The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development advises drivers that daily alternating lane closures will be on ...

During the American Civil War, huge metal monsters roamed the Mississippi River. Called ironclads, these boats were about 50 ...

Pool levels at Arkabutla Lake are currently above 215 ft. and are forecast to rise to near 220 ft. in the next week due to ...

Vicksburg is a good long way from the Gulf ... “The beaches on the Mississippi River would equate to Gulf Shores or Destin,” Bryan said. “The expanses of sand are the same width and the ...

Like all years, 2024 was made up of a hodgepodge of good and bad, ups and downs, tragedies and triumphs. In 2024, Vicksburg ...

They brought with them slaves to do the backbreaking work of clearing the wild forest and subduing the Mississippi River with levees ... down to Vicksburg, Mississippi. The Delta may have been ...

South, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are warning certain communities to also prepare for possible flooding. Pool levels at Arkabutla Lake are currently above 215 ft. and are expected to rise to ...

At Vicksburg, Mississippi, Grant hoped to break the Confederate grip on the Mississippi River once and for all. If the Union controlled the Mississippi, the Confederacy would be broken in half.

With a New Year on the horizon, it only seems fitting to highlight 10 of Vicksburg’s firsts, lasts and crowning moments of ...