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 ...
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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
Editorials
No one does fall like Natchez
Football, food, music and more await in the coming months and we can’t wait. After Hallmark Christmas movies were filmed here, some have boasted of ...
by Editorial Board, Friday, August 26, 2022 4:12 pm
Editorials
GUEST EDITORIAL: Parole board makes job harder
On a less positive note about Mississippi’s prison trends comes this finding by the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting: The state’s incarceration rate is now ...
by Editorial Board, Friday, August 19, 2022 11:40 am
Editorials
Rosco on the Radio: ‘The Miss-Lou region lost a giant’
Adams County Board of Supervisors President Wes Middleton opened the group’s meeting Monday morning with a moment of silence to remember Rosco on the Radio, ...
by Editorial Board, Thursday, August 18, 2022 2:07 pm
Editorials
Preservation Commission is doing its job
We need to cut the city’s Preservation Commission some slack. The Preservation Commission is being criticized for taking its time in making a decision about ...
by Editorial Board, Saturday, August 13, 2022 7:00 am
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 discuss among other things a new location ...
by Editorial Board, Wednesday, August 3, 2022 2:33 pm
Editorials
Deserving of praise: New Natchez businesses
It takes a special person to invest in themselves and their families and open a small business. It takes tons of work, often after working ...
by Editorial Board, Tuesday, July 26, 2022 4:05 pm
Editorials
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 school from the ground up. Additionally, COVID-19 ...
by Editorial Board, Sunday, July 24, 2022 12:00 pm
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 written about those conditions ad nauseam. The ...
by Editorial Board, Wednesday, July 20, 2022 9:00 am
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 Coleman was handing out ripe red cherry ...
by Editorial Board, Saturday, July 16, 2022 8:00 am
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 the county as a whole. When it ...
by Editorial Board, Friday, July 15, 2022 3:33 pm
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 in Natchez is hosting its annual Christmas ...
by Editorial Board, Wednesday, July 13, 2022 6:35 am
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 work that has not gone unnoticed. Since ...
by Editorial Board, Saturday, July 9, 2022 2:00 pm
Opinion
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 of July weekend was packed with concerts ...
by Editorial Board, Friday, July 8, 2022 8:10 am
Editorials
Freedom is why we celebrate
A lot of decisions have been made recently by courts and lawmakers that reshape our state and country. Some of these decisions have been divisive. ...
by Editorial Board, Monday, July 4, 2022 5:00 am
Editorials
Prepare now for active hurricane season
Atlantic hurricane season kicked off in earnest on June 1. Experts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predict an above-average hurricane season in 2022, ...
by Editorial Board, Saturday, June 25, 2022 2:00 pm
Opinion
A tremendous job well done to Patten and Daughtry
We were reminded this weekend how proud we should be and how thankful we are for our law officers here and their leaders. It’s a ...
by Editorial Board, Wednesday, June 22, 2022 4:00 pm
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