Opinion
Ever considered elected office? Now is your chance
Now is the time to get involved in government in more ways than one. Qualifying for local and statewide offices began on Tuesday, Jan. 3, ...
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Editorials
Eyes on Election Day
Yes, 2023 is a year full of promise indeed. Tuesday, Jan. 3, marks the beginning of a new session for Mississippi State Legislators. And for ...
by Editorial Board, Monday, January 2, 2023 6:00 am
Editorials
New Year’s Resolutions
Here we are again at that awkward lull between Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Some are still on vacation and others, I’m sure, wish they ...
by Editorial Board, Friday, December 30, 2022 2:33 pm
Editorials
The birth of Jesus is reason to celebrate
Amid the pageantries and the buying of gifts during Christmas, it is sometimes easy to forget that the reason we are celebrating is a Savior ...
by Editorial Board, Saturday, December 24, 2022 11:00 am
Opinion
Yes, Virginia. There is a Santa Claus
Editor’s note: Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial on ...
by Editorial Board, Saturday, December 24, 2022 5:00 am
Editorials
A great place to celebrate the holidays is right here
If you think back to your earliest Christmas memory, it’s rarely one of those big expensive toys that you got every year as a child ...
by Editorial Board, Tuesday, December 20, 2022 2:00 pm
Editorials
Lives spared from another disaster
At the news of an oncoming storm, most react in one of two ways. Some are in the, “It’s never as bad as they say,” ...
by Editorial Board, Monday, December 19, 2022 9:55 am
Editorials
Cal Green has our support for Interim Police Chief
Caroline “Cal” Green has our full support for her new role as the Interim Police Chief of the City of Natchez and, if she is ...
by Editorial Board, Sunday, December 11, 2022 7:30 am
Editorials
After Cyber Monday, don’t forget Giving Tuesday
Most of us have heard and participated in Cyber Monday. It’s a day when Thanksgiving is over and we are back at work and thinking ...
by Editorial Board, Sunday, November 27, 2022 11:00 am
News
Consider sharing your good fortune with others
This Thanksgiving, many will gather with their families around a bountiful feast. The more traditional families may even go around the table and let each ...
by Editorial Board, Wednesday, November 23, 2022 4:00 pm
Editorials
Now is time to consider consolidating law enforcement
Natchez Police Chief Joseph Daughtry will shortly become Columbus’s next chief of police. We wish him well and thank him for his work in Natchez ...
by Editorial Board, Wednesday, November 16, 2022 10:19 am
Editorials
Unsung hero worth all the recognition
Last week, the Rotary Club of Natchez surprised one of its members into tears. Andrew Calvit has been a member of Natchez Rotary since 2005 ...
by Editorial Board, Wednesday, November 9, 2022 1:12 pm
Editorials
His music lives on
What it must have been like to hear the gospel and rock phenomenon known as “The Killer” play before he left this world and moved ...
by Editorial Board, Wednesday, November 9, 2022 1:11 pm
Editorials
We should all be concerned
What is concerning is that we’re not more concerned about the sad state of the Adams County Jail. Representatives from the National Institute of Corrections ...
by Editorial Board, Saturday, October 22, 2022 4:00 pm
Editorials
Spread the word on available funding for home repairs for those in need
If you know someone living in poverty in Natchez who needs repairs to their home, please let them know about the city’s Special Needs Assistance ...
by Editorial Board, Sunday, October 16, 2022 2:00 pm
Editorials
We’re still grateful to Tate Taylor, John Norris
Despite plans for a restaurant inside the Broadway Street train depot falling through, Tate Taylor and John Norris should be commended for all they’ve invested ...
by Editorial Board, Sunday, October 2, 2022 2:00 pm
Opinion
This B is worth bragging about
On Tuesday, the Mississippi Department of Education released new accountability ratings to school districts and individual schools for the first time since 2019. Like school ...
by Editorial Board, Friday, September 30, 2022 5:03 pm
Editorials
Mississippians should insist Favre face justice
Nothing hurts worse than finding out someone we look up to isn’t the person we thought they were. The pain is real when our heroes ...
by Editorial Board, Wednesday, September 28, 2022 12:47 pm
Editorials
Message still true: We will unite in wake of tragedy
Editor’s note: this is a reprint of the original editorial published Sept. 12, 2001, in The Democrat. Shock. Horror. Anger. Fear. Resolve. Compassion. America rode ...
by Editorial Board, Sunday, September 11, 2022 4:00 am
Editorials
We must do better for our society
“Our moral compass is no longer pointing true.” That’s what Paul Leake said earlier this week when talking about a horrific scare he and his ...
by Editorial Board, Saturday, September 3, 2022 4:00 pm
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