Natchez Trace Parkway News

The Natchez Trails Project is one of four transportation improvement projects statewide to receive funding from the Delta Region Transportation Development Program.

LEIPER'S FORK COMMUNITY - More answers are expected today into the death of a woman whose body was found in a parked car Wednesday morning with a sticker on the window warning of poisonous gas.

LEIPER'S FORK COMMUNITY -- A hazardous material crew from the Franklin Fire Department removed a woman's body this morning from a car parked along the Natchez Trace Parkway.

Pack your bags and hit the road for north Alabama if you want to see one of the most stunning displays of colorful fall foliage in the nation.

JACKSON a ' Federal authorities have charged a convicted felon with manslaughter in the death of a Dutch bicyclist in northern Mississippi, and they say he was driving under the influence of morphine when he hit her.

A U.S. magistrate says a 58-year-old Mississippi man can wear an electronic monitor at home while awaiting trial in the death of a Dutch bicyclist on the Natchez Trace Parkway.

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.

In an act of human behavior that I don't quite understand, I gunned my car around a group of cyclists riding three abreast on Del Rio Pike two Sundays ago.

Federal authorities have charged a convicted felon with manslaughter in the death of a Dutch bicyclist in northern Mississippi, and they say he was driving under the influence of morphine when he hit her.

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.

An ex-convict is charged with manslaughter in the death of a cyclist earlier this year on the Natchez Trace Parkway.

The dreariness of the weather which spread over last Saturday's Harvest Festival at French Camp Academy failed to dampen the spirits of bidders with more than $18,000 brought in from the auction.

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI a ' Communities in 43 states will receive $40.7 million for 160 projects to improve and promote highways designated as scenic byways from the Federal Highway Administration The grants are part of the FHA's National Scenic Byways Program, which recognizes and provides funding for roads designated either locally or nationally as ...

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Authorities say a bicyclist who died after being struck by a vehicle on the Natchez Trace Parkway is at least the second person this year killed in a collision with a car on the scenic road.

The smell of gunpowder, the sound of mud squishing under walking feet and the feel of a cool, muggy Mississippi morning set the scene at Saturday's Black and Blue Civil War Living History Camp.

The City of Natchez will raise its glass to toast the 10th anniversary of the Natchez Visitor Center and the 20th anniversary of Natchez National Historical Park during a cocktail reception from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the visitor center.

Franklin, TN 37064 Phone: 595-1250 Web site: http://lib.williamson-tn.org The library will be CLOSED Oct.

The Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation and the Tennessee Meriwether Lewis chapter, along with descendants of both Lewis and Clark as well as the town of Hohenwald will commemorate the 200th Anniversary of Lewis' death at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Oct.7. The event will be held at The Meriwether Lewis grave and monument, Milepost 385.9 on the Natchez ...

Between 2004 and 2006, the United States celebrated the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.