NATCHEZ, Miss. -- The 2026 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade will honor the Natchez Deacons for Defense and Justice, with community leader Jackie Posey serving as grand marshal, announced Parade Chairperson Jacqueline Marsaw. The parade, which is sponsored by the Natchez Branch of the NAACP, starts at 3 p.m. Monday, Ja...

NATCHEZ, Miss. - Home with Heroes will host the annual Wreaths Across America ceremony at 11 a.m. Saturday, December 13, at the Natchez National Cemetery. The annual event is part of a nation-wide program in which millions of people pay tribute to U.S. military Veterans by placing wreaths on their graves. Saturday's pr...

Natchez Workforce Development Director Tawana Williams is leaving for Copiah‑Lincoln Community College. Federal authorities launched Operation Catahoula Crunch targeting certain undocumented individuals amid plans to use Angola's Camp J; the FDA warns of a Great Lakes shredded‑cheese recall, and former LSU presiden...

Plans for new restrooms at Chester Willis Field are on hold as officials await sewer-connection cost details. Also: National Guard troops headed to Louisiana, a large poultry donation to Mississippi food banks, Entergy breaks ground on power plants for Meta's AI center, and the Mississippi River at Natchez-Vidalia is r...

After building the City of Natchez's Department of Workforce Development from the ground up, Workforce Development Director Tuwanna Williams has resigned from her role to accept a new position at Copiah-Lincoln Community College. Williams will become Executive Director of Workforce Education, effective January 5, 2026....

The Salvation Army is seeking Red Kettle volunteers in McComb; Louisiana has released videos explaining its new closed primary system; and Sheldon Harrington has pled guilty in the 2022 death of Ole Miss student Jimmy "J" Lee. Retailers expect modest holiday sales growth, and the Mississippi River at Natchez-...

NATCHEZ, Miss. - Adams County supervisors has tapped a contractor to resurface a stretch of the much-traveled Morgantown Road for $1 million. They also chose another construction company to remedy the flood-prone Carthage Point Road for about $325,000. Work has already begun on Morgantown Road - deemed for years as the...

A driver swerved to avoid a deer on Liberty Road and crashed without injuries. Hurricane season ended with 13 named storms - five hurricanes, three reaching Category 5. MDOT urges motorists to secure Christmas trees, and Angola held its first Daddy‑Daughter Dance.

Aldermen approved new city regulations Tuesday for ensuring adequate conditions exist at residential assisted-care group homes, which have sparked complaints from Natchez residents. The new city ordinance will require these personal-care homes to be licensed and adhere to city fire codes, sanitation safeguards and main...

Aldermen approved new rules requiring licensing, fire‑safety and sanitation standards for residential assisted‑care homes in Natchez. Plus: Black Friday shopping tips amid inflation and heavy Thanksgiving travel-MDOT urges caution.

Three‑year‑old Malaysia Clark is recovering at Children's Mississippi Hospital after a crash north of Natchez that killed her mother and left the child with severe injuries. Also in today's roundup: Thanksgiving travel scenes at Louis Armstrong Airport, Mississippi's 2025 charity report ahead of Giving Tuesday, Bla...

The deadline looms for Mississippi's Statewide Residential Safe Room Grant (up to $3,500; 38 grants for Adams County). Officials remind Louisiana residents of the Safe Haven law, the Mississippi Highway Patrol begins Thanksgiving patrols, and two are presumed dead after a Cessna crash in Lake Pontchartrain.

As a child, I always cherished watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade on TV. Seems like my mother never got to enjoy this tradition, however. She was always busy getting the turkey ready, making sure her cornbread dressing was perfect, and getting us all off to a special Thanksgiving service at church. Yes - Thanksgiv...

The City of Natchez has announced a Christmas Decorating Challenge for residents in and around the Henry Brown Subdivision, Cambridge Heights, Holiday Apartments, and Maryland Heights, inviting households to turn their porches, yards, windows, and doors into small bursts of seasonal cheer. The city says "Santa's C...

Two men have been charged with witness tampering in a 2023 double murder case; Sen. Bill Cassidy responds after Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine comments; the Emmett Till barn near Drew is acquired for a permanent memorial. Registration opens for Louisiana State Police Cadet Class 109.