Natchez News

' On Friday morning circuit clerks from nearly 70 counties across Mississippi gathered at the Eola Hotel for the Mississippi Circuit Clerk's Convention.

' Among deep dish pizzas and salad bars at a local Pizza Hut a fugitive has lurked for weeks.

' What could have been a potentially damaging fire at the Isle of Capri hotel was responded to swiftly and efficiently.

NATCHEZ - A proposed driving tour of Mississippi's Indian mounds would stretch about 150 miles from Natchez to Winterville, located north of Greenville.

The Associated Press NATCHEZ - Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice James W. Smith Jr.

Sometimes getting what you want can be more difficult than just wanting what you don't have.

' After some cajoling and much preparation, the Mississippi Theater Association will have its annual conference in Natchez.

' After serving as Dean of Copiah-Lincoln Community College's Natchez Campus from 1997-2004, Ronnie Nettles is two weeks into his newest job - ' president.

' Last week when the Natchez Preservation Commission ruled two historic properties as being demolished by neglect, it was out of serious concern for the buildings' deplorable conditions.

Hello, it's me again. While lots of things are happening, sometimes we ignore those things that give unique flavor to our remarkable place in the big picture.

' Come the end of this week, Natchez is going to be a little more crowded. The 20th annual Lookin' to the Future Conference will be at the convention center starting Wednesday and last through Friday.

Gregory Gomez IV, 22, a student missionary serving in Peru for the summer through the International Mission Board , was killed in a bus accident July 5. Gomez was traveling with Lydia Shivar, another IMB ...

We've often said that one of the best things Natchez has going for it is often one of the least recognized features - the Natchez National Historical Park.

Pam Frank is an avid scrapbooker stranded in a town that doesn't cater to her hobby.

' Huck Finn could raft down the Mississippi river, so what's keeping the Phatwater Kayak Challenge from being able to do the same? Money, that's what.

' Community theater actress Lynn Mann took home lots of kudos after the Natchez Little Theatre's 2008 Stan Dean Ovation Awards ceremony Saturday night.

' After five years under the guiding hand of Natchez pottery godfather Conner Burns, Natchez Clay has some new hands at the wheel.

ED EDWARDS KIDNAPPED AT SHAMROCK MOTEL, TAKEN TO MISSISSIPPI, SHOT 30-PLUS TIMES, BODY DUMPED IN RIVER? In September 1967, a former clerk at the Shamrock Motel in Vidalia gave FBI agents new information ...

' The Natchez Preservation Commission voted Wednesday night to proceed with demolition by neglect procedures for two properties, the former First Baptist Church and Arlington.

' Change is inevitable - ' even in Natchez. And lately one of Natchez's most unchanging institutions has been seeing what many agree is a highly unusual amount of change.