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Invest in this community with dollars

The world outside the boundaries of Adams County and Concordia Parish made more than $42,000 off the Natchez ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Newspaper business centers on you, reader

Hey you, yes you, the one staring at me right now. I’d like to welcome you to the ...

Ben Hillyer

How hot are Natchez tourist attractions?

I nearly made road kill out of a tourist standing in the middle of the road last week. ...

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Prison riot will remain with us

Only a few local events in the last decade have been enough to truly scare this reporter.

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Flood changed families’ lives forever

What a difference a year makes! Saturday was the one-year anniversary of the historic Mississippi River flood crest.

Ben Hillyer

Take the train to adventure

For toddlers, life is just one big adventure with no beginning and no end.

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Do you love books? Reading pays off

Young Kaylee Floyd’s T-shirt said enough.

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

What Natchez needs is a City Mom

In two days Natchez voters will pause to select the Democratic candidate for mayor. It’s interesting to think ...

Ben Hillyer

Squeak and the government wheel may turn

What does it take to get some of the city’s worst streets patched and repaired?

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Are next 30-somethings the answer?

This is an important year for the future of our nation.

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

The times, they are a changing

Can someone be special and still be aligned with more than 80 percent of the population?

Ben Hillyer

It’s not what you learn but how you learn

There was a day when I could recite the quadratic formula faster than I could my own telephone ...

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Those who don’t vote do count

Highs danced near 90 degrees Tuesday, and the sun baked campaign supporters waving signs, arms and balloons at ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

City needs a new rudder

In two days the first round of the Natchez mayor’s office fight should be over.

Ben Hillyer

Lack of control has destroyed leadership

Tuesday night’s meeting, in which three aldermen walked out on a motion to elect a new police chief, ...

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Parenting 101 is all around us, just watch

Our house played host to a parenting 101 seminar this weekend, and my husband and I took a ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

We hope our work may help you

In approximately one week, this newspaper’s editorial board will publish its endorsements for the City of Natchez’s municipal ...

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Weak mayor can be strong leader

A simple fact that presumably governs the City of Natchez isn’t a fact at all. It’s only a ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

The good, the bad and the candidates

Have you ever noticed that the more options we have, the less satisfied we generally are?

Ben Hillyer

Aretha knows the key to this election

If I were Aretha Franklin I might belt out one of the rhythm and blues singer’s most famous ...

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