The Mississippi River crested in New Orleans this week, capping an anxious period for the engineers and residents who live ...

A barge hit the old Highway 80 railroad bridge over the Mississippi River in Vicksburg.

WARREN COUNTY - Two grain-filled barges struck the old Mississippi River bridge near Vicksburg Thursday afternoon.

“Without the American taxpayer and the volunteers who came here, we wouldn’t have anything. Nothing,” said Chip McDermott, who served as mayor of Pass Christian after Hurricane Katrina.