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Insurance, loans flood in

VIDALIA — While the waters of the mighty Mississippi River are causing many area businesses to lose out ...

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Area tributaries take on water

NATCHEZ — Bobby Cauthen, his chickens and his honeybees are feeling residual effects of the 2011 Mississippi River ...

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5 p.m. update: Erosion continues to worry area

As the Mississippi River hit its crest in the biggest city to our north today — Vicksburg — ...

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Noon update: Crest lowered again

The Mississippi River sits at 61.86 feet at Natchez and is now slowly creeping toward its predicted crest ...

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Lake St. John water level remains stable

FERRIDAY — While the Mississippi River continues its historic climb to its projected crest of 62.5 feet Saturday, ...

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Limited river traffic allowed

VIDALIA — The reopening of the 15-mile section of the Mississippi River near Natchez late Tuesday may have ...

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5 p.m. update: Under-the-Hill sewage lift station shut down

Natchez City Engineer David Gardner said the sewer lift Under-the-Hill was shut off today, disabling the use of ...

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Noon update: Predicted crest lowered another 6 inches to 62.5 feet

The National Weather Service has lowered the crest prediction of the Mississippi River in Natchez to 62.5 feet ...

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River now open to barge traffic

In an effort not to trample on or over Hesco walls at the Vidalia Riverfront, the U.S. Coast ...

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It’s still business as usual for the region’s power plants

A lot of people are spending their days with one eye cast to the rising Mississippi River, but ...

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5 p.m. update: Weather service keeps eye on forming weather system

Rainfall expected sometime next week should not have much of a significant effect on the river crest locally, ...

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Noon update: Vidalia Riverfront hole plugged

The hole allowing water into the leveed area on the Vidalia Riverfront has been plugged.

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Police: Don’t stop on bridge

The Vidalia Police Department has been cracking down on traffic violations on the Mississippi River Bridge, but they ...

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5 p.m. update: FEMA to meet in Woodville May 19-20

NATCHEZ — Representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency will be in the Woodville area May 19 -20. ...

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Update: Sand boil formed at temporary levee, inmates sandbagging

VIDALIA —Inmates from the Concordia Parish Correctional Facility were lifting sandbags onto the Vidalia Conference and Convention Center ...

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Despite crest drop, crews battle floodwaters

NATCHEZ — Good news came in small increments over the weekend, when the National Weather Service dropped the ...

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5 p.m. update: Crest lowered another 6 inches to 63.0 feet

NATCHEZ — Sunday afternoon the National Weather Service lowered the crest another 6 inches to 63.0. The river ...

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Predicted crest lowered to 63.5 feet Saturday

The Miss-Lou received half a foot of good news Saturday, when the National Weather Service reduced the predicted ...

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Spectators line bluff for chance to see history

People want to experience history, and where better to ogle at the widening expanse of the mighty Mississippi ...

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5 p.m. update: Water eight feet deep in parts of riverfront

The Vidalia Riverfront is under eight feet of water at its deepest point, but Mayor Hyram Copeland said ...

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