Alderman Sarah Carter Smith began Tuesday's Natchez board meeting by urging fellow aldermen to be orderly after their session last month got inflamed by testy exchanges. Smith, who's Natchez mayor pro tempore, presided over yesterday's meeting in place of Mayor Dan Gibson, who was absent. The Board of Aldermen "wa...

NATCHEZ, Miss. - February 9, 2026 - Natchez, Mississippi will soon dedicate the city's second Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) historical marker honoring Prince Abdul Rahman Ibrahima (1762-1829), an African nobleman who was enslaved in the Natchez area for about 40 years before ultimately regaining...

LaKisica Bowman has wanted to wear a badge since she was a child. That dream, which began when she was just 11 years old, became reality in a new way Tuesday night when Bowman was officially named Ferriday's new Police Chief during the town's monthly board meeting. Alderman Dra'Carl Walker made the motion to hire Bowma...

NATCHEZ - Adams County residents who experienced damage to their electrical weather heads during January's ice storm are being urged to report it as part of an ongoing damage assessment. Officials are requesting that anyone whose weather head, the component that connects a home's electrical service to the utility line,...

NATCHEZ, Miss. - The Natchez Board of Aldermen has approved additional funding to complete reinforcement work on the Silver Street retaining wall along the Mississippi River. Although the original scope of the project has been finished, engineers determined further reinforcement is necessary to ensure long-term stabili...

NATCHEZ, Miss. - The City of Natchez will apply for a state grant to help fund structural repairs at the Natchez Senior Citizens Center on Washington Street. The center operates out of the former Carpenter School, a historic building constructed in 1913. While the full cost of needed repairs has not yet been determined...

NATCHEZ, Miss. - The Natchez Board of Aldermen has begun seeking applicants to fill a vacancy on the city's Planning Commission following the resignation of longtime member Butch Johnson. Johnson had served on the commission since 2010. The Planning Commission oversees private land use and determines appropriate locati...

NATCHEZ, Miss. - City officials are planning events and outreach efforts to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Natchez's historic preservation ordinance. The ordinance, implemented in 1951, positioned Natchez as a leader in historic preservation both statewide and nationally, according to Planning & Zoning Directo...

NATCHEZ, Miss. - The Natchez Board of Aldermen voted Tuesday to donate $25,000 to the Boys & Girls Club, directing the funding toward its program at Morgantown Elementary School. The decision followed extended discussion and assurances from advocates that the organization provides meaningful support and opportuniti...

State Auditor Shad White announced Monday that Rebekah Turner, former accounts receivables clerk for the City of Natchez, has pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement. Turner took cash from deposits made to her office by other city departments and converted that money to her own personal use. Turner was sentenced by...