Today marks the 82nd anniversary of a deadly incident that occurred on the bridge over Clear Creek on Highway 80 at the Hinds/Warren County line. On...
The Governor’s Mansion will reopen for guided tours beginning the first of April. On April 1, the Mississippi Governor’s Mansion is opening up its historic section...
The Catfish Row Museum in downtown Vicksburg has put together an exhibit in honor of Women’s History Month entitled ‘INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION: Exceptional Mississippi Women...
Robert Walker has served the citizens of Vicksburg for many years. The Vicksburg Daily News is proud to recognize him during Black History Month for being...
After a successful 30 years of coaching in high school football, James Knox remains the longest serving and head coach in Vicksburg High School history. Before...
Warren County is known for having its share of longtime serving sheriffs in the past, but today VDN remembers Peter Crosby, the first African-American to be...
Thirty-five years ago in a town called Cape Canaveral, in the state of Florida, inside a 4.4 million-pound launchpad assembly, inside a space shuttle, inside a...
When I used to take trips, usually to Virginia, Georgia or the Carolinas, I was looking for dead relatives, for genealogy has always fascinated me. On...
Two historic Vicksburg properties are among several across Mississippi that will benefit from Mississippi Department of Archives and History grants. At its regular meeting Jan. 22,...
It’s the tidbits of history that have always intrigued me, the little known instances that didn’t change the overall story and that are usually left out...
