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Today is last day to reserve for Temple B’nai’s Passover Celebration

Congregation B’nai Israel invites the public to join us as we celebrate Passover the weekend of April 26–27. Our annual commemoration of the Exodus of ... Read more

by Top of the morning, Tuesday, April 23, 2024 12:33 pm

Opinion

From the Mayor’s Desk: Morgantown Road — another try

In my last column, I wrote of the importance of getting to work for the citizens of Natchez to make the next four years, which ... Read more

by Top of the morning, Saturday, April 20, 2024 11:45 am

Opinion

Destination Downtown: Let’s keep Natchez blooming

The latest Y’all Means All event coming up this weekend in Downtown Natchez has Natchez “blooming” with anticipation. Blooming By The River, described as a ... Read more

by Top of the morning, Friday, April 19, 2024 2:25 pm

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 ... Read more

by Top of the morning, Sunday, April 14, 2024 3:32 pm

News

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 ... Read more

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 ... Read more

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. ... Read more

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 ... Read more

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 ... Read more

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 ... Read more

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 ... Read more

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 ... Read more

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 ... Read more

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 ... Read more

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 ... Read more

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 ... Read more

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 ... Read more

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 ... Read more

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. ... Read more

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 ... Read more

by Top of the morning, Saturday, October 21, 2023 8:39 pm

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