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Mosquito spraying in Natchez begins Monday

NATCHEZ — The City of Natchez will begin its annual mosquito control program on Monday. The program aims to eradicate bothersome and disease-carrying mosquitos, said ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Saturday, April 13, 2024 4:10 pm

News

Two of Adams County’s ‘Most Wanted’ suspects captured

NATCHEZ — Two suspects on the Adams County Sheriff’s Office’s Most Wanted List have been captured. Chastity Renee Irving, 29, was captured in Abilene, Texas, ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Thursday, April 11, 2024 3:51 pm

News

Balloon Festival artwork competition under way

NATCHEZ — One of the most coveted art competitions in the Miss-Lou area is under way now. Local artists have an opportunity to enter the ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Thursday, April 11, 2024 11:49 am

News

Next Mayor and Board of Aldermen meeting is Monday

NATCHEZ — The next meeting of the Natchez Mayor and Board of Aldermen is Monday at 11 a.m. in the Council Chambers, 115 S. Pearl ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Thursday, April 11, 2024 9:42 am

News

Natchez driver crashes into gully, lands in jail

NATCHEZ — A Natchez man drove his truck approximately 400 feet off the road Wednesday night and then dropped 150 feet down a gully in ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Thursday, April 11, 2024 8:41 am

Business

Natchez artist celebrating milestone with Saturday ArtsNatchez exhibit

NATCHEZ — New Orleans native and part-time Natchez resident Jax Frey will celebrate the creation of her 30,000 miniature paintings with a Little Views Mini ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Wednesday, April 10, 2024 3:03 pm

News

White concedes Ward 5 race; urges all to get behind elected aldermen and mayor ‘to move Natchez forward’

NATCHEZ — Alderman candidate Jamar White, who challenged incumbent Ben Davis for the Ward 5 alderman position in Tuesday’s municipal primary election, has conceded the ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Wednesday, April 10, 2024 12:18 pm

BREAKING NEWS

Decision 2024: Hall re-elected; Wards 4, 5 still in play

NATCHEZ — Ward 1 Alderman Valencia Hall has won re-election to her second term on the city’s Board of Aldermen in a close race with ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Tuesday, April 9, 2024 9:19 pm

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Art show fundraiser features works of native Kuehnle

NATCHEZ—On Friday, Ruthie Conner Coy will host a special fundraising art show at her historic Bontura on Broadway Street from 1 to 5 p.m. The ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Tuesday, April 9, 2024 2:38 pm

News

Polls open until 7 p.m. in today’s city election

NATCHEZ — Voters go to the polls today in the city’s municipal primary election. Poll workers at Ward 1 said voting was steady this morning. ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Tuesday, April 9, 2024 12:12 pm

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Mayor honors Natchez Miss Hospitality and Natchez Little Miss Hospitality

NATCHEZ — Natchez Mayor Dan Gibson congratulated Miss Ashleigh Johnson, Natchez Miss Hospitality, and Miss Della Book, Natchez Little Miss Hospitality, on Monday at City ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Monday, April 8, 2024 7:16 pm

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Forecast calls for severe weather here Tuesday and Wednesday

NATCHEZ — The National Weather Service in Natchez is forecasting heavy rain turning to severe thunderstorms on Tuesday into Tuesday night and severe thunderstorms for ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Monday, April 8, 2024 5:44 pm

News

Three city alderman seats up for grabs in Tuesday election

NATCHEZ — Natchez voters go to the polls on Tuesday to select candidates for the general election for alderman in Wards 1, 4, and 5. ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Monday, April 8, 2024 3:59 pm

Business

Long-time, grateful patrons of Carriage House enjoy last Sunday lunch

NATCHEZ — Elodie Pritchartt went to the Carriage House on Sunday to document its swan song, the last time it would serve a Sunday buffet ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Monday, April 8, 2024 2:10 pm

Business

Sustainability Partners says it will build and maintain new county jail facility for monthly fee

NATCHEZ — Bert Carson, an infrastructure partner with Sustainability Partner of Chandler, Arizona, introduced a novel concept to the Adams County Board of Supervisors as ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Thursday, April 4, 2024 4:08 pm

News

More than 80 residents affected by redistricting error ahead of Natchez municipal election

NATCHEZ — Approximately 79 registered voters of the city’s Ward 1 and five in Ward 4 were sent cards from the county election commission that ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Thursday, April 4, 2024 12:44 pm

News

Officials: Social media post about Natchez teen’s abduction is false

NATCHEZ — A social media post claiming a Natchez teenager had been abducted from one of the Natchez Walgreen’s locations is untrue, local law enforcement ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Thursday, April 4, 2024 12:10 pm

News

Changes in judicial districts may be coming from state legislature

NATCHEZ — The Mississippi Legislature is considering voting this session to redistrict the state’s judiciary, but only today has a plan come forward for doing ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Wednesday, April 3, 2024 4:07 pm

Business

Graning pleads not guilty to trespassing charge

NATCHEZ — Millicent Graning of Natchez was arraigned in Adams County Justice Court Tuesday morning on a charge of willful trespassing. Graning entered a not ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Wednesday, April 3, 2024 10:39 am

News

Woman charged as accessory in Saturday’s aggravated assault incident

NATCHEZ — The Adams County Sheriff’s Office has made another arrest in relation to the aggravated assault and gunfire incident that began at a Natchez ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Wednesday, April 3, 2024 10:18 am

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