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Smoke billowing from tire fire on Ratliff Road

NATCHEZ — Firefighters are on the scene now of a blaze at 10 Ratcliff Road in Adams County. Apparently tires are burning, along with other ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Thursday, February 29, 2024 1:39 pm

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Sheriff’s deputies locate another stolen vehicle

NATCHEZ — Adams County Sheriff’s Deputies have recovered a vehicle stolen early this morning. The 2012 Chevrolet Camaro was reported stolen at approximately 3 p.m. ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Thursday, February 29, 2024 12:57 pm

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Pets of the Week: Meet Heath, Miracle, Sissy and Sarge

NATCHEZ — Heath is a sweet boy with a heart of gold. He is kennel trained and great on walks, and good with cats and ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Wednesday, February 28, 2024 10:59 pm

Editorials

Buy some bulbs and make the Miss-Lou beautiful

Imagine how much beauty the Vidalia Garden Club has added to the Miss-Lou in the last quarter century. Last year along, the Vidalia Garden Club ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Wednesday, February 28, 2024 12:18 pm

Business

Aldermen OK traffic study aimed at slowing down traffic, creating more parking spaces

NATCHEZ — Would two-way traffic on downtown streets slow down vehicles and create a safer environment for pedestrians and drivers? Would continuing the one-way flow ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Wednesday, February 28, 2024 3:50 am

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Act now to place your Vidalia Garden Club caladium orders

NATCHEZ — Miss-Lou gardeners ordered 16,000 caladium bulbs from Vidalia Garden Club members last year. Mary Huhn, VGC member who has been in charge of ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Tuesday, February 27, 2024 4:01 pm

BREAKING NEWS

Land owner says Zaxby’s will open in Natchez by late fall

NATCHEZ —Zaxby’s is opening a restaurant in Natchez. Property owner Richard LaNasa of Mandeville, Louisiana, who is opening a Pure Car Wash on Seargent S. ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Tuesday, February 27, 2024 3:47 pm

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Supervisors sign substantial completion form on Chester Willis renovation work ahead of Tuesday night’s game

NATCHEZ — The Adams County Board of Supervisors met briefly on Monday morning to allow Cathedral and Natchez High School baseball teams to play tonight ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Tuesday, February 27, 2024 2:46 pm

Business

County Supervisor Kevin Wilson and wife meet former President Trump at Mar-a-Lago Club

NATCHEZ — Feb. 16 was a special Friday for Kevin and Dana Wilson of Natchez, who spent that evening at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Tuesday, February 27, 2024 2:21 pm

Business

Key items on city’s Tuesday meeting agenda

NATCHEZ — Approval of a request for proposals for the north end of the Depot and discussion of a contract with the Natchez-Adams County Humane ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Monday, February 26, 2024 11:03 pm

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Entrepreneur Boelte dies in accident on his Natchez property

NATCHEZ — Gerald A. Boelte, 77, of Natchez was killed when the off-road vehicle on which he was riding overturned on him Thursday evening. E-911 ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Monday, February 26, 2024 10:43 am

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Coming Home: Natchez football standout, college coach returns for Football Foundation banquet

NATCHEZ — It will be like old home week when Steve Buckley returns to Natchez Tuesday. The 1981 South Natchez-Adams High School graduate will be ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Sunday, February 25, 2024 7:18 pm

Business

‘They were sent …to close the lab down’: Natchez cannabis testing facility will fight to keep license

NATCHEZ — Mamie Henry, majority owner of Rapid Analytics, a testing facility for medical marijuana and the agriculture industry, said officials with the state’s medical ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Friday, February 23, 2024 12:47 pm

Business

Businessman Boelte dies on his Adams County property in off-road vehicle accident Thursday night

NATCHEZ — Gerald Boelte, 77, died Thursday night after a side-by-side off-road vehicle accident on his property. Boelte and his wife Hedy moved to the ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Friday, February 23, 2024 10:06 am

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Natchez High, Cathedral will play first game on new Chester Willis Field Tuesday

NATCHEZ — The completion of the $2.2 million improvement at Chester Willis Field will be showcased on Tuesday when Natchez High School and Cathedral School ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Thursday, February 22, 2024 6:13 pm

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Pets of the Week: Lindsey, Pecan, Vanessa and Pebbles

NATCHEZ — This is Lindsey. She has been at the Natchez-Adams County Humane Society shelter for 734 days. She is a very sweet dog and ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Thursday, February 22, 2024 12:34 pm

Business

Historic Natchez Foundation 50th anniversary: Institute Hall

The United States Courthouse at 109 South Pearl St. was completed in 1853 and was originally known as Institute Hall because it was one of ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Thursday, February 22, 2024 12:19 pm

Business

Cell service here affected by nationwide outage

NATCHEZ — The Associated Press has reported many Americans are dealing with cellular outages on AT&T, Cricket Wireless, Verizon, T-Mobile and other service providers, according ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Thursday, February 22, 2024 11:07 am

News

City, county E-911 center dispatch partnership still unresolved

NATCHEZ – The consolidation of city-county dispatch efforts into one E-911 center remains undecided. In January 2017, the city and the county agreed to consolidate ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Thursday, February 22, 2024 10:02 am

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E-911 dispatch leader pushes move from ‘horrible, oppressive’ offices under county jail

NATCHEZ — The Adams County E-911 dispatch director wants to know when employees can move out of their dungeon-like basement workplace and into the new ... Read more

by Jan Griffey, Wednesday, February 21, 2024 4:50 pm

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