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Improvements are finally coming to Morgantown Road – it’s time! But it’s going to take some time. After many years of waiting, the several thousand Natchez and Adams County residents who traverse this important road daily are about to see their road repaired and resurfaced. But it’s not going to happen overnight. Residents will see…

NATCHEZ, Miss. — A newly revised edition of  the “Natchez African American History Trail: A Self-Guided Tour,” has been published and is now available as a pocket-sized resource on Natchez history. The free 20-page booklet is a full-color product that features 29 African American sites. In addition to presenting brief descriptions of each site, the booklet…

  VIDALIA, La. — Vidalia lost a long-time town attorney, town judge, all-around “great man” and public servant last weekend. Vidalia Mayor Buz Craft said he was saddened to learn that George Murray Jr. had passed away over the weekend after he had recently been diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer. He was “just a great…

Birthday and Anniversary Cakes Provided By Dairy Queen Happy Birthday to Mason Barr! Birthday Cake winner 7/23/24

  NATCHEZ — A new funding formula that Mississippi legislators have put in place for kindergarten through 12th-grade public education will increase funds to Natchez Adams School District by approximately $390,000. Starting July 1, a new funding formula went into effect for Mississippi’s K-12 public education system as a result of HB 1823 which replaced…

  NATCHEZ — When students moved out of the former Robert Lewis Middle and Joseph Frazier Elementary schools, vandals moved in. Superintendent Zandra McDonald-Green addressed the vandalism issue at the schools during Tuesday’s meeting of the Natchez-Adams School District Board of Trustees. The schools have been empty for two years starting when the district consolidated…

  NATCHEZ — With the help of a Natchez High School alumnus, Natchez Adams School District is supplying every student with customized book bags at no cost to families. Public engagement coordinator Tony Fields said the school district is afforded the opportunity to provide students with backpacks through federal programs, not district funds, but is…

Jim Kates, civil rights veteran of the 1960s NATCHEZ, Miss. — Jim Kates, who served as a civil rights worker in Natchez in 1965, will return to the city on Monday, July 22, to talk about his experience in the Natchez movement. The film, “Black Natchez” (1967), will be shown during his visit. Kates’ event, “An…

  NATCHEZ — The Natchez Adams School District on Tuesday approved its Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget with a request for a 1 percent increase, or approximately $138,000, in ad valorem tax contributions. The district is now operating with a budget of $80,393,790, which is inflated by Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief money allocated by…

NATCHEZ, Miss. – An outspoken opponent of the proposed oilfield waste dump south of Natchez has presented Adams County supervisors with an engineering professor’s report saying the landfill is not needed and could harm the environment.  Supervisors have been saying for months they need more information and expert advice before deciding whether to permit the facility…