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Together Again: Pilgrimage Garden Club resumes monthly luncheons, programs post-COVID

Old friends were reunited among some new faces in the Pilgrimage Garden Club on Friday during the first ...

COVID-19

Concordia Parish School Board adopts new COVID-19 policy for employees

VIDALIA — A policy adopted Thursday by the Concordia Parish School Board allows teachers to receive up to ...

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UPDATE: Horse dies days after Adams County man arrested on animal cruelty charge

NATCHEZ — A horse that Adams County Sheriff’s Office detectives found lying in a ditch on Lee Road ...

Opinion

Join St. Mary in Hurricane Ida relief effort, ‘Takin’ A Bite Outta Ida’ campaign

By Carrie Golden Lambert St. Mary Basilica, Cathedral School and the Knights of Columbus are organizing a Hurricane ...

News

Reader first-person remembrances of Sept. 11, 2001

By Mr. Benny “Jacky” Campbell, resident of Natchez Thanks for printing comments about this event in our country’s ...

Opinion

Americans will unite in wake of this tragedy

Editor’s note: this is a reprint of the original editorial published Sept. 12, 2001, in The Democrat. Shock. ...

News

Never Forget: Journalists share their recollection of Sept. 11, 2001

NATCHEZ — Ben Hillyer said on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, it had been a year since ...

Opinion

Plenty of ways to help with relief efforts

Miss-Lou residents who want to help provide relief for Hurricane Ida victims in south Louisiana have several options. ...

News

Adams County man charged with felony animal abuse for beating horse

NATCHEZ — Adams County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man on a felony animal abuse charge for allegedly beating ...

News

‘We had children trying to play with guns,’ police chief says: 3 juveniles, young adult arrested in shooting incident

NATCHEZ — The Natchez Police Department has arrested two teens and a young adult man and has issued ...

News

‘A rum worth fighting for’: Newly opened 1827 Spirits draws inspiration from Jim Bowie’s sandbar fight

VIDALIA, La. — The first legal distillery in Concordia Parish in over 100 years is open for business ...

News

Natchez getting back to work: Job fair hosts more than 45 employers

NATCHEZ — More than 45 employers from the Miss-Lou region were at the Natchez Convention Center Thursday morning ...

News

Natchez-Adams School District named 2021 Best Community for Music Education

NATCHEZ — The Natchez Adams School District has been named a 2021 Best Community for Music Education in ...

News

Workers prepare set for Natchez Christmas film

NATCHEZ — On Thursday, a comfortable 80-degree September morning in Downtown Natchez, workers from Natchez Public Works and ...

News

All day celebration honors ‘Queen of Blues’ Lil Green Friday in Port Gibson

By Donna Hayden Special to the Democrat PORT GIBSON — If you are a real blues lover, plan ...

News

UPDATE: Suspect arrested in fatal shooting Wednesday in Ferriday

FERRIDAY, La. — Ferriday police have arrested a teen who allegedly shot and killed a man Wednesday afternoon ...

Business

Looking for work? Dozens of employers will be on hand for Thursday job fair

NATCHEZ — Those seeking job opportunities in the Miss-Lou have an opportunity to meet with local employers at ...

News

‘Kingfish’ to headline Saturday night of Natchez Balloon Festival

One of the most influential new voices in blues music will headline the 2021 Natchez Balloon Festival. Festival ...

Business

Fuel refinery project to break ground in 2023, looks to invest $1.5 billion in Natchez

NATCHEZ — Velocys could break ground on a $1.5 billion bio-refinery plant at the Belwood Industrial Park as ...

News

Natchez man gets 35 years in federal prison for multiple drug trafficking crimes

A Natchez man was sentenced to 35 years in federal prison stemming from a 2018 search warrant that ...

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