Opinion

Angels on the Bluff 2023: Ticket sales Start Aug. 1

“Angels we have heard on high, sweetly singing o’er the plains . . .” – so begins a ...

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UPDATE: Sheriff Patten spots escapee, leads chase; escapee brother in custody

NATCHEZ — After leading deputies on a dramatic high-speed chase from Roselawn to U.S. 61 south to Col. ...

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UPDATE: Jail escapee back in custody; leads deputies on high-speed chase and crashes

NATCHEZ — Adams County Jail escapee Omari Jaiquan Smith, 22, is back in custody this morning after leading ...

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UPDATE: Video and images from pursuit of escaped inmate

The Adams County Sheriff’s Office continues to search for escaped inmate Omari Jaiquan Smith. Smith, 20, was being ...

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Sheriff asks for citizens’ help in locating escaped inmate Omari Jaiquan Smith

NATCHEZ — The Adams County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help from city and county residents in locating ...

Opinion

OPINION COLUMN: For Adams County Sheriff’s deputies, it’s all in a poorly-paid day’s work

$16.01. That’s the starting hourly wage for a new, inexperienced deputy in the Adams County Sheriff’s Office. $13.23. ...

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CPSB seeks desegregation compliance officer to comply with 1970 lawsuit

Editor’s note: An earlier version of this article misidentified the owner of the Concordia Parish School Board central ...

Business

Rebirthed Natchez Food and Wine Festival events quickly selling out

NATCHEZ — If you haven’t purchased your tickets for events for this year’s Natchez Food and Wine Festival ...

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Authorities arrest 13-year-old from Natchez after fatal shooting in Lamar County

LAMAR COUNTY — Lamar County deputies arrested a Natchez 13-year-old, who they have not identified, in connection to ...

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Alcorn State University ranked among the nation’s best HBCUs

Alcorn State University has been selected as a 2024 Best College in the U.S. by College Raptor. The ...

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Patten won’t release the names of deputies in officer-involved shooting until MBI investigation into incident completed

NATCHEZ — Adams County Sheriff Travis Patten said he does not plan to release the names of the ...

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Jail inmate struggles with officers; taser used to get him back in cell

NATCHEZ — Three Adams County Jail officers were needed to corral an inmate after he refused to go ...

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Man charged with aggravated assault after serious injury of coworker at Natchez hotel

NATCHEZ — Natchez police arrested a man on an aggravated assault charge at a hotel on Sunday after ...

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‘SO MANY POSSIBILITIES’: Syrah Tech donates $150K to Concordia Parish schools

VIDALIA, La. — Syrah Technologies, based in Vidalia, has gifted $150,000 to Concordia Parish School Board to rehabilitate ...

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Natchez man’s probation ends with shooting arrest in Vidalia

VIDALIA, La. — A couple now facing aggravated assault charges after two people were injured in a July ...

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Suspect identified in Sunday morning officer-involved shooting; allegedly fired at victim and deputies, who stopped him

NATCHEZ — Adams County Sheriff Travis Patten has identified Charoyd Henrence Bell, 43, of 564 Old Highway 84, ...

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Suspect dead, victim hit by gunfire but expected to live after officer-involved shooting Sunday morning

NATCHEZ — The suspect is dead and a victim was hit by gunfire but is expected to live ...

News

Adams County Sheriff’s deputies on scene of officer-involved shooting

NATCHEZ — Adams County Sheriff Travis Patten is on the scene of a shooting involving one of his ...

Business

Saturday in Natchez: Fun, fellowship and Christmas in July

NATCHEZ — Despite stifling heat, Miss-Lou residents were out and about in downtown Natchez Saturday at an event ...

News

Pets of the Week: Jason, Blueberry, Sherlock Holmes and Ashleigh

Meet Jason, a blond Labrador mix, who is 4 months old and ready for adoption. He is fully ...

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