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Judicial system unfair to victims and their families

To the editor: I, as a parent, taxpayer, voter and a citizen of Natchez, have never in my ...

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Sheriff: Reasons why dispatch should be its own entity

This is certainly not the letter that I wanted to be writing today but at this point, I ...

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Thank you, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker

During my recent State of the City address, a major focus of my message was to emphasize that ...

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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 ...

Editorials

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 ...

Opinion

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 ...

Editorials

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 ...

Editorials

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 ...

Editorials

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 ...

Letters to the Editor

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 ...

Editorials

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 ...

Letters to the Editor

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 ...

Editorials

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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