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Natchez doing study to improve downtown parking and traffic flow
NATCHEZ, Miss. - The mayor and city aldermen have contracted an urban-planning firm to do a traffic and parking study for downtown Natchez. An Atlanta-based urban planning and architectural firm will be paid $29,200 to do the analysis of downtown streets and make recommendations. The study will review on-street and off...
Apr 17, 2024
Plans for new Adams County jail being aided by state Legislature
NATCHEZ, Miss. - Natchez-Adams County leaders making plans for a new jail are scheduled to tour Simpson County's detention center that could serve as a model for what could replace Adams County's deteriorating facility. This comes as the Adams County Board of Supervisors advance their plans for constructing a detention...
Apr 16, 2024
Plans underway for new Natchez hospitality business; efforts continue for recruiting airline
NATCHEZ, Miss. - Plans are underway here for an announcement and groundbreaking April 30 for a new business that Natchez-Adams County's chief commercial development officer said is a "nontraditional" project related to "hospitality." More details are forthcoming, said Chandler Russ, executive direct...
Apr 16, 2024
New garbage contract calls for charging Natchez residents more for added pickup service
NATCHEZ, Miss. - City residents could see a $6 increase in their monthly garbage-pickup charge as Natchez aldermen have decided to get trash collectors to also haul away large bulky items, such as appliances and tree limbs. Raising the current $24.15-a-month household garbage fee to about $30 will help pay for "ad...
Apr 15, 2024
Wiggins to discuss his new book at April 23 meeting of Natchez Historical Society
NATCHEZ, Miss. -- Historian and retired educator James Wiggins will discuss his new book, "Outliving the White Lie: A Southerner's Historical, Genealogical and Personal Journey" (University Press of Mississippi, 2024), at the Tuesday, April 23 meeting of the Natchez Historical Society. The meeting is free to ...
Apr 15, 2024
Sculptor Bob Willis receives Award of Merit for bust of Hiram Rhodes Revels
NATCHEZ, Miss. -- Dr. Roscoe Barnes III, cultural heritage tourism manager for Visit Natchez, recently presented sculptor Bob Willis with the Award of Merit on behalf of the Mississippi Historical Society. Barnes, who is vice president of the society, said Willis was not able to attend the society's annual meeting in F...
Apr 13, 2024
Senate passes bill to redraw court districts for Adams and other counties
NATCHEZ, Miss. - The state Senate has approved legislation to remap judicial districts that would put Adams County with Pike County along with less populous southwest Mississippi counties. While Adams County leaders opposed the realignment of the circuit and chancery court districts, the Senate passed the bill Wednesda...
Apr 12, 2024
From the Mayor's Desk: Time to Get to Work for the People of Natchez!
This week our city held municipal elections which, despite a final election still to take place in June, effectively set the stage for what will likely constitute our city's leadership for the next four years. The mayor, judge, and three alderman races were unopposed. And three alderman races that were opposed were dec...
Apr 12, 2024
African descendants of Prince Ibrahima returning to Natchez
NATCHEZ, Miss. -- Twenty West African elders, all descendants of Prince Abdul Rahman Ibrahima ibn Sori, are planning a return visit to Natchez in May, according to Princess Karen Chatman, who is coordinating the event. Abdul Rahman's story is told in Terry Alford's book, "Prince among Slaves: The True Story of an ...
Apr 11, 2024
Thelma Newsome to speak at 84th commemoration of Rhythm Night Club Fire
NATCHEZ, Miss. - Thelma Newsome, a retired educator and former member of the Natchez-Adams School District Board of Education, will be the guest speaker for the 84th commemoration of the Rhythm Night Club fire of April 23, 1940. This year's event will be held at 12 p.m. Saturday, April 27, at the Rhythm Night Club (on ...
Apr 09, 2024
From the Mayor's Desk: Vote Tuesday - And Vote for the Natchez Renewal!
Tuesday, April 9, is an important day for Natchez - it is the day that we go to the polls to vote for our city leaders - mayor, judge and aldermen. I am grateful to be unopposed, and I thank the citizens for another four years! Our city judge and three aldermen are also unopposed - an indication that we must be moving ...
Apr 05, 2024
Adams County officials oppose Senate bill redrawing judicial districts
NATCHEZ, Miss. - The Mississippi Senate has a committee-passed bill opposed by Adams County officials that would enlarge the circuit and chancery court districts that cover the county. The Adams County Board of Supervisors has come out in opposition to the legislation at the behest of District Attorney Tim Cotton, who ...
Apr 04, 2024
Private jail plans presented to Adams County supervisors as option
NATCHEZ, Miss. - The Adams County board has received a proposal for a privately owned jail being built to replace the county's deteriorating facility. Adams County would rent the jail to house inmates and not be responsible for the new building's maintenance. "You would never have that headache of that maintenance...
Apr 02, 2024
Adams County board begins review of proposed oil waste dump
NATCHEZ, Miss. - The Adams County board is getting its engineer to review plans for the oil-waste dump being proposed by Supervisor Kevin Wilson as his fellow supervisors determine whether it can operate. The four other supervisors haven't decided whether to permit the landfill, but they apologized Monday to Wilson's m...
Apr 02, 2024
City officials working to get garbage contractor to take Natchez residents' bulky trash
NATCHEZ, Miss. - City officials continue working out final details of a new contract with Natchez' garbage collector to include curbside pickups for bulky yard debris, appliances and other large items currently not hauled away. The Board of Aldermen on Tuesday affirmed its previous selection of Arrow Disposal Servic...
Mar 29, 2024