The governor said he had specifically spoken with Speaker Philip Gunn and Sen. Briggs Hopson, R-Vicksburg. Hopson chairs the Senate appropriations committee and represents much of the affected area.

Preliminary competitions continue through the week and culminate Saturday night at the Vicksburg Convention Center in Vicksburg, 1600 Dr. Briggs Hopson Blvd., Vicksburg.

Mississippi lawmakers say money will be coming for the state's tornado victims, but they will have to work quickly with just days left in the session.

VICKSBURG, Miss. -- Tate Reeves, Mississippi Lieutenant Governor, along with Senators Albert Butler, Briggs Hopson, Buck Clarke and Brice Wiggins, visited the Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Vicksburg Republican is the new leader of one of the top committees in the Mississippi Senate. Briggs Hopson was named Thursday as chairman of the Judiciary A Committee.