Ben Martin

6 days ago | vicksburgpost.com | Ben Martin

Published 3:51 pm Thursday, May 8, 2025 A celebration was held in honor of River Ridge Behavioral Health center’s 50th anniversary serving Warren County on Thursday. Don Brown is the deputy executive director of the nonprofit organization. He spoke at the event. “I always want people to know that mental health and mental illness, especially from a community standpoint, is not like it was in the 60s and the 70s and the 80s,” he said.

6 days ago | vicksburgpost.com | Ben Martin

Published 2:13 pm Thursday, May 8, 2025 This week, the Vicksburg-Tallulah Regional Airport is hosting U.S. Army troops from the 101st Airborne Division out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Travis McIntosh is the deputy commanding general for support for the division. “We are deploying a mobile brigade combat team out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, to Fort Johnson, Louisiana, and we’re deploying them by means of helicopter to get down to their training event,” McIntosh said.

1 week ago | vicksburgpost.com | Ben Martin

Published 2:53 pm Tuesday, May 6, 2025 The Southern Heritage Air Foundation (SHAF), based at the Vicksburg-Tallulah Regional Airport, held the A Salute to Veterans luncheon Tuesday. Among the veterans present at the event was Rufus Puckett, a Tallulah resident who is 101 years old. Puckett was in Patton’s 3rd Army during World War II and fought at the Battle of the Bulge. Representatives from the 101st Airborne Division were also in attendance.

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Published 12:46 pm Monday, May 5, 2025 For the second time in five days, a cargo barge has struck the Old Mississippi River Bridge and sunk. A boat pushing 25 barges full of grain struck the bridge at 9:57 a.m. Monday, according to Herman Smith of the Vicksburg Bridge Commission of Warren County. One of those barges sank to the bottom of the river. The boat was being operated by Marquette Transportation Company. Railroad traffic over the bridge has been shut down since the incident.

1 week ago | vicksburgpost.com | Ben Martin

Published 2:45 pm Friday, May 2, 2025 The sixth annual River City Early College (RCEC) Signing Day was held Friday. Michelle Fisackerly is a tenth-grade history teacher and the lead organizer of the event. “This is my favorite day of the year. I get to celebrate them,” she said. “It’s a good time for the parents to celebrate one last time with their seniors, with their class and the students as well.”The event took place in the RCEC parking lot as a tailgate party.