Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Politics don’t belong in any recreation talks

All signs are that Natchez and Adams County will soon build a new community swimming pool — regardless ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Is there better use of time for our legislators?

So I couldn’t help but chuckle a bit last week at one of our local legislator’s latest efforts ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Hood’s actions against Google questionable

Mississippi’s Attorney General Jim Hood apparently got the pants scared off of him a few weeks ago.

Ben Hillyer

Son creates alarming situation

When I put a passcode on my phone and the two electronic tablets in my house, I thought ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Help us be on the lookout for heroes

This morning, we need your help. That’s correct, the newspaper’s staff is putting out an APB — all-points ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Answers need to be found to violence issue

Hadiya Pendleton and Jessie Taylor likely would have had much in common if they had ever met.

Ben Hillyer

Simple bowl holds world of power

It is very easy to make a bowl. All you have to do is put your hands together, ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Local headlines illustrate our character

In the last few hours before a New Year dawns on Thursday, most of us reflect on the ...

Ben Hillyer

Decisions of Christmas morning

When I looked at the clock, the bright red numbers read 3:37.

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Santa getting little love from young Cooper

As Christmas inches ever closer, the littlest Cooper is still quite suspicious of the man in the red ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Proposed taxes may be small, but mask bigger problems

So the City of Natchez — or at least the mayor — wants to raise taxes on hotel ...

Ben Hillyer

There’s a little Santa in every one of us

The man with the long white beard and flowing robe was not the real Santa Claus.

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Never take our freedoms for granted

Seventy-three years ago today, the world changed with a deadly act of war.

Ben Hillyer

Where was outrage before Common Core?

If you need to understand why state leaders are suddenly joining the national chorus of voices vilifying this ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Hard work pays off in words of child

With visions of pyrotechnics still dancing in her eyes, the tiny redhead turned back, threw up her little ...

Ben Hillyer

Don’t be a Scrooge this holiday season

The race is on. The clock is ticking. Santa Claus will be coming down the chimney is less ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Plenty to be thankful for this holiday

My emotional connections to heavy machinery pretty much ended at the ripe old age of 6 or 7 ...

Ben Hillyer

Natchez can learn from other’s history

If Savannah, Ga., could offer Natchez a piece of advice, I bet it would be this — beware ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Float talks with public on pool option

Call me skeptical, but the recent discussions about building a pool in Adams County have me a bit ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Navigate your way toward the future

Motorists along North Canal Street two weeks ago may have thought the newspaper’s staff had finally lost its ...

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