John Surratt, Author at The Vicksburg Post
John Surratt is a graduate of Louisiana State University with a degree in general studies. He has worked as an editor, reporter and photographer for newspapers in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. He has been a member of The Vicksburg Post staff since 2011 and covers city government. He and his wife attend St. Paul Catholic Church and he is a member of the Port City Kiwanis Club.
Downtown Vicksburg
City Hall, the Mississippi River Commission, Christ Episcopal Church, Church of the Holy Trinity, the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Depot. Vicksburg is known for ...
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by John Surratt, Tuesday, March 2, 2021 8:00 am
Crime
PATTISON — Three men are being held in the Claiborne County Jail without bond and authorities have issued a warrant for a fourth in connection ...
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by John Surratt, Monday, March 1, 2021 2:02 pm
Downtown Vicksburg
Developers looking to invest $4 million or more in construction in Vicksburg will get a break in their building fees under a new ordinance approved ...
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by John Surratt, Monday, March 1, 2021 1:46 pm
Local
For two days this weekend, the old Mercy Hospital on Hildegard Terrace became a battleground. Friday and Saturday, the parking lot of the nearby Street ...
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by John Surratt, Saturday, February 27, 2021 6:02 pm
Crime
A fight between two rival rap groups Saturday night at a Pattison bar resulted in the shooting death of two Claiborne County residents and injuries ...
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by John Surratt, Saturday, February 27, 2021 5:32 pm
Downtown Vicksburg
Saturday morning, the members of Jackson Street M.B. Church delivered a blessing to more than 200 Vicksburg residents. For the past four years, on the ...
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by John Surratt, Saturday, February 27, 2021 11:28 am
Downtown Vicksburg
City officials anticipate getting a short-term loan of up to $4 million to cover the cost of repairing erosion damage to city streets and Riverfront ...
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by John Surratt, Friday, February 26, 2021 5:53 pm
Business
A Ridgeland company is considering a $10 million to $11 million investment to build condominiums on two pieces of property in Vicksburg’s downtown district. The ...
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by John Surratt, Thursday, February 25, 2021 3:31 pm
Downtown Vicksburg
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen has approved the transfer of two pieces of city property for the possible construction of condominiums in the downtown ...
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by John Surratt, Thursday, February 25, 2021 12:09 pm
Downtown Vicksburg
They were seven African American men who paved the way for others to follow. Known as the “Lucky Seven,” Roosevelt Bunch, James “Boo” Chiplin, ...
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by John Surratt, Wednesday, February 24, 2021 5:33 pm
Crime
A Warren County man has been transported to Merit Health River Region with a gunshot wound to the leg. According to Warren County Sheriff Martin ...
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by John Surratt, Wednesday, February 24, 2021 11:11 am
Downtown Vicksburg
Vicksburg’s 53-year-old water plant is obsolete and unable to meet the city’s needs, Mayor George Flaggs Jr. said, adding it’s time to seriously consider building ...
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by John Surratt, Tuesday, February 23, 2021 9:42 pm
Downtown Vicksburg
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen at separate, special-called meetings Monday passed two emergency resolutions involving potential damage from last week’s severe winter weather clearing ...
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by John Surratt, Tuesday, February 23, 2021 1:38 pm
Local
A Warren County woman died Sunday following prolonged exposure and the effects of hypothermia after slipping and falling early Sunday morning outside her Lowery Road ...
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by John Surratt, Monday, February 22, 2021 4:17 pm
Downtown Vicksburg
Mayor George Flaggs Jr. said Monday he wants to upgrade the city’s water system to avoid future crises like the one that occurred during the ...
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by John Surratt, Monday, February 22, 2021 3:35 pm
Downtown Vicksburg
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen honored former Police Chief Walter Armstrong Monday, presenting him with a key to the city during the board’s meeting ...
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by John Surratt, Monday, February 22, 2021 1:17 pm
Crime
The Warren County grand jury has handed down a two-count indictment charging a Vicksburg man in an August drive-by shooting. The indictment from the January ...
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by John Surratt, Sunday, February 21, 2021 1:32 pm
Downtown Vicksburg
Mayor George Flaggs Jr. has initiated a 48-hour emergency plan to help the city’s water system recover in the wake of last week’s weather. Flaggs ...
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by John Surratt, Sunday, February 21, 2021 1:07 pm
Downtown Vicksburg
Mayor George Flags Jr. said he will be hiring temporary workers for 90 days under his plan to lift the city’s four-year hiring freeze and ...
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by John Surratt, Sunday, February 21, 2021 12:03 pm
Local
A section of U.S. 80, between Newman Road and Cumberland Road, has reopened to traffic after employees for the Mississippi Department of Transportation completed repairs ...
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by John Surratt, Saturday, February 20, 2021 9:01 pm
Downtown Vicksburg
Less than 3,000 Entergy customers remain without power in Warren County, according to information from the utility. “We’ve done pretty good,” Entergy customer service representative ...
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by John Surratt, Saturday, February 20, 2021 6:47 pm
Downtown Vicksburg
About 85 percent of the Vicksburg Water System’s customers are back on with full service, Mayor George Flaggs Jr. said Saturday evening. Flaggs said the ...
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by John Surratt, Saturday, February 20, 2021 6:12 pm
Downtown Vicksburg
Mississippi Department of Transportation workers are repairing a washed-out area of the shoulder of U.S. 80 near Newman Road that has closed the highway between ...
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by John Surratt, Saturday, February 20, 2021 5:52 pm
Downtown Vicksburg
Mayor George Flaggs Jr. said he is lifting the city’s hiring freeze approved by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen in 2017 to hire more ...
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by John Surratt, Saturday, February 20, 2021 12:18 pm
Downtown Vicksburg
Vicksburg remains under a boil water notice until further notice as public works and utility employees work to repair leaks and get the water system ...
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by John Surratt, Friday, February 19, 2021 7:45 pm
Downtown Vicksburg
The Vicksburg Homecoming Benevolent Club’s annual Officer/Fire Person of the Year Banquet has been postponed. “We decided to postpone it because of everything that’s been ...
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by John Surratt, Friday, February 19, 2021 5:09 pm
Downtown Vicksburg
With all of the ice on the ground and in the trees, it seems strange that water is a problem. But, it has become a ...
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by John Surratt, Friday, February 19, 2021 1:46 pm
Downtown Vicksburg
For the five-day period from 12:01 a.m. Monday through 12:01 a.m. Friday, dispatcher for Vicksburg-Warren 911 received 2,339 calls for assistance as two winter storms ...
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by John Surratt, Friday, February 19, 2021 12:48 pm
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