Walmart is inviting its communities to get healthy at Walmart Wellness Day on Saturday, Apr. 23. Customers can receive free...
Today marks the 83rd anniversary of a deadly incident that occurred on the bridge over Clear Creek on Highway 80 at the Hinds/Warren County line. On...
Walter “Furry” Lewis was born in Greenville, Mississippi on March 6 in either 1891 (according to hi) or 1899 (according to historians finding based on his...
Singer Bobby Foster recorded numerous Soul and Blues songs in the 50’s and 60’s. He was born on this date in Tchula, Mississippi in 1941. First...
The Vicksburg Military Park will begin requiring all visitors to have a park entrance or annual pass to enter the park starting March 1, 2022. The...
Jimmy ‘Papa’ Yancey established the boogie-woogie style that would become popular in the 1930’s. He was born on this date in 1894. His influence would help...
Dr. Hugh Bodley was a prominent doctor and citizen in the early days of Vicksburg. The Background During the 1830s, the River City was, like every...
The very first bottle of Coca-Cola was bottled right here in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Vicksburg is known for many interesting things. The small Southern city has been...
by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today January 13, 2022 One fact I’ve learned over the decades: If there’s a huge football game or event – anywhere –...
by Anthony Siracusa, University of Colorado Boulder On July 2, 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. stood behind President Lyndon Baines Johnson as the Texan signed into...