Opinion

Memorial Day: A time to remember

The beginning of summer arrives each year with our celebration of Memorial Day. From pool parties to family ...

Opinion

National Travel and Tourism Week: A time to celebrate

Tourism. For many years, almost 100 in fact, it is what has kept Natchez going — even through ...

Opinion

City and county officials need to get issues resolved quickly

The leaders of government in the city and the county have a lot of work to do, and ...

Opinion

Speak up for your schools

One hundred and forty is a low number of responses, even for a district with a shrinking population ...

Opinion

A gift of amazing ‘Grace’

There’s been a barn raising here at the Natchez City Cemetery and its completion is near — the ...

Opinion

From the Mayor’s Desk: Good news all around, because Natchez deserves more 

As I began preparing to write my article for this week, it was challenging to pick just one ...

Opinion

Live at Five is back, celebrating music, culture, unity

Among the many ways to spend a Friday afternoon in Natchez, I personally can’t think of any better than ...

Opinion

From the mayor’s desk: Our children are watching

I’ve always loved children. Being a child at heart myself, I find it hard not to. My wife ...

News

Today is last day to reserve for Temple B’nai’s Passover Celebration

Congregation B’nai Israel invites the public to join us as we celebrate Passover the weekend of April 26–27. ...

Opinion

From the Mayor’s Desk: Morgantown Road — another try

In my last column, I wrote of the importance of getting to work for the citizens of Natchez ...

Opinion

Stats don’t always show potential for growth

We in the newspaper business have a love/hate relationship with Google. When used properly, it can be useful ...

Opinion

Destination Downtown: Let’s keep Natchez blooming

The latest Y’all Means All event coming up this weekend in Downtown Natchez has Natchez “blooming” with anticipation. ...

Opinion

Time to get to work for the people of Natchez

This week our city held municipal elections which, despite a final election still to take place in June, ...

Opinion

Medicaid expansion issue needs to be resolved

Efforts to expand Medicaid coverage to the working poor in Mississippi gained the support of faith leaders this ...

News

Vote Tuesday — and vote for the Natchez Renewal

Tuesday, April 9, is an important day for Natchez – it is the day that we go to ...

Opinion Main

Eclipse 101: Practice safe viewing on Monday

It’s humbling to realize our small place in the cosmos. Next week, there will be for many a ...

Opinion

Kindness starts with you: Pass it on

Years ago, when I was very involved in music ministry, including outreach programs, prison ministry, and weekend retreats such ...

Business

Miss-Lou will feel loss of businessman

The tragic events of Monday evening are a painful reminder that many of the sweetest things in life ...

Opinion

Four-day school week could be an example of success

Could the Concordia Parish School Board’s approval of a four-day-a-week school calendar signal a change in the educational ...

Opinion

Natchez Historical Society: Meeting topic Natchez Diplomacy 1540-1730

It’s a natural tendency for us to think of our own times and the times proximately preceding them ...

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