Opinion
Time to get to work for the people of Natchez
This week our city held municipal elections which, despite a final election still to take place in June, effectively set the stage for what will ...
topofthemorning, Author at Mississippi's Best Community Newspaper
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Vote Tuesday — and vote for the Natchez Renewal
Tuesday, April 9, is an important day for Natchez – it is the day that we go to the polls to vote for our city ...
by Top of the morning, Sunday, April 7, 2024 8:26 pm
Opinion
Kindness starts with you: Pass it on
Years ago, when I was very involved in music ministry, including outreach programs, prison ministry, and weekend retreats such as “Walk to Emmaus,” time and time again ...
by Top of the morning, Monday, March 25, 2024 12:00 am
Opinion
Natchez Historical Society: Meeting topic Natchez Diplomacy 1540-1730
It’s a natural tendency for us to think of our own times and the times proximately preceding them as the boundaries of our historical existence. ...
by Top of the morning, Saturday, March 16, 2024 4:13 pm
Opinion
It’s Spring – and time to play ball
A dear friend of mine, Downtown Karla Brown, has a saying “Nothing Matches Natchez.” This time of year, I feel inclined to add a tagline ...
by Top of the morning, Saturday, March 16, 2024 3:56 pm
Opinion
Spring Pilgrimage is blooming!
Spring is in the air – and with it anticipation! We are only one week from the opening weekend of Natchez Spring Pilgrimage 2024, and ...
by Top of the morning, Sunday, March 3, 2024 9:26 pm
Opinion
Natchez Festival of Music offering music, humor and fun
“Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.” So says Victor Borge, one of my favorites among pianists and comedians. Who says you can’t mix legendary music with ...
by Top of the morning, Wednesday, February 28, 2024 12:56 pm
Opinion
Thank you for four more years!
t was just after 5 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 2, and I was enjoying a normal Friday afternoon talking with friends and enjoying the close ...
by Top of the morning, Saturday, February 17, 2024 7:45 pm
Opinion
2024 state legislative session under way
2024 is off to a great start! It is encouraging to now see so many successes, including projects that were not too long ago in ...
by Top of the morning, Sunday, January 21, 2024 7:31 pm
Opinion
From the mayor’s desk: Honoring the Historic Natchez Foundation
Thursday evening, at the annual meeting of the Historic Natchez Foundation, it was my honor to present The Key to the City to this great ...
by Top of the morning, Saturday, January 13, 2024 5:19 pm
Opinion
Long time coming and one more step
Next Monday is the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday. At two that afternoon in the Zion Chapel A.M.E. Church you are invited to witness the ...
by Top of the morning, Friday, January 12, 2024 4:00 am
Opinion
‘Catching the rabbit:’ U.S. Grant and the Vicksburg campaign
With Gettysburg and Antietam, U.S. Grant’s Vicksburg campaign of 1863 is considered by historians as one of the most significant military engagements of the Civil ...
by Top of the morning, Tuesday, January 9, 2024 11:28 am
Opinion
Historic Natchez Foundation to host annual meeting
The Historic Natchez Foundation invites the Natchez community to attend its annual meeting on Thursday, January 11th, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the ...
by Top of the morning, Sunday, January 7, 2024 2:02 pm
Opinion
Celebrating Dr. King’s birthday: A time to “Lift Every Voice”
We are so blessed to live in this time, where divisions of the past are being overcome and we as a community are celebrating “One ...
by Top of the morning, Sunday, January 7, 2024 1:59 pm
Opinion
Renovating the golf clubhouse: We need YOU!
Since we began the Natchez Renewal together almost four years ago, one of our main priorities has been making a significant investment in recreation. As ...
by Top of the morning, Saturday, December 16, 2023 10:53 pm
Opinion
The Golden Rule – Time for a return to 11 simple words
“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” These 11 words of Jesus are words hopefully most of us were raised on. ...
by Top of the morning, Sunday, November 5, 2023 6:00 am
Opinion
One Natchez: My motto going forward
“The bitterness and hate created by the late civil strife has, in my opinion, been obliterated in this state, except perhaps in some localities, and ...
by Top of the morning, Saturday, October 21, 2023 8:39 pm
Opinion
Visit Natchez impresses at 2023 Tourism Summit
Thursday, it was my pleasure to attend the 2023 Visit Natchez Annual Tourism Summit. Visit Natchez, under the direction of our Natchez Convention Promotion Commission ...
by Top of the morning, Monday, October 2, 2023 9:33 am
Opinion
Reeves makes clear that cost is not his reason for opposing Medicaid expansion for working poor
The shroud of mystery has been removed on why Gov. Tate Reeves opposes expanding Medicaid. It is not a matter of cost. The governor simply ...
by Top of the morning, Monday, October 2, 2023 9:32 am
Opinion
A letter to our very special Watson Calhoun
It has been hard to find the words — words to describe our sorrow over the passing of a sweet, brave boy from the Miss-Lou, ...
by Top of the morning, Tuesday, September 19, 2023 3:40 pm
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