Opinion

Get ready to vote, Mississippi!

While Mississippians across the state are gearing up for the next school year, our office is preparing for ...

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When transparency is tarnished

On Tuesday, July 19, The Natchez Democrat published an article “Woman with a knife shot during interaction with ...

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Locating E-911 at police department makes even more sense now

The Natchez Mayor and Board of Aldermen and the Adams County Board of Supervisors met last week to ...

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J.E.T. Natchez – about to land in Natchez

J.E.T. Natchez, our initiative for bringing commercial air service back to our airport, is about to land in ...

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Deserving of praise: New Natchez businesses

It takes a special person to invest in themselves and their families and open a small business. It ...

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Yes, public education could use some improvement

We’ve watched firsthand our public school system, despite facing public scrutiny for it, build a new state-of-the-art high ...

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Synergy — stronger options of better together

At the Natchez-Adams County Educational DevelopmentFoundation, we were so encouraged to read Mayor Gibson’s Senior Address to the ...

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The state of the city: Our current is strong!

Thursday night was an exciting night as we shared news of the Natchez Renewal and how, like the ...

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21st Angels on the Bluff: Ticket sales begin Aug. 1

The Natchez City Cemetery will host its 21st Angels on the Bluff with intriguing tours covering two weekends ...

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City’s E-911 proposal makes good sense

For an inexcusable amount of time, our emergency 911 dispatchers have suffered through deplorable working conditions. We have ...

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Two years after election, the momentum continues in Natchez

Just this past Thursday, while in a meeting at City Hall, I received a text from my friend ...

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Better when it’s fresh

If you’ve never had a tomato that was farm fresh instead of store-bought, you are missing out. Robert ...

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We’re all in this together

Natchez is a part of Adams County and E-911 is a combined service for both the city and ...

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Why is the life of a fetus worth more than the lives of those already born?

To the editor: How appalling and hypocritical for a group to pretend to care about the life of ...

Opinion

It’s not too early to think about Christmas

No, it’s not too early to begin thinking about Christmas — at least not Christmas in Natchez. Christmas ...

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The State of the City, coming July 21

We are quickly approaching the middle of July, and it’s hard to believe we are almost at the ...

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Daughtry, NPD deserve praise for work protecting Natchez

Natchez Police Department, and particularly Natchez Police Chief Joseph Daughtry, deserve a huge amount of praise for good ...

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Still plenty to do before summer’s end

Whoever said “there is nothing to do” in Natchez or the Miss-Lou obviously hasn’t been paying attention. Fourth ...

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Freedom is why we celebrate

A lot of decisions have been made recently by courts and lawmakers that reshape our state and country. ...

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A safe city: We are making progress

One of the major planks of my platform when I ran for Mayor two years ago was “To ...

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