Editorials

School district grade is responsibility of all of us

We’ve seen some significant progress in the Natchez-Adams School District over the last five years. New facilities – including ...

Business

Your parking does some talking

When I started writing this column at the beginning of this year, one of the first suggestions for ...

Opinion

It’s Labor Day: What does that mean for today’s workers?

As we sit on the cusp of the Labor Day holiday this year, most people’s thoughts will likely ...

Opinion

A time to celebrate: Thursday, Aug. 31

As your mayor, it is hard to believe that we are now one month into this last year ...

Opinion

Where everyone knows your name

Last Saturday night, I was at Andrew’s Tavern in the 300 block of Main Street. It was a ...

Opinion

People of Adams County lost election

The residents of Adams County lost an election. You lost out on having someone in office that looks ...

Opinion

Restoring Hope, indeed

Hats off to Laine and Kevin Berry and all involved in this weekend’s Restoring Hope event in Natchez. ...

Business

Mickey Howley’s Street Talk: Build smarter not farther

As of this writing, the forecast for the next week has high temps all over 100 degrees and ...

Opinion

Our candidate endorsements

The editorial board of The Natchez Democrat met with each candidate in contested races in the Aug. 8 ...

Opinion

Sheriff: Shutting down jail is not that simple

I am writing this article in reference to the photo floating around on social media to set the ...

Top of the Morning

Highlights from the mayor’s third State of the City address

Monday evening, it was my pleasure to present my third State of the City address as your mayor, ...

News

Time to vote for your Miss-Lou favorites

The time to vote is now. Not in the primary elections, mind you. Instead, it’s time to vote ...

Opinion

Natchez still nourishes the ‘foodie’ in us all

Family lore says that I was a picky eater as a child. Spaghetti and meatballs, hot dogs, roast ...

Opinion

Cleaning out the notebook: From baseball to health care

From deep sea tragedies to nail-biting baseball games, it’s been a doozy of a week. And with summer ...

Opinion

Don’t wait until it’s too late for hurricane preparation

Hurricane season is upon us, and it’s never too early to prepare for a storm. While Vicksburg has ...

Opinion

Veterans’ clothing bank to close

Dear Miss-Lou: After five years in operation (except for 14 months during COVID), the Home With Heroes Clothing ...

News

Memorial Day is about honor, courage, duty

The Memorial Day weekend has become a respite from the fast-paced lives we all live. The unofficial start ...

Business

Ah, the smell of moist wood in the summertime!

It is that time of year when love is in the air. I saw it last Sunday night ...

Business

Understanding retail consumption benefits the whole

If the last column bored you with concentric circles, downtown being the epicenter of all three, this one ...

News

Emptying out the reporter’s notebook

Boxes of notebooks are an occupational hazard for a journalist. Moving back to Mississippi from Alabama, I discovered ...

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