Monterey High resumed classes after mold linked to new HVAC and skylights delayed the start - staggered returns and Monday make-up days are planned. Also: LSU's Tiger Nation Challenge 2026, Labor Day patrols, and a "Love Our Waterways" cleanup push.

An arrest warrant has been issued for 22-year-old Landon Parker in an Adams County sexual assault. Other developments: the family of 17-year-old Jacques St Anne plans to sue Tower Plaza's owners after his fatal fall, a fire at Laurel's Howard Industries prompted evacuations with no reported injuries, and an advocacy gr...

Ever since the beginning of our Natchez Renewal, job creation - and connecting people to job opportunities, has been our top priority. It's a win - win. It opens the door of opportunity to our citizens while helping area employers build a qualified workforce. This is why the City of Natchez is once again proud to partn...

A Natchez man, Michael Lintito Johnson, was arrested after deputies found two stolen vehicles at a local salvage yard. Gov. Jeff Landry touted SpaceX's planned rocket site and thousands of jobs amid environmental worries. Tensions rise in Cenotopia over police‑chief text allegations after the fatal shooting of 1‑ye...

A marker honoring George Metcalfe was unveiled in Natchez at the site of a 61-year-old Klan car bombing. Authorities also announced a $20,000 reward in a Vermilion Parish bald eagle killing, a bomb-threat arrest in Marshall County, and New Orleans' Dolly "Second Line" set for Sept. 5.

A Claiborne County grand larceny suspect was arrested in Adams County, while concerns grow over potential wildlife impacts from SpaceX's proposed Starbase Louisiana. Mississippi will receive nearly $189 million from a Meta settlement, Louisiana promotes Homework Louisiana tutoring, and the Natchez‑Vidalia river is at...

NATCHEZ, Miss. -- Mayors from cities on the Mississippi River bisecting the country will gather in Natchez next month for their annual conference that will include an opening reception at Dunleith, a dinner on the grounds of Rosalie and sessions discussing the AI economy and other issues at the Natchez Convention Cente...

NATCHEZ, Miss. - The budget city officials are preparing for the coming year include pay raises for Natchez police, fire and public works employees who perform what the mayor said are the "core functions of government." With no property tax increase in the $38 million plan, the proposed expenses to run the ...

NATCHEZ, Miss. - The Natchez-Adams School District plans to begin placing students' cellphones inside signal-blocking pouches as part of a new effort to reduce classroom distractions and take cellphone enforcement responsibilities off teachers. District leaders said approximately 1,300 pouches will initially be distrib...

Co-Lin's Natchez Campus is expanding its commitment to workforce education and innovation with the opening of a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) Lab during the Fall 2026 semester. The lab is part of a larger initiative made possible through AccelerateMS's Mississippi Artificial Intelligence Talent Accelerator Program (...

SpaceX announced plans for a massive "Starbase Louisiana" launch complex on Vermilion Parish's coast - a $100 billion project with more than a dozen towers and the capacity for dozens of daily Starship flights. Meanwhile, the Louisiana GOP endorsed Blake Miguez in the 6th District race, and Mississippi State ...

CONCORDIA PARISH, La. - Louisiana Central has entered into a new partnership with the Concordia Economic and Industrial Development District aimed at strengthening economic development efforts across Concordia Parish. The partnership was established through a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement and is expected to provide ad...

Local residents are seeking answers following a decision that will close public access along the Diversion Canal levee between Louisiana Highway 28 East and Larto Lake beginning next year. The Tensas Basin Levee District has voted to close the Diversion Canal levee road to the public effective April 1, 2027. The closur...

NATCHEZ, Miss. - A joint response by the Adams County Sheriff's Office and Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks led to the arrest of a man Monday after deputies reportedly discovered a loaded firearm at the Natchez Port. According to the sheriff's office, MDWFP contacted ACSO at approximately 2:27 p...

Adams County supervisors question an $800,000 subsidy request for Natchez Adams County Airport as it readies for commercial service. Gov. Tate Reeves is directing $3M+ to expand youth mental-health care, Louisiana launches a Labor Day "Drive Sober" campaign, concerns linger a year after the Smitty's Supply ex...