Ben Hillyer

Fortenbery didn’t listen to Yogi Berra

It is a good thing that Natchez alderman Mark Fortenbery was not sitting in the Cleveland Indians’ dugout ...

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Don’t forget the humpbacks

Write our state’s name vertically on a state map and somewhere after the last crooked letter, crooked letter ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Mayor riding rails over aldermen

Natchez Alderman Dan Dillard has a lot of gall.

Ben Hillyer

Some parent battles are fight-to-death

The biggest battles of parenthood sometimes come when you least expect them.

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Maybe it’s time to fly south?

Winter clearly isn’t even for the birds. These creatures, with some of the smallest brains in all the ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Some leaders could use a fresh coat

Julie and I bought a house a while back and are in the process of doing some renovations ...

Ben Hillyer

Go empty this winter for others

An empty bowl is a happy bowl.

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New world needs close attention

An interesting new door swung open in the Miss-Lou Friday, and, like the children who walked through the ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Enough is enough for Natchez crime

Countless hours have been spent watching and worrying over the fiscal cliff, but Natchez should be worrying about ...

Ben Hillyer

From chaos can come true wonder

Mary and Joseph may have been looking for room in the inn, but there is no way in ...

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Let’s make a few resolutions, together

Resolutions, for those who actually make them, tend to be a very personal thing.

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Year filled with both highs, lows

If you wanted to get something done in 2012, your time is running out.

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Help us honor the best of the Miss-Lou

As we approach the final days of 2012, you’ll be seeing, hearing and reading plenty of lists recapping ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

True meaning of season grows each year

Can Christmas really be in two days? It seems impossible.

Ben Hillyer

Tis the season to be aching, fa, la, la, la

Deck the halls with airborne flu germs, cough, cough, cough, cough, hack, sniffle, moan, moan, moan.

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Is addiction something to celebrate?

Hundreds of local residents, including prominent leaders, turned a blind eye Tuesday as they celebrated Natchez’s newest corporate ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

We all need to be team players, even mayor

Nearly four years ago, our community leaders’ divisive egos just about got the best of us.

Ben Hillyer

Are we ready to fight a water war?

Regardless whether it was Mark Twain or Will Rogers, the man who said, “Whiskey is for drinking, water ...

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It’s soon time to build on our bruises

A year should be long enough for the bruises of last Christmas season to heal, making way for ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

City needs to quit making quick deals

Call me a skeptic, it’s OK, I won’t be offended, but I simply don’t trust things that seem ...

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