Natchez News

Mississippi's past looms large in Greg Iles' best-selling thrillers. His latest book, Natchez Burning, is the first in a trilogy that takes readers back 50 years to chilling civil rights-era murders and conspiracies all set in Iles' hometown - the antebellum river city of Natchez, Miss.

The town's civil rights past informs author Greg Iles' crime fiction. Black demonstrators run down a Natchez, Miss., street in 1967 after a report that several white youths with a gun were near.

Mrs. Earl Jaquith and children return to Natchez after visiting here. a Mr. and Mrs. William Shields announce the birth of a son, William, on June 28. Vicksburg's Melody Reed is a swimsuit winner in the Miss Mississippi Pageant.

A federal jury in February found Shahulhameed guilty of intentionally sabotaging and crashing Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky's supplier computer network.

Vicksburg residents are one step closer to enjoying the historical ambience of downtown while burning calories at the same time.

Adams County's supervisors have vowed to work against any move on the part of the city of Natchez to annex portions of the county into the city limits.

The slaughter of a British family in the Alps took an extraordinary twist yesterday when police revealed that one of the victims had a secret former husband who died in the US on the very same day--possibly killed by a poisoned dart.

The world premiere of the Tate Taylor-helmed James Brown biopic starring Chadwick Boseman will be July 21 in New York City, followed by an opening in Brown's hometown of Augusta, Georgia, July 24. The majority of the motion picture - which depicts the life of the Godfather of Soul from the time he was 5 years old until he was 60 - was shot in and ... (more)

Police investigating murder of British family shot in French Alps reveal wife had a secret ex-husband who died in America the same day A suspected Iraqi contract killer was arrested in connection with the Alps killings - as police investigate the death of a 'secret ex-husband' of one of the female victims, it emerged today.

Actor Johnny Depp guest stars in a brand new video for Paul McCartney's 'Early Days' - click below to watch.

The Natchez Board of Alderman is scheduled to vote on an application to designate the area near St. Catherine Street and Liberty Road meet as a landmark.

That's not the only thing special about the home Hall has lived in since 1992. It's also the childhood home of famous Natchez author Richard Wright .

A hefty novel balancing Civil Rights history with murder, hate crimes, conspiracy and family secrets makes for a great summer read, if not quite an escape.

The Mississippi Development Authority has given its blessing to local governments to consider the sale of Natchez Regional Medical Center an economic development project.

My blog is about an alternative retirement lifestyle - Full-Time RVing. Here you get to follow my travels and see many of the interesting places and people I encounter along my way.

Festival-goers listen as Tallulah based band Silo plays Saturday at the Downtown Crawfish and Music Festival on Walnut Street behind the Vicksburg Apartments.

I'm listening to a special show on CNN behind me that has gone back to 1963, which I remember clearly, as I turned eighteen in 1960.

Officials are working to keep the lines of communication open as they continue discussions of consolidating first responder dispatch services for Natchez and Adams County.