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An Easter to Remember: The Resurrection of Jesus Christ, Christ Church and So Much More

For decades I have visited Christ Episcopal Church, a beautiful Gothic Revival church that sits dramatically on a ...

Opinion

Trace Town Renewal: Making retail history in Natchez

This week we celebrated a major milestone in Natchez — the groundbreaking of a new vision for Trace ...

Opinion

Celebrating Dr. John Bowman Banks: His beautiful house needs our help

Drive down Historic Saint Catherine Street and on your right, just across from the beautiful Holy Family Church, ...

News

Finding hope among the boxes of donations

The Democrat’s former newsroom has played host to some interesting sites over the years … giant cabbages and ...

News

Thank you to our first responders

Every day in America, more than 4.6 million first responders stand ready to help. They are firefighters and ...

Opinion

Southern hospitality at its best

To the editor: On Thursday, Nov. 21, my wife and I were traveling through Natchez when our Toyota ...

Opinion

Thank goodness for Officer Marsaw

Police have taken a lot of heat in recent years. The bad acts of individuals have poisoned the ...

Opinion

Natchez together: A festival of ideas

LEST WE FORGET! August 16, 2024, I wrote in this paper of a remarkable woman who would have ...

Opinion

Who is Judith Sargent Murray? Never heard of her

In April 1790, Judith Sargent Murray wrote these words: “Yes, ye lordly, ye haughty sex, our souls are ...

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‘The meeting in question was attended,’ Vidalia Alderman says

To the editor: On Jan. 27, 2025, I attempted to enter an elevator at the Crown Plaza Hotel, ...

Opinion

Follow The Frenchmen with Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration

The Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration, in partnership with the Mississippi Society of the Sons of the American ...

Business

Merit Health Natchez kicks off Jars of Love peanut butter drive

Access to nutritious food significantly affects overall health and well-being. To fight hunger and advance our purpose of ...

Opinion

History of the USS Mississippi

To the editor: Please let us review our history. President McKinley in 1898 did not want warfare during ...

Opinion

From the Mayor’s Desk: It’s time for Spring Pilgrimage

NATCHEZ — Warmer weather has arrived. After some seriously cold days and nights, it is indeed refreshing to ...

News

Remembering the ‘storm that traumatized a generation’

Just before 10 a.m. Thursday, the sky over Natchez began to yellow through tree-bending wind and pouring rain. ...

News

Lessons are there in history if we will listen

It seems fitting that the last week of Black History Month should include anniversaries of two pivotal points ...

News

Support Natchez Stewpot through Empty Bowls

Empty Bowls will be held Sunday, March 16, from noon until 1:30 pm at the bluff Bandstand on ...

Opinion

It’s never too late for justice

Many of the unsolved racially motivated killings that were committed during the Civil Rights Era in the 1960s ...

Opinion

From the mayor’s desk: Workforce development on the rise

When our Natchez Renewal began in 2020, one of our top priorities was to get workforce development moving ...

Opinion

Our brightest stars of all

Sometimes, the simplest acts bring the purest joy. We saw that on Thursday, when the Miss-Lou gathered for ...

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