Opinion

We’re still grateful to Tate Taylor, John Norris

Despite plans for a restaurant inside the Broadway Street train depot falling through, Tate Taylor and John Norris ...

Opinion

Mississippians should insist Favre face justice

Nothing hurts worse than finding out someone we look up to isn’t the person we thought they were. ...

Opinion

Message still true: We will unite in wake of tragedy

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

Opinion

We must do better for our society

“Our moral compass is no longer pointing true.” That’s what Paul Leake said earlier this week when talking ...

Opinion

No one does fall like Natchez

Football, food, music and more await in the coming months and we can’t wait. After Hallmark Christmas movies ...

Opinion

Our community has flourished in part because of Co-Lin Natchez

Many of us Co-Lin at the old school building off U.S. 84, where Bob Dearing taught history. Oh, ...

Opinion

GUEST EDITORIAL: Parole board makes job harder

On a less positive note about Mississippi’s prison trends comes this finding by the Mississippi Center for Investigative ...

Opinion

Rosco on the Radio: ‘The Miss-Lou region lost a giant’

Adams County Board of Supervisors President Wes Middleton opened the group’s meeting Monday morning with a moment of ...

Obituaries

Preservation Commission is doing its job

We need to cut the city’s Preservation Commission some slack. The Preservation Commission is being criticized for taking ...

Opinion

Locating E-911 at police department makes even more sense now

The Natchez Mayor and Board of Aldermen and the Adams County Board of Supervisors met last week to ...

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J.E.T. Natchez – about to land in Natchez

J.E.T. Natchez, our initiative for bringing commercial air service back to our airport, is about to land in ...

Opinion

Deserving of praise: New Natchez businesses

It takes a special person to invest in themselves and their families and open a small business. It ...

Opinion

Yes, public education could use some improvement

We’ve watched firsthand our public school system, despite facing public scrutiny for it, build a new state-of-the-art high ...

Opinion

City’s E-911 proposal makes good sense

For an inexcusable amount of time, our emergency 911 dispatchers have suffered through deplorable working conditions. We have ...

Opinion

Better when it’s fresh

If you’ve never had a tomato that was farm fresh instead of store-bought, you are missing out. Robert ...

Opinion

We’re all in this together

Natchez is a part of Adams County and E-911 is a combined service for both the city and ...

Opinion

It’s not too early to think about Christmas

No, it’s not too early to begin thinking about Christmas — at least not Christmas in Natchez. Christmas ...

Opinion

Daughtry, NPD deserve praise for work protecting Natchez

Natchez Police Department, and particularly Natchez Police Chief Joseph Daughtry, deserve a huge amount of praise for good ...

Opinion

Freedom is why we celebrate

A lot of decisions have been made recently by courts and lawmakers that reshape our state and country. ...

Opinion

Prepare now for active hurricane season

Atlantic hurricane season kicked off in earnest on June 1. Experts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...

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