“They wanna play ball? Ladies, let’s show them how to play ball!” Those were the words of Hazel Walker, speaking to her all-girls basketball team during...
Story by Sherry Lucas, Mississippi Today Mississippi Heritage Trust enters its 20th year as a historic preservation advocate with more than a few successes under its...
Road names have always intrigued me. They are important for those who deliver the mail, for UPS drivers and census takers, if one is giving directions...
This coming Sunday, Aug. 25, the Vicksburg National Military Park will host a commemoration ceremony honoring 400 years of African Americans in this country. The commemoration...
Vicksburg is full of history. Whether it’s the infamous Siege of Vicksburg in 1863 during the Civil War, the Vicksburg National Military Park or being home...
Natchez, Miss., has begun construction of a monument honoring civil rights activists arrested there in 1965. The “Proud to Take a Stand” monument will stand near...
VICKSBURG, Miss. – St. Aloysius High School basketball teams went on the road to defeat Prairie View Academy on Monday...
Washington County, Miss.-A 15-year-old Vicksburg resident his first deer over the weekend. Cayden Peebles got the 11-point buck at Leroy...
Vicksburg, Miss.-Vicksburg High School basketball player Zion Harvey recently received her first official scholarship offer. Harvey’s first offer came from...
