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Education committee to host meeting

NATCHEZ — City, county and school district leaders will meet today to discus possible solutions to issues with the Natchez-Adams School District — namely those ... Read more

by Emily Lane, Monday, September 19, 2011 12:13 am

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Doctor questions school-based health care

NATCHEZ — A local pediatrician recently voiced concerns to the Natchez-Adams School Board about the medical treatment students are receiving at a school-based health clinic ... Read more

by Emily Lane, Saturday, September 17, 2011 12:04 am

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Murder suspect in jail

NATCHEZ — A motorist heading home on McNeil Road in Natchez reported the body of a man he assumed was the victim of a hit-and-run ... Read more

by Emily Lane, Saturday, September 17, 2011 12:03 am

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County approves budget

NATCHEZ — Adams County will take in $22.4 million and spend $25.2 million in the next fiscal year, according the budget that the Adams County ... Read more

by Emily Lane, Friday, September 16, 2011 12:14 am

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New road will give trucks better access to port

NATCHEZ — Tractors continued to slice through the bluff near Government Fleet Road Thursday to make way for a new road that will help old, ... Read more

by Emily Lane, Friday, September 16, 2011 12:12 am

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Labels show little change

NATCHEZ — The Natchez-Adams School District has been labeled “low performing” — basically the same label as last year — for the 2010-2011 school year, ... Read more

by Emily Lane, Thursday, September 15, 2011 12:06 am

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Former officer sentenced to two years

Former Natchez Police Officer Dewayne Johnson will serve two and a half years in a federal prison for stealing Jason Ellard’s credit cards while on ... Read more

by Emily Lane, Wednesday, September 14, 2011 12:24 am

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Details of Young case released to public

Details released publicly Tuesday in the case of John Casey Young, a Ferriday resident arrested by the FBI last week for production of child pornography, ... Read more

by Emily Lane, Wednesday, September 14, 2011 12:21 am

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Ferriday meeting flooded with accusations over water plant

Ferriday residents squeezed themselves into a boardroom and bottleneck hallway at Ferriday Town Hall Tuesday, and audience members cheered at several points as members of ... Read more

by Emily Lane, Wednesday, September 14, 2011 12:18 am

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Morris forgoes appeal, takes new job

Former Natchez-Adams School District Superintendent Anthony Morris has bypassed an opportunity to make a second appeal to the school board’s decision not to renew his ... Read more

by Emily Lane, Tuesday, September 13, 2011 12:06 am

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Young case flip flops in court

John Casey Young, a Ferriday resident arrested by the FBI Thursday for production of child pornography, remained in federal custody Monday after he was handed ... Read more

by Emily Lane, Tuesday, September 13, 2011 12:05 am

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With memories in hand, does America still believe?

Everyone remembers the unity that swept across America on the days after Sept. 11. Read more

by Emily Lane, Sunday, September 11, 2011 12:10 am

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Students commemorate Sept. 11

Frazier Primary School children that were gathered around the school playground looked up, clapped and screamed when it came time at Friday’s 9/11 ceremony to ... Read more

by Emily Lane, Saturday, September 10, 2011 12:28 am

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Ferriday man charged with making child porn

NATCHEZ — FBI agents arrested John Casey Young of Ferriday Thursday morning on charges of production of child pornography. Young, 43, who the FBI confirmed ... Read more

by Emily Lane, Saturday, September 10, 2011 12:07 am

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County worker likely to be terminated

NATCHEZ — Even though Adams County maintenance supervisor Allen Jones pleaded “no contest” instead of “not guilty” to embezzlement charges Thursday, Adams county Board Attorney ... Read more

by Emily Lane, Saturday, September 10, 2011 12:03 am

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All charges dropped in Farmer murder

All charges against Willie Duck, one of three men originally charged for the 2009 murder, attempted rape of Terry Farmer and subsequent arson of her ... Read more

by Emily Lane, Friday, September 9, 2011 12:50 am

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County worker sentenced

Editor’s note: An original version of this story incorrectly described the legal nature of Jones’ plea. The Democrat regrets the error and is happy to ... Read more

by Emily Lane, Friday, September 9, 2011 12:45 am

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Butterflies to flutter at Morgantown

NATCHEZ — Morgantown Elementary School students should soon be able to learn firsthand about the science of the cycle of life as cocoons morph into ... Read more

by Emily Lane, Friday, September 9, 2011 12:18 am

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Understanding tragedy: Morgantown students look back at 9-11-2001

NATCHEZ — With arms folded and chins hovering atop stacks of books on their desks, approximately 40 children watched a second plane enter the right ... Read more

by Emily Lane, Thursday, September 8, 2011 12:13 am

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Man shot, suspect goes to police

By Emily lane The Natchez Democrat NATCHEZ — A 20-year-old Natchez man was flown to Jackson by helicopter Wednesday for medical treatment on his shoulder ... Read more

by Emily Lane, Thursday, September 8, 2011 12:10 am

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