VICKSBURG, Miss. (VDN) – The average 18-year-old usually aspires of going to college and getting a degree then returning to their hometown, or somewhere else in...
For Shane Greene, fighting fires has been his passion in life for quite some time. Greene’s great uncle worked for the Vicksburg Fire Department and served...
Chuck Tate was taught to always take care of your community. “My dad told me you get your standard of living from your community, and as...
Following in your father’s footsteps can sometimes be a daunting task, but for Jonah Masterson it has felt like more of a calling. “My dad is...
Not many people can say their law enforcement career began from advice from a prison inmate, but Bobby Jones can. Jones began working at the Issaquena...
Jazmine Carter is one of Vicksburg’s newest firefighters with the Vicksburg Fire Department. Her first official day of training began Dec. 2, 2020. The 26-year-old Vicksburg...
The September 11th terrorist attack left our country in shambles, but that event left Matthew Barnes with a sense of urgency to serve his county. “I...
Back in 1990, a close friend talked Carl Carson into joining the Vicksburg Fire Department. Thirty years later, Carson is still at the department and loving...
It was fixed in Donnie Heggins’ DNA to be in law enforcement. The Vicksburg native has been around law enforcement officers for as long as he...
For 30 years and counting, Samuel K. Winchester has been a public servant. In 1990, prior to a career in law enforcement, Winchester enlisted in the...