Opinion

Loss of a public servant in Sturgeon

On Nov. 6, voters will go to the polls to cast ballots for candidates in two U.S. Senate ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Policing is not just a job; it is a lifestyle

The brotherhood of law enforcement knows no boundaries.

Opinion

Knowledge is gift that will last lifetime

Each of us is the product of the effort other people put into helping us become who we ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

It’s time to root for our hometown

Imagine for a second if Natchez and Adams County were a football team and each of the citizens ...

Opinion

Political parties change their spots

From the 1850s into the mid-20th century, white Southerners voted for the pro-slavery, pro-segregation Democratic Party almost without ...

Opinion

Three-prong problem with state’s justice system

News of the shooting deaths of two police officers in nearby Brookhaven is sad indeed. Two officers, who ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

A few bad guys are giving Natchez a bad rap

Tommy Ferrell thinks Natchez and Adams County are getting a bad rap, because of a bad few.

Opinion

Time to stop violence in Natchez

Shootings have become way too common in Natchez and Adams County.

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Competitive race shaping up for sheriff

Across the nation, political eyes are on the mid-term congressional races and their implications on the country’s political ...

Opinion

How affirmative action began

America’s first affirmative action plan was in place long before 1776. It created the legal “set-aside” that exempted ...

Opinion

Parchman ordeal worth memorializing

“Civil disobedience” is a phrase coined by transcendentalist philosopher and writer Henry David Thoreau in an 1848 essay ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Margaret Martin worth restoring

The former Margaret Martin School on Homochitto Street is like a wrecked, multi-million-dollar super car. Our leaders need ...

Opinion

A reporter, a priest and a senator get coffee

Did you hear the one about the senator, the newspaper reporter and the Catholic priest in the coffee ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Indulge my non-fantasy for Natchez

Close your eyes for a minute and put on your Mickey Mouse ears, if you have a pair, ...

Opinion

Masters created racial solidarity myth

A constant of all slave-societies was the harm they did in the long run, not only to the ...

Opinion

Fire brings out best of Natchez

Sunday was supposed to be an easy day, especially with Monday being Labor Day.

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Memory of McCain recalls city’s own ‘Maverick’

Last week, as the nation’s eyes focused on the memory of the late Sen. John McCain, many Natchez ...

Opinion

Measure of success is not just monetary

Natchez’s new community swimming pool is off to a good start.

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Natchez is letting mission creep get in way of progress

The City of Natchez is beginning to have mission creep at a time when we need singular focus ...

Opinion

Racism sprang from cultural differences

As a group, they were people said to be “miserable, ignorant, idle, seditious and vicious.” Labeled “nauseous to ...

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