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Cemetery tells the story of Natchez

“Show me your cemetery, and I will tell you about your town.” That oft-referenced Benjamin Franklin quote is ...

Columnist: Stacy Graning

Living organ donor legislation deserves support

Some of us just weren’t born to be hip. We’re always just a step behind the latest cultural ...

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Events and happenings in Natchez: There is no end!

Lately, there seems to be no end to the exciting events and happenings in Natchez. To list them ...

Opinion

Treasure the light of Christ today and every day

“Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but he has risen.” Luke 24:5  ...

Opinion

From the Mayor’s Desk: An Easter Message

Easter has always been a highlight of the year for me. Set in Spring, it is indeed a ...

Opinion

What was relationship between law, race and slavery in Colonial Natchez?

As European settlers began to explore the lower Mississippi Valley and displace Native American people to build settlements, ...

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Why on earth do they call it ‘Good Friday’ anyway?

As a child, I pondered this question after the earliest Sunday School lesson I can remember about the ...

Opinion

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 ...

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