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.
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 ...
PATTISON — Three men are being held in the Claiborne County Jail without bond and authorities have issued a warrant for a fourth in connection ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
They were seven African American men who paved the way for others to follow. Known as the “Lucky Seven,” Roosevelt Bunch, James “Boo” Chiplin, ...
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 ...
Vicksburg’s 53-year-old water plant is obsolete and unable to meet the city’s needs, Mayor George Flaggs Jr.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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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