Natchez News

Former Mississippi Gov. Bill Allain will be buried in Natchez City Cemetery in a one-person mausoleum.

The announcement of former Mississippi Gov. Bill Allain's death this week at the age of 85 brought back memories of the time 30 years ago when Mississippi and the rest of the nation waded through one of the more bizarre chapters in the state's political history and perhaps the dirtiest campaign seen in this state before or since.

Dec. 03--Perhaps the sight of Mick Jagger walking Main Street created the head-slapping moment Natchez Mayor Butch Brown just had.

Most North Americans will recognize the word, "Natchez." They will probably associate it with antebellum plantations, the Mississippi River and maybe even a Native American tribe.

Dec. 02--NATCHEZ -- Mayor Butch Brown says he is in the process of establishing a local film commission to recruit filmmakers to the area.

Fifty-eight years ago today, Rosa Parks, then 43-years-old, became a lightening rod for the Civil Rights Movement when she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus.

Time to hear the stories of the men and women who served the country during World War II is running out, and a local man is working to ensure those stories are preserved.

In this Nov. 20, 2013 photograph, a transmission antenna is affixed to the side of a pier on the Mississippi River bridge in Vicksburg, Miss.

Dec. 3 God bless us, everyone -- New Stage Theatre has a musical version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" set for the spotlight starting Tuesday and continuing through Dec. 20. If you need a dose of Christmas joy to chase the "bah, humbugs" away, here you go.

Edison shows off his phonograph, atom bomb testing heads underground, a chimpanzee orbits the Earth, the Pong craze begins, and the world loses another Beatle, all on this day.

The first $9.8 million project will install underwater radar on the Vicksburg bridge and Mississippi's three other highway bridges across the Mississippi.

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Nov. 27--NATCHEZ -- The City of Natchez is again searching for accounting staff just more than a year after hiring two accountants to get the city's books back in order.

The National Weather Service says up to 5 inches of rain are possible in central Mississippi late Monday and Tuesday, combined with very cold temperatures.

According to an article posted Nov. 24 at TheGuardian.com , the iconic Rolling Stones frontman's grand-daughter Assisi is having a baby, which will make the veteran rocker a first-time great-grandfather.

Nov. 23--NATCHEZ -- Filming for the James Brown biopic, "Get On Up," in downtown Natchez that was postponed earlier this week is slated for Monday throughout the day.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Mississippi Film Office, created by Gov. Bill Waller in 1973 to promote the industry in the state.

VICKSBURG - Former Vicksburg Mayor Paul Winfield is scheduled for sentencing today in a federal bribery case.

Nov. 18--NATCHEZ -- The streets of downtown Natchez will be transformed into 1942 Georgia and 1965 Cincinnati Wednesday with a little movie magic.

NATCHEZ, Miss. -- When Ernesto Caldeira moved to Woodville in 1971 to restore Rosemont Plantation, the former soap opera producer found himself surrounded by stories that could easily be made for television.

People of all ages -- from babies to men with gray hair -- showed up for a Sunday casting call in Jackson, in hopes of getting some time on the silver screen as an extra in the James Brown biopic "Get on Up."