Vicksburg Post Editorial Board, Author at The Vicksburg Post
Opinion
We have long praised Warren County voters for their overwhelming support for the bond issue that has led to the extensive construction projects long under ...
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by Vicksburg Post Editorial Board, Tuesday, January 19, 2021 11:21 am
Opinion
The first round of vaccines for Mississippians 75 and older rolled out last week, and the Mississippi State Health Department set up 18 mobile sites ...
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by Vicksburg Post Editorial Board, Friday, January 15, 2021 6:48 am
Opinion
While children of all ages — and a few adults who were young at heart — took to the yards and parks to frolic in ...
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by Vicksburg Post Editorial Board, Tuesday, January 12, 2021 5:52 pm
Opinion
During a press conference just before the end of the year, Mayor George Flaggs Jr. laid out his priorities for 2021, a year we all ...
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by Vicksburg Post Editorial Board, Thursday, January 7, 2021 5:26 pm
Opinion
The search for two hunters — Zeb Hughes and Gunner Palmer — has been ongoing since Dec. 3, when the two went missing on the ...
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by Vicksburg Post Editorial Board, Tuesday, January 5, 2021 6:03 pm
Opinion
Time Magazine got it wrong when it named its Person of the Year for 2020. The magazine named President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala ...
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by Vicksburg Post Editorial Board, Friday, January 1, 2021 4:00 am
Opinion
While the headlines were dominated in 2020 by the havoc created by the COVID-19 virus, there were stories that made their mark in a positive ...
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by Vicksburg Post Editorial Board, Tuesday, December 29, 2020 10:56 am
Opinion
Two down, one to go. In recent weeks, the city of Vicksburg has reached agreements with one of the two cruise lines that docks in ...
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by Vicksburg Post Editorial Board, Sunday, December 27, 2020 3:13 pm
Opinion
For those who don’t travel that road — or rather, used to travel that road — the significance of the Kemp Bottom Road Bridge might ...
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by Vicksburg Post Editorial Board, Thursday, December 24, 2020 1:14 pm
Opinion
The daily reports from the Mississippi State Department of Health have become mind-numbing. The numbers of those infected by the virus and those so tragically ...
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by Vicksburg Post Editorial Board, Thursday, December 17, 2020 1:51 pm
Opinion
From day one, local leaders — those on the Vicksburg Board of Mayor and Aldermen and the Warren County Board of Supervisors — have been ...
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by Vicksburg Post Editorial Board, Wednesday, December 9, 2020 2:37 pm
Opinion
There is no way we can appreciate the grief, the worry and the heartbreak the families of Zeb Hughes and Gunner Palmer are enduring. There ...
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by Vicksburg Post Editorial Board, Tuesday, December 8, 2020 5:45 pm
Opinion
In August 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. to give his iconic “I Have a ...
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by Vicksburg Post Editorial Board, Tuesday, December 1, 2020 4:59 pm
Opinion
We understand the frustration. We understand the fatigue. For eight months — yes, eight months — our community has dealt with the overwhelming impact of ...
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by Vicksburg Post Editorial Board, Monday, November 30, 2020 2:42 pm
Opinion
If there was ever a year where the simple act of lighting a Christmas tree was so desperately needed, it is 2020. Next Friday, as ...
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by Vicksburg Post Editorial Board, Thursday, November 19, 2020 5:07 pm
Opinion
“People are shopping locally and they’re supporting the local economy,” Mayor George Flaggs Jr. said recently. “That’s great news.” In October, city officials announced another ...
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by Vicksburg Post Editorial Board, Friday, November 13, 2020 3:25 pm
Opinion
Scrolling through social media feeds in recent days has been no less divisive and combative than the days before the general election. But, every once ...
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by Vicksburg Post Editorial Board, Thursday, November 12, 2020 5:39 pm
Opinion
One of our country’s founding fathers, the man who penned the Declaration of Independence and our country’s third president, had a very profound comment when ...
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by Vicksburg Post Editorial Board, Wednesday, November 4, 2020 12:08 am
Opinion
We often tell children learning to play a game that it does not matter if you win or lose, but how you play. In the ...
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by Vicksburg Post Editorial Board, Friday, October 30, 2020 5:14 pm
Opinion
In recent weeks, we have started to see Vicksburg become more alive. We have seen events begin to fill our social calendar and events fill ...
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by Vicksburg Post Editorial Board, Tuesday, October 27, 2020 6:06 pm
Opinion
This is a preemptive “thank you” just in case we forget to say it in a few weeks. Thanks to the local, state and national ...
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by Vicksburg Post Editorial Board, Friday, October 23, 2020 11:37 pm
Opinion
The city’s work, along with Entergy and contractors, to transition areas of the city’s street lights to LED has been an unmitigated success. For those ...
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by Vicksburg Post Editorial Board, Thursday, October 22, 2020 4:43 pm
Opinion
Ken Harper has had a long legal career. He is respected by his peers and earned the trust of voters last November in being elected ...
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by Vicksburg Post Editorial Board, Tuesday, October 20, 2020 5:31 pm
Opinion
In a report by the Associated Press late Friday, Mississippi’s health officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs said he was concerned, worried and perplexed. In recent days, ...
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by Vicksburg Post Editorial Board, Friday, October 16, 2020 10:09 pm
Opinion
When is enough, enough? For the city of Vicksburg, the Vicksburg Police Department and those longing for a safe and stable community, it would appear ...
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by Vicksburg Post Editorial Board, Friday, October 9, 2020 1:48 pm
Columnists
For many of us, hurricane season is routine and we are old hats at this. But every storm, every situation is different. With that in ...
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by Vicksburg Post Editorial Board, Thursday, October 8, 2020 10:41 pm
Opinion
There is simply no way to run a headline big enough to honor the impact a new port in Vicksburg will have on the local ...
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by Vicksburg Post Editorial Board, Tuesday, October 6, 2020 6:13 pm
Opinion
There are no words alone that will bring back Kealen Andrews, the 6-year-old boy killed earlier this week in a fire. There are no words ...
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by Vicksburg Post Editorial Board, Friday, October 2, 2020 6:15 pm
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