our New ...
by Guest Columnist, Sunday, January 7, 2024 7:16 pm
Guest Columnists
ON THE SHELF: Ring in the New Year with these new titles from our Adult Fiction Section.
This column was submitted by Evangeline Cessna, Local History Librarian at the Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library. This week we are featuring New Adult Fiction for ...
by Guest Columnist, Wednesday, January 3, 2024 9:45 am
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ON THE SHELF: Meet a menagerie of characters in these new selections
This column is submitted by Evangeline Cessna, Local History Librarian at the Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library. This week features titles from the New Adult Fiction ...
by Guest Columnist, Saturday, December 16, 2023 11:52 pm
Letters to the Editor
Thank You for a Successful Christmas Parade of Lights
The Christmas Parade of Lights “Merry Melodies” turned out to be a fantastic night with clear skies and an amazing crowd packed onto Washington Street. ...
by Guest Columnist, Friday, December 15, 2023 11:56 am
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On The Shelf: History may not always be pretty but it is always relevant
This column was submitted by Evangeline Cessna, Local History Librarian at the Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library. This week’s column features Civil Rights and Mississippi titles ...
by Guest Columnist, Wednesday, December 13, 2023 11:39 am
History
HISTORY FEATURE: 1017 Harrison St.
Article submitted by Nancy Bell, Vicksburg Foundation for Historic Preservation. The three-bay galleried cottage at 1017 Harrison St. began its life as a twin to ...
by Guest Columnist, Thursday, December 7, 2023 12:21 pm
Columnists
ON THE SHELF: Get ready for some holiday romance with these festive titles
This column is submitted by Evangeline Cessna, Local History Librarian at the Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library. This week’s column features Christmas titles in the New ...
by Guest Columnist, Saturday, December 2, 2023 10:02 am
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What Gov. Tate Reeves and former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove have in common
Ronnie Musgrove, Mississippi’s last Democratic governor, and incumbent Gov. Tate Reeves, a proud Republican, have something in common — perhaps to the chagrin of both. ...
by Guest Columnist, Tuesday, November 28, 2023 2:47 pm
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