Wearing green on March 17 doesn’t make you Irish, but Vicksburg does have a close connection with the Emerald Isle. There’s even a special place in...
“I’ve seen that bed before,” the old man said. “Oh, you haven’t,” his wife of many years said. “You’re just imagining things.” He was insistent, however,...
When Roxanne and Joe Gay went to Tunica with their friend Mike Kavanaugh to a sporting clay event, it was just for fun. She “could actually...
Matthew Higgins earned a place in local history, but he had to give up his life to do it. His body was the first in Vicksburg...
Benjamin Montgomery was one of the most exceptional men in Warren County history. Though born a slave, his achievements are phenomenal. He was born in Loudon...
Bethel Church has no members. But the historic Claiborne County structure has friends who meet twice a year to sing songs of praise, to hear the...
Charles Riles had invited Charlie Mitchell and me to lunch at Walnut Hills to talk about a book he was writing, “Through Open Gates.” I saw...
Lenore Barkley brands her art “Fun and Zany.” The colors she uses are vivid and bright—red, yellow, green, blue, purple, orange, pink—all the colors of the...
With his nimble fingers playing the sometimes soothing, perhaps stirring compositions of Mozart or Bachon on his guitar, Carl Koonce Crowther might just as easily switch...
Have any plans for celebrating New Year’s Eve? Our Vicksburg ancestors braved the cold night air to listen to the music of the Silver Cornet Band...
