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NATCHEZ, Miss. –  Pods from the private prison near here might be reusable to reduce the costs for building the new public prison that Adams County Sheriff Travis Patten and county supervisors are planning for. Meeting Monday with the county’s five supervisors, Patten said prison officials at CoreCivic have indicated they would donate cell pods to…

NEW YORK (AP) — Check your freezer. Perdue Foods is recalling more than 167,000 pounds of frozen chicken nuggets and tenders after some customers reported finding metal wire embedded in the products. According to Perdue and the U.S. Agriculture Department’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, the recall covers select lots of three products: Perdue Breaded…

  NATCHEZ — Mississippi State Troopers are investigating a fatal crash involving an 18-wheeler on U.S. 84 east near McNeal Road and the Natchez Trace overpass. The accident occurred just before 9:30 a.m. Thursday. The driver, 49-year-old Robert Berryhill III of Smithdale, left the roadway and collided with a creek embankment for causes that are…

  NATCHEZ — The city’s planning commission will re-hear a request to operate 806 N. Union St. as a children’s home on Thursday at 5:15 p.m. at the Council Chambers, 115 S Pearl St., across from City Hall. The reopening of the facility as a children’s home does not sit well with many residents who…

NATCHEZ, Miss. – Repairs to the city’s deteriorating Canal Street bridge will be done at a cost of more than $630,000 as a short-term fix while city officials plan for a new bridge that will eventually be needed. The Board of Aldermen on Tuesday selected a Natchez-based contractor to repair the much-traveled overpass. Bridge inspectors…

NATCHEZ, Miss. – Plans for repaving downtown streets have been stalled again after no contractor submitted proposals sought by the mayor and Natchez Board of Aldermen. With this being the second time this summer no bidders stepped forward specifying how much the streetwork would cost, the city officials are considering  alternatives. “We’re going to be…

  Stakeholders and anyone interested in learning about or being involved with the establishment of a Natchez chapter of Boys and Girls Club is invited to an informal meeting on the topic on Wednesday afternoon. Greg West, who has championed efforts to reestablish a Natchez-based Boys and Girls Club to create education, workforce and character…

NATCHEZ, Miss. — A new publication that tells the story of the civil rights movement in Natchez is now available to the public as a resource for self-guided tours. The free publication is titled, “Map of Civil Rights Sites in Natchez, Mississippi.” It was funded by a grant from the Mississippi Humanities Council. “The map of…

Thousands of people have crowded the Natchez Convention Center. From firefighters to soldiers, kindergarten teachers to leaders of our state’s community colleges, we’ve seen them all. And one of the best parts of my job as mayor has been the opportunity to welcome them all to Natchez! We are blessed to have a Convention Center…

NATCHEZ, Miss. – Adams County supervisors voted Monday to impose a burn ban as the area endures more days of hot, dry weather with little chance of rain. People are ordered not to burn outdoor trash, yard rubbish and grassfields or have campfires or bonfires. Outdoor gas grilling or charcoal grilling are allowed during burn…