Business
Controversial wood-pellet producer Drax creates new fund for Gloster community
GLOSTER – The wood-pellet manufacturer at the center of controversy in Gloster is committing $250,000 to a new community fund aimed at improving the life ...
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Business
Natchez woman turns $5 into $5,000 with lottery ticket
NATCHEZ – Talk about a lucky day. A Natchez woman recently won $5,000 on a $5 scratch-off Mississippi Lottery ticket. The woman won the prize ...
by Stacy Graning, Friday, April 19, 2024 11:32 am
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Teeing Off: Women’s All Pro Tour returns to Natchez for Taco Bell Classic
NATCHEZ – Women’s professional golf is in Natchez this week as the Taco Bell Natchez Classic gets under way at Beau Pre Country Club. The ...
by Stacy Graning, Wednesday, April 17, 2024 3:13 pm
News
Natchez teen ends reign as Miss Mississippi Teen USA today; here’s how to watch
NATCHEZ – A Natchez teen completes her reign as Miss Mississippi Teen USA tonight. “Today we crown the girl I have been thinking of since ...
by Stacy Graning, Saturday, April 6, 2024 10:58 am
Business
NTSB: Captain’s complacency to blame for barges hitting Natchez bridges
NATCHEZ – After more than 200 trips on the same route, a veteran captain’s complacency led to a barge collision with the Mississippi River bridges ...
by Stacy Graning, Wednesday, April 3, 2024 4:17 pm
Business
American Cruise Lines agrees to buy bankrupt American Queen ships
American Cruise Lines has purchased four American Queen Voyages river ships plus other assets, according to a court filing. “American Cruise Lines is pleased to ...
by Stacy Graning, Tuesday, April 2, 2024 1:28 pm
News
Fish tales: Record-setting carp caught in Concordia Parish lake
VIDALIA, La. – A standard spring sampling led to a world-record find in a Concordia Parish lake. During standard spring electrofishing sampling on Lake Concordia ...
by Stacy Graning, Friday, March 29, 2024 2:56 pm
Business
Paying tribute: Fat Mama’s Tamales co-founder remembered as ‘an absolute gem’
NATCHEZ – Friends and restaurant fans are paying tribute to Britton Gammill, an “absolute gem” who co-founded one of Natchez’s most iconic eateries. Gammill passed ...
by Stacy Graning, Tuesday, March 26, 2024 12:19 pm
Business
Supreme Court justice challenges Rotarians to get state’s ox ‘out of the ditch’
Using examples from the Bible and the lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Dawn Beam issued a challenge to members of the ...
by Stacy Graning, Friday, March 15, 2024 9:29 pm
News
Natchez baseball league ‘far exceeds’ goal for first season
NATCHEZ – Ryan Porter admitted he was a little tired as he addressed the Natchez Mayor and Board of Aldermen on Tuesday morning. “Bear with ...
by Stacy Graning, Tuesday, March 12, 2024 3:38 pm
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Springing forward is simply insanity
Warning: Unpopular opinion ahead. This weekend, as we do every second weekend in March, we’ll be “springing forward” to set our clocks ahead one hour ...
by Stacy Graning, Monday, March 11, 2024 8:55 am
Business
‘It breaks my heart’: Longtime Adams County nursery shutters greenhouses
NATCHEZ – For the first time in 26 years, Mike Upton isn’t spending his March days in the greenhouse. “It’s really tearing me up right ...
by Stacy Graning, Friday, March 8, 2024 2:22 pm
News
Natchez store’s video captures suspicious couple trying to clear way with truck, brute force
NATCHEZ – The owners of Go Mart are asking the public’s help in identifying a couple who damaged more than $10,000 in shelving early Saturday ...
by Stacy Graning, Monday, March 4, 2024 11:16 am
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Pondering a surprisingly weighty topic
When it comes to the plethora of “days” to commemorate on social media, I always seem to be a day late and a dollar short. ...
by Stacy Graning, Sunday, March 3, 2024 9:34 pm
Business
Making movies happen: Natchez Film Company wraps Al Pacino film, looks ahead to future
NATCHEZ – Davis Sharp and the other members of Natchez Film Company just wrapped work on the set of an Al Pacino moving filming in Natchez, ...
by Stacy Graning, Thursday, February 29, 2024 12:49 pm
News
‘A magical time’: Fans, players mark 50th anniversary of Trinity Episcopal’s legendary state championship
NATCHEZ – Fifty years ago today, Coach Clyde Adams Sr. and his Trinity Episcopal Saints basketball team made history. The team capped an incredible season ...
by Stacy Graning, Wednesday, February 21, 2024 10:51 am
BREAKING NEWS
American Queen Voyages ceases operations, cruises cancelled
American Queen Voyages, which operates river cruise boats that dock in Natchez, ceased all operations as of Tuesday and cancelled all future voyages. The shutdown ...
by Stacy Graning, Tuesday, February 20, 2024 7:43 pm
Other sports
Put me in coach: Registration under way for new Natchez baseball league
NATCHEZ – Registration continues for the inaugural Natchez Youth Sports baseball season. “We are very excited about our upcoming baseball season,” said director Ryan Porter. ...
by Stacy Graning, Tuesday, February 20, 2024 10:44 am
Business
Merit Health Natchez CEO: Additional Medicaid payments will ‘go a long way’
NATCHEZ – The more than $6.1 million Merit Health Natchez received in additional federal Medicaid payments during January will “go a long way” in helping ...
by Stacy Graning, Tuesday, February 6, 2024 1:48 pm
Business
State hospitals got $658M in added Medicaid funds; how did local facilities benefit?
Gov. Tate Reeves’ Medicaid payment changes distributed more than $658.2 million to hospitals in January, including more than $7 million to hospitals in Adams and ...
by Stacy Graning, Monday, February 5, 2024 12:15 pm
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