Mississippi workforce nears pre-pandemic levels, but experts say real growth will take time
by Sara DiNatale, Mississippi Today September 6, 2021 In the last three months on record, Mississippi has gained nearly 15,000 jobs, pushing the state’s number of working residents closer to where it was before the pandemic. The Magnolia State has recouped nearly 83% of the jobs it lost at the onset of the pandemic in […]
A COVID-19 Vaccine is Reserved for You: A National Physician Leader from Mississippi Explains Why it’s Time to Get Vaccinated
Written by UMMC’s Dr. Marty Tucker ACOG / J. Martin Tucker MD op-ed I’m an obstetrician–gynecologist at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. I’m also the president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, a national organization of 60,000 physicians dedicated to women’s health. Most importantly, I’m a lifelong Mississippian, raised in Aberdeen, and […]
We are asking our readers to send us photos of those lost due to COVID-19 for memorial video
VICKSBURG, Miss. (Vicksburg Daily News)–Vicksburg Daily News is asking our readers to submit photos of loved ones they have lost due to COVID-19. Our intent is to provide a memorial video to help raise awareness and recognize those, close to home, who have been taken due to the pandemic. We ask that photos be submitted […]
An answered prayer flowers into a friendship between speeder and trooper
VICKSBURG, Miss. (Vicksburg Daily News)–A chance meeting between a speeder and a Mississippi State Trooper has blossomed into a friendship led by “divine intervention”. Michael Williams is a Slidell resident who suffered a tragic loss when his brother was killed in a triple shooting on March 28. Stricken with grief, Williams tried to communicate to […]
The pondberry plant and the Yazoo Backwater Pump Project
VICKSBURG, Miss. (Vicksburg Daily News) – In February, environmental groups notified the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of their intent to file a lawsuit on the premise the Yazoo Backwater Pump Project violates the Endangered Species Act by endangering the pondberry plant. The pondberry plant is listed as an endangered species and the group claimed […]
Lumpkin puts a unique twist on the ordinary picnic
VICKSBURG, Miss. (Vicksburg Daily News) – Carolane Lumpkin has always known what she’s meant to do. The former preschool teacher and case manager for Warren Yazoo Mental Health (WYMH) had always dreamed of owning her own business, and she refuses to let something like a global pandemic get in her way. “I loved my other […]
Foster’s “The Thornell Sisters”
The date was December, 28, 1953. The communities in and around Vicksburg were still struggling to cope with the devastation caused by the terrible tornado that hit on December 5th of that year. The tornado didn’t just demolish buildings and streets in its path. It also devastated families and friends of those who were killed […]
Complete Miss Mississippi 2021 photo gallery
All photos were taken by Jeremy Martinez on behalf of Vicksburg Daily News.
Statement from Police Chief Milton Moore on Vicksburg crime rates
[Editors note: due to a formatting error some numbers were a bit off sync, the format has been corrected] Citizens of Vicksburg, I, as your Police Chief, can no longer sit idly by as some in this community spread false narratives about crime in this city. It’s sad but true, that some people use crime […]
Foster’s “Footprints in the Snow”
In 1983, Dongieux Foster found himself recalling some of the darkest days of his life. The soldier had faced death many times in his life, but the inspiration for the following poem was “much worse than death” to Foster. He said, “Sometime in everyone’s life they experience a tragic event and tragedies affect everyone differently. […]