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VICKSBURG, Miss. -- Last year’s frightening flooding of the Mississippi River didn’t do any direct damage to the site of one of the pivotal battles of the Civil War. It did bring in some undesirable new neighbors. Park officials say a pack ...

VIENNA, Va., January 18, 2012 — What Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s forces did not accomplish at Vicksburg, Mississippi in July 1863, "successors" to that hallowed ground are now trying to accomplish, slowly but surely. And they have four legs.

Narcotics agents have arrested two Mississippi men after Louisiana Department of ... Hudson and 32-year-old Joshua L. Weeks, 22, both of Vicksburg, were booked Monday into Ouachita Correctional Center on charges of creation and operation of ...

VICKSBURG, Ms., (KNOE 8 News) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mississippi Valley Division, is identifying and developing communication strategies for the elevated threat in the Mississippi River's flood risk reduction system brought about by 2011 flood damages.

In addition to the risk for severe weather over the last two days, parts of Mississippi had to contend with record rainfall and flooding. The cities of Vicksburg, Tupelo, Meridian and Hattiesburg all set daily records for rainfall on either Wednesday or Thursday.