Natchez News

The Natchez-Adams County Chamber of Commerce is getting a head start on the holidays in anticipation of the first-ever "Christmas in Natchez." The City of Natchez is working to transform downtown into a storybook winter wonderland, assembling the city Christmas tree in the heart of downtown, and hanging wreaths along Main and Franklin streets with ...

There are a thousand stories in the Natchez City Cemetery and Don Estes knows them all.

"The Devil's Punchbowl" by Greg Iles, read by Dick Hill; Brilliance Audio. Unabridged, 20 CDs, 24 hours, 14 minutes.

The City of Natchez is updating its accounting software - an upgrade City Clerk Donnie Holloway says is long overdue.

To the Editor: Along with Chris Wilson of Franklin and Rick Stoll from Pittsburgh, Pa., I just finished cycling the Natchez Trace Parkway from Nashville to Natchez, Miss.

European explorers and Mississippi River voyagers often wrote of Natchez as a paradise on earth.

Ten feet and two wheels are all the Harrison family has to get them to Alaska. But mile-by-mile and day-by-day, the Kentucky family is peddling up hills, along highways and through towns on their five-seater bicycle.

Natchez Police Chief Mike Mullins came before the Natchez Board of Aldermen Tuesday to ask whether the city would consider hiring experienced police officers at a higher salary.

Due to a shortage of surgeons, Natchez's hospitals have been on the recruiting trail, and it's just what the doctor ordered.

Nick Walters, the former Mississippi director of USDA Rural Development, pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal felony charge of having illegal business contact with his former employees at the agency.

Name of Product: Classic Buggies Units: About 3,900 Manufacturer: Bad Boy Enterprises LLC, of Natchez, Miss.

Rosie Sullivan would rather be in her yard. That's where The Dart found her Saturday when it landed on Palestine Road.

THE SWEET GUM is certainly not my favorite tree. However, it does retain one attribute - it is faithful in brightening up the October landscape, especially on the Natchez Trace.

Natchez Children's Home Services will soon be giving up one of its nearly 200-year-old job descriptions, but it won't be changing its equally-as-old mission.

NATCHEZ, Miss. - One behind-the-scenes change will take place before next year's Great Mississippi River Balloon Race.

The 38-year-old victim of a Tuesday night shooting on Dumas Drive said she's alive by the grace of God.

At 16 years old, Jamon Williams doesn't look old enough to shave, much less kill a person.

The four-lane Interstate 20 bridge over the Mississippi River has been reopened to vehicular traffic Thursday after it was closed as a precaution after barges broke loose on the river.

Mississippi's state-licensed casinos saw their September winnings from gamblers fall 2.8 percent from a year ago, even though business was up slightly along the Gulf Coast.

The Natchez-Adams School District, along with the City of Natchez, has received approximately $2 million in grant funding for the 2009-2010 school year.