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Adams County dispatchers settle into new emergency call center
NATCHEZ - Adams County's emergency dispatchers have a new home, leaving behind a cramped basement beneath the sheriff's office for a stand-alone facility with updated equipment and more room to work. The move in August gives the county's E-911 Dispatch Center a more comfortable setting after years of damp conditions, m...
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Merit Health Natchez, Jefferson County Nursing Home Among Recipients of State Rural Healthcare Grants
Healthcare providers in Adams and Jefferson counties are among the recipients of more than $32.6 million in newly announced state grants aimed at strengthening rural healthcare services, recruiting medical professionals, and expanding workforce training opportunities across Mississippi. Gov. Tate Reeves announced Wedne...
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Natchez Historical Society and Dr. Robert Prospere to fund Fort Valeur historical marker
NATCHEZ, Miss. -- The Natchez Historical Society and Dr. Robert Prospere have agreed to contribute a combined $2,850 toward a state historical marker commemorating Fort Valeur, a wooden stockade associated with the 1729 Natchez uprising against French colonial rule. The marker is planned for a site on Jefferson Bouleva...
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Home with Heroes ends operations
NATCHEZ, Miss. - The Home with Heroes Foundation, a nonprofit founded in 2015 by the late G. Mark LaFrancis to help veterans and their families, has ended operations, Foundation President Robert Foley announced. In an October 16 email, Foley informed his board members that the foundation had lost its 501(c)(3) designat...
Oct 20, 2026
Adams County Supervisors Extend Consultant's Contract to Address Years of Financial Record Issues
Adams County supervisors have retained a consultant to help new Adams County Administrator Tuwanna Williams straighten out accounting records going back about three years as the county endured a high turnover rate of financial officers. Supervisors questioned the need for contracting former Pike County administrator Ch...
Oct 20, 2026
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