Opinion
From the mayor’s desk: It’s time to step up code enforcement
Over the past four years as your mayor, one of the toughest challenges I have had to face is how to deal with derelict and ...
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News
Teen walks away from crash on Upper Kingston Road early Tuesday
NATCHEZ — A 17-year-old Natchez teen walked away from a single-vehicle crash on Upper Kingston Road near Ogden Road at about 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday. ...
by Jan Griffey, Tuesday, September 3, 2024 8:36 am
News
‘Very blessed to be alive’: Man falls asleep at wheel, crashes through fence
NATCHEZ — A Natchez man is fortunate to be alive after crashing his SUV through a fence and into a yard on Foster Mound Road ...
by Jan Griffey, Sunday, September 1, 2024 11:31 am
News
Look who’s cooking: Anna Fortunato Payne
NATCHEZ — Anna Payne cannot remember a time in her life when she didn’t cook. The daughter of Joe and Mary Joy “Noonie” Fortunato said ...
by Jan Griffey, Saturday, August 31, 2024 11:59 pm
News
City gets ‘clean’ audit opinion
NATCHEZ — The audit team at accounting firm Silas Simmons issued a “clean audit opinion” for the City of Natchez for its audit of the ...
by Jan Griffey, Saturday, August 31, 2024 11:47 pm
Business
ON ITS WAY: Natchez facility sends new tower to Texas plant
NATCHEZ—Workers from three companies undertook the tedious operation Friday morning of moving a 600,000-pound, 275-foot-long steel tower from the Enerfab facility here to the Natchez ...
by Jan Griffey, Saturday, August 31, 2024 11:43 pm
News
Hit and run suspect still at large after overnight manhunt
NATCHEZ—The overnight manhunt for a person who first hit a parked Adams County Sheriff’s Office patrol vehicle at Susie B. West apartments and fled was ...
by Jan Griffey, Friday, August 30, 2024 10:21 am
Business
Historic Natchez Foundation’s 50th anniversary: Oakwood before and after
NATCHEZ — Oakwood is a Greek Revival planter’s cottage on Upper Kingston Road that was constructed around 1837 for Hardy Sojourner and his wife Missouri ...
by Jan Griffey, Thursday, August 29, 2024 11:07 pm
BREAKING NEWS
ACSO, NPD searching for suspect in wooded area near Lower Woodville Road and Saragossa
NATCHEZ — Adams County Sheriff’s deputies and Natchez Police officers are searching a wooded area near Lower Woodville and Saragossa roads right now for a ...
by Jan Griffey, Thursday, August 29, 2024 10:38 pm
News
Supervisors, sheriff’s office butt heads over budget issues
NATCHEZ — More than a year ago, when District 1 Supervisor Wes Middleton engineered a plan to house pre-trial inmates from the dilapidated Adams County ...
by Jan Griffey, Thursday, August 29, 2024 12:27 pm
News
Pets of the Week: Cookie, Roxie, Clayton and Cornell
NATCHEZ — This beautiful baby girl is Cookie. She is not much over a year old and is the sweetest most affectionate dog ever. She ...
by Jan Griffey, Thursday, August 29, 2024 11:39 am
Business
‘Fall in Love with Natchez’ aimed at sprucing up city ahead of October events and building community pride
NATCHEZ—Mayor Dan Gibson’s administration is asking Natchez merchants and citizens for help sprucing up the city, particularly the downtown area, before a plethora of events ...
by Jan Griffey, Thursday, August 29, 2024 10:59 am
Editorials
Our opinion: Deserving of praise
We are in that time of the year when summer vacations are almost over — save for some who plan extended weekend trips for the ...
by Jan Griffey, Wednesday, August 28, 2024 3:10 pm
News
AG rules Adams County Sheriff’s deputies justified in use of force in July 2023 shooting
NATCHEZ — The Mississippi Attorney General’s Office has concluded that two Adams County Sheriff’s deputies were justified in their use of deadly force in shooting ...
by Jan Griffey, Wednesday, August 28, 2024 2:44 pm
Business
Eola developer: ‘It is going to happen’
NATCHEZ — Hayes Dent, one of the developers of the Eola Hotel project, told those at a press conference held by Natchez Mayor Dan Gibson ...
by Jan Griffey, Tuesday, August 27, 2024 1:56 pm
News
Your Take: Community garden at Jack Waite Park
Lavada Hill shares this photo of the new raised bed design at Jack Waite Park’s Community Garden. Eddie Burkes, alongside volunteers Lakieria Blanton, Larnell Holmes, ...
by Jan Griffey, Tuesday, August 27, 2024 10:22 am
Business
Harris joins Historic Natchez Foundation as director of operations
NATCHEZ — After a career of teaching history, Betty Jo Harris is using her knowledge in a new way as director of operations at the ...
by Jan Griffey, Tuesday, August 27, 2024 8:22 am
Business
Natchez Inc. seeks more funding from county
NATCHEZ — Natchez Inc. Executive Director Chandler Russ made his case before the Adams County Board of Supervisors Friday morning to increase funds to Natchez ...
by Jan Griffey, Sunday, August 25, 2024 11:39 pm
Adams County
TIGHTENING THE BUDGET: County working hard to avoid tax increase in FY 2024-2025
NATCHEZ — While Adams County’s fiscal year 2024-2025 budget is far from finalized, county administrator Stephanie Washington walked the county’s board of supervisors through a ...
by Jan Griffey, Sunday, August 25, 2024 11:29 pm
Lifestyles Main
Look who’s cooking: Sterling Dossett shares his family’s Creamy White Chicken Chili recipe
NATCHEZ—Sterling Dossett credits his maternal grandmother, the late Helen Randles, with fostering his love of cooking. One of his favorite recipes, which he recently shared ...
by Jan Griffey, Sunday, August 25, 2024 11:21 pm
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