Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Change will come from outside City Hall, not inside

Local attorney Paul Benoist’s efforts to dissolve the City of Natchez’s government is an excellent wake-up call for ...

Opinion

Time to stand up for freedom of press

The last couple of years have been an unending barrage against the freedom of the press and the ...

Opinion

Bridge, road safety should be priority

A few weeks ago, one lane of the old Natchez-Vidalia Mississippi River bridge reopened to traffic after being ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Do we have our priorities right on life?

Have we got our emotions about life and death all mixed up?

Opinion

Racial disparity grew out of slavery

In 1492, when Columbus set sail on his first trans-Atlantic voyage, white people did not exist. As odd ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Don Sanders planted seeds of great impact

The late Don Sanders might agree that we’re all farmers and our purpose in life is to help ...

Opinion

Failure is often first step to success

An old adage has it that failure is the first step to progress.

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Deaths weigh heavy for county coroner

Images in James Lee’s head are the stuff of horror movies. But for the longtime Adams County Coroner ...

Opinion

Dogma hurt Southern education

Pap Finn’s face was “white,” though “not like another man’s white.” It was “a white to make a ...

Opinion

Justice is best handled by professionals

This past weekend saw the lives of several young Natchez residents destroyed, and you can hear the pain ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Vidalia Denim project makes sense

Economic development projects are rarely sure things, particularly in small, rural parts of the world such as our ...

Opinion

Let’s hear it for genuine enthusiasm

Imagining a better cheerleader for Natchez and the Miss-Lou than Scott Kimbrell is difficult to do.

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

We need to avoid CAVE mentality

Our community is heralded across the world for its beauty and history. But if you live here a ...

Ben Hillyer

Natchez is not alone, shares similar issues with other cities

Sometimes living in Natchez is a little like living in a bubble. 

Opinion

Post-war South brought own struggles

The seeming prosperity of the antebellum South — at least for whites — has often been contrasted with ...

Opinion

Hard number can change a perspective

Natchez is a house buyer’s market. The Multiple Listing Service Inventory supply chart of the Natchez Board of ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Like it or not, mirror is reflection of us

Sometimes looking in the mirror can be tough, even troubling, particularly when what we see isn’t what we ...

Ben Hillyer

Communities can learn to shrink smarter

Can a community shrink and improve at the same time?

Opinion

Gray Montgomery loves Natchez and he plans to spread the word

At 91, Gray Montgomery looks better than most men look at 60, and his wavy gray hair and mustache ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

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