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Take time now to get car, home winter ready

As temperatures drop and the winter season officially approaches, it’s time for Miss-Lou residents to pause for a ...

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Habitat For Humanity Natchez needs your help

The Natchez-Adams County Habitat for Humanity needs your help! As you may know, the Natchez-Adams County Habitat for ...

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A Holly Jolly Christmas: Shopping local made fun

On Friday, we cut the ribbon on our Natchez Christmas Trolley, creatively dubbed “The Holly Jolly Trolley.” We ...

Opinion

Habitat Natchez needs your help

The Natchez-Adams County Habitat for Humanity needs your help! As you may know, the Natchez-Adams County Habitat for ...

Opinion

Losses remind us life is precious

It’s a sad time to lose someone. On Thanksgiving, the Miss-Lou community was rocked by the sad news ...

Opinion

Operation Safe Neighborhoods: What took so long?

We applaud the onset of Operation Safe Neighborhoods, which was announced on Thursday by city and county officials. ...

Opinion

From the Mayor’s Desk: A time to give thanks for so many blessings

In 1621, 52 surviving Pilgrims from “The Old World” gathered on the east coast of “The New World” ...

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‘Don’t you see it?’ The worst maritime tragedy you’ve never heard of 

“With strict propriety of language, we might call the awful catastrophe about to be particularized, a massacre, a ...

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Chamber honorees exemplify service, humility

Humility and service. Those two words describe the honorees at the Natchez-Adams County Chamber of Commerce awards earlier ...

Opinion

‘When the streets don’t talk’

It’s an ill-conceived, misguided notion that law enforcement officers and public officials should be the only ones concerned ...

Opinion

Lessons learned from the Greatest Generation and all our veterans

George Grantland Jr. was born on the tail end of the Greatest Generation. A self-professed street-wise and wary ...

Opinion

Our Veterans: We can never thank them enough

From the Mayor’s Desk As I approach 2025, which will be my sixtieth year, I realize I have ...

Opinion

Honor those willing to serve on Veterans Day

The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. That’s when an armistice went into effect ...

News

Don’t be an hour early, set your clock back

It is again that time of the year when days are shorter. Daylight savings time ends on Nov. ...

News

A tribute to those who shared their zest for life

For readers of a certain age – especially those who enjoyed nights on the town in Natchez in ...

News

Take time this month to ‘think pink’

You may have noticed a theme in today’s edition of The Democrat – and it’s one we’re proud ...

Opinion

Natchez Balloon Festival one of best ever

We can’t recall a more perfect Natchez Balloon Festival. The weather, the balloons, the people, the site, the ...

Business

Rise of green and sustainable industries here

Natchez and Adams County are witnessing a significant diversification with the rise of green and sustainable industries, reshaping ...

News

A 19th century tycoon: Leon Godchaux, ‘Sugar King,’ Duke of Clothing

In 1837, age 13, alone, illiterate, penniless, and Jewish, Leon Godchaux crossed the Atlantic from Alsace-Lorraine and landed ...

Opinion

Picture-perfect fall atmosphere is appreciated

It’s beginning to look a lot like … fall. Just take a trip through downtown Natchez these days, ...

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