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WWI plaque is a wrong righted

Natchez — The names of local World War I veterans — black and white — will remain immortalized ...

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Butler, Carter win supervisor seats

David Carter and Calvin Butler, who cornered the races for District 2 and District 5 supervisors with generous ...

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Costumes come to life downtown

All the little devils were out and likely up to no good Monday night, but Officer Derrick Byrd ...

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Parents get window into classroom

The bad-old days of staking out the mailbox to intercept not-so-sterling report cards are over for students in ...

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Big crowds gather for balloon glow

Natchez — Hundreds of people drifted to the Fort Rosalie festival grounds Friday as the smell of funnel ...

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Is NCLB a setup for failure?

Experienced educators admit there may be light at the end of the No Child Left Behind tunnel for ...

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National park working to help Fort Rosalie park rise from the ruins

One day, you may stand on the site of historic Fort Rosalie and view it just like the ...

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Worst of slow-moving Lee expected today

More than 500 Adams County residences temporarily lost power Saturday as Tropical Storm Lee’s center crawled to Louisiana ...

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Unemployment: Are the jobs out there?

Explaining high unemployment numbers in Adams County and Concordia Parish to businesses around the Miss-Lou that report frequent ...

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Despite success, work never done for Natchez Inc.

Natchez Inc. Executive Director Chandler Russ has been getting picked on lately about the pressure his economic development ...

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Hutchins, Butler, Lazarus win

Voters spoke loudly in primary elections in favor of two newcomers and an incumbent for Adams County supervisors ...

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County’s phone bill drops, but not near predicted level

Adams County only trimmed $207 off its annual cell phone bill in the last year despite decreasing the ...

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State senate candidates talk budget, education

Area voters who gathered Friday morning for conversation, politics and coffee said all of it was good to ...

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Clerk, judge, constable hopefuls take stage

A slate of incumbents touted their experience as challengers boasted of new plans for the future Tuesday night ...

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Ten supervisor candidates discuss issues in forum

Public debates and sometimes not-so-subtle implications about who is or is not doing a job correctly gave 50-60 ...

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Local author honors soldiers with poems

Sometimes it’s the moments between the blasts that help Mark LaFrancis illustrate what patriotism is when Iraq and ...

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Cancer survivors find strength in support for Relay

Just like the Relay for Life team her daughter founded, Janet Smith has got spirit.

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Miss-Lou marks miracles at Relay for Life

Addison Thomas Jr. was diagnosed with colon cancer at 64. His 40-year-old wife, Ima Dunbar-Thomas, was pregnant for ...

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Chemical company to invest $225M, bring 165 jobs

The first six Adams County employees of Elevance Renewable Sciences sat in the front row of a seemingly ...

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Risk to levees remains same each day, not worsened

Risk of levee failure remains as floodwaters from the Mississippi River recede, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials ...

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