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What makes good TV these days?

Twice in the last year I’ve settled in for a relaxing evening on the couch, ready to step ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

“You are just like your father”

Identical twins and other multiple-birth siblings have always fascinated me.

Ben Hillyer

My how the time really does fly

I have never been much of a crier.

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Be careful with attitude toward education

At some point, probably soon, our society is going to have to rethink education.

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

How insane is our election system?

With the Natchez city election finished and a presidential race heating up soon, one has to wonder: Is ...

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Who will be the mayor of tomorrow?

It’s time to find the mayor of tomorrow.

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

One of these companies is not like the others

Lots of local people rolled their eyes earlier this year when fuel technology company KiOR announced plans to ...

Ben Hillyer

Generosity reaffirms small town values

Sometimes it takes a very bad day to make me thankful that I live in a small town.

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Invest in this community with dollars

The world outside the boundaries of Adams County and Concordia Parish made more than $42,000 off the Natchez ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Newspaper business centers on you, reader

Hey you, yes you, the one staring at me right now. I’d like to welcome you to the ...

Ben Hillyer

How hot are Natchez tourist attractions?

I nearly made road kill out of a tourist standing in the middle of the road last week. ...

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Prison riot will remain with us

Only a few local events in the last decade have been enough to truly scare this reporter.

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Flood changed families’ lives forever

What a difference a year makes! Saturday was the one-year anniversary of the historic Mississippi River flood crest.

Ben Hillyer

Take the train to adventure

For toddlers, life is just one big adventure with no beginning and no end.

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Do you love books? Reading pays off

Young Kaylee Floyd’s T-shirt said enough.

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

What Natchez needs is a City Mom

In two days Natchez voters will pause to select the Democratic candidate for mayor. It’s interesting to think ...

Ben Hillyer

Squeak and the government wheel may turn

What does it take to get some of the city’s worst streets patched and repaired?

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Are next 30-somethings the answer?

This is an important year for the future of our nation.

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

The times, they are a changing

Can someone be special and still be aligned with more than 80 percent of the population?

Ben Hillyer

It’s not what you learn but how you learn

There was a day when I could recite the quadratic formula faster than I could my own telephone ...

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