Opinion

Mississippi legislators sidestep some division

By Emily Wagster Pettus Mississippi lawmakers grabbed national headlines this year by banning transgender athletes from competing on ...

Opinion

Barbershop not finished after cutting 65 years

Running a successful small business is difficult at best. For a business to reach the ripe old age ...

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Every adult responsible for children’s safety

When you were a child, everything that the adults in your life did or said around you tempered ...

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Gunn doesn’t see health care as a Christian issue

Health care advocates, many health care providers and others who desperately want to see the state expand Medicaid ...

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Watchdog report bleak on Mississippi prisons

JACKSON (AP) — Bloody clashes that brought Mississippi’s prison system under federal scrutiny last year were part of ...

Obituaries

Reminisce about a great newspaperman

“Let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories about the deaths of kings…”—King Richard II CLARKSDALE—It ...

Opinion

Property tax abatements an incentive for growth

History is happening in our city. A local realtor reported to me this week that we have only ...

Opinion

Tomorrow not guaranteed, so make today count

Someone once said, “Live every day like it could be your last.” We spend their whole lives dreaming ...

Opinion

Sacrifices made for city’s fire safety

Natchez’s fire safety standards have come a long way in 81 years. Hearing of someone’s death caused by ...

Opinion

Tax overhaul gains momentum, but what approach?

With two weeks of the legislative session complete, Louisiana’s Republican legislative leaders have speeded ahead with a rewrite ...

Opinion

New era of cooperation in Legislature

On the final day of the 2021 legislative session in early April, Speaker Philip Gunn spoke of the ...

Editorials

Voters should be able to count on representatives

Mississippians’ best recourse for getting action on an issue when the state’s legislature is uncooperative or uninterested has ...

Opinion Main

Now, what do you mean by that?

“I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain.” — Lily Tomlin ROLLING FORK ...

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Natchez can help lead America’s economic rebound

Since I arrived in Natchez, I have been talking about the Power of Travel and the impact our ...

Opinion

Initiatives seek to bypass Mississippi lawmakers

Mississippi voters circumvented the Legislature in 2020 by approving a medical marijuana ballot initiative. People are now looking ...

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Area students deserving of praise

A few graduating seniors and their teachers have earned praise in recent weeks for both their athletic and ...

Opinion

State auditor fighting corruption for taxpayers

When I was first appointed State Auditor in July 2018, I was determined to chase down fraud, theft, ...

Opinion

Many lessons we should take from COVID

From the start of the Covid epidemic, I felt like “excess deaths” was the key statistic to follow. ...

Opinion

Boehner doesn’t hold back on today’s GOP

“Don’t it always seem to go That you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone They paved ...

Opinion

We need to continue to wear our masks

Adams County’s mask wearing ordinance will be lifted effective May 1, just in time for concerts on the ...

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