Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Current efforts are not helping curb violence

The great majority of gun control laws seem pointless.

Ben Hillyer

What is better than gold medal?

When the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil started two weeks ago, our house suddenly became a series ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Who is in control of your plan?

Suffice to say last week did not go according to my plan.

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Have we become more distrusting?

Many locals may be puzzled — even frustrated — by the outcome of the second murder trial of ...

Ben Hillyer

Drama shouldn’t overshadow critical issues

What do the Olympics and Tuesday’s meeting of the Natchez mayor and the board of aldermen have in ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

We need to work to keep birthday spirit

Somewhere between the Popsicle and the jump houses, my 3-year-old daughter’s tricentennial spirit kicked into gear.

Ben Hillyer

Lessons for the future lie in our past

Sometimes the past is just as mysterious as the future.

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Giving Clinton keys to White House not wise

One week and another national political convention later and the options for whom to choose as our nation’s ...

Opinion Columnists

U.S. Military’s Innovative Readiness Training to offer free health services at Co-Lin Natchez campus

Get Ready Miss-Lou residents. As part of our ongoing service to our nation’s veterans, the Copiah-Lincoln Community College ...

Ben Hillyer

Eighteenth century era coming into focus

How easy is it to catch a glimpse of what Natchez life was like 300 years ago?

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Neither Trump, Clinton fit to be our next president

Watching Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump give his acceptance speech last week at the GOP convention, my thoughts ...

Ben Hillyer

Ball fields have big impact on towns like ours

How much of an impact can eight baseball fields have?

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

D on school report card not fatal for district

If you live in Adams County, you should be disappointed in your investment in the public school system.

Ben Hillyer

Is future of tourism in Pokémon Go?

Have you met Jigglypuff at the intersection of Pearl and Franklin streets? Have you spotted Charmander hiding in ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

We can overcome violence by coming together

America is seething with fear, tinged by race, perhaps more than it has anytime since the Civil Rights ...

Ben Hillyer

Take me back to biscuit country

The line between the North and the South runs through the breakfast table.

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Attorney vote not in best interest of city

Natchez’s new mayor, Darryl Grennell, led a successful campaign running on themes of racial harmony and transparency.

Ben Hillyer

Coaches turn errors into opportunities

What this world needs is more T-ball coaches.

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Will changing officials change government?

Our area’s political landscape is poised to change dramatically next week as new office holders are sworn into ...

Ben Hillyer

Hand me a cold one from the ice chest

When I opened up the ice chest to reach for a cold bottle of water and found submerged ...

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