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Lake Concordia may get new boat ramp

Concordia Parish could acquire a brand new public boat ramp on Lake Concordia.

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Natchez Inc. hires new project manager

Natchez Inc. recently hired a project manager to help tackle the needs of existing businesses and industries in ...

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Vidalia squad cars may get cameras

Vidalia Police cars might soon be equipped with dashboard video cameras.

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Railroad bill steams through legislature

A senate bill allowing Adams County to create a regional rail authority sailed through the Mississippi Senate with ...

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Parish may get boat ramp

Concordia Parish could acquire a brand new public boat ramp on Lake Concordia.

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Reality of population drop worse

The 2010 U.S. Census included a sizable chunk of people as Adams County residents who do not live ...

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Master Gardeners spruce up town

Adams County Master Gardeners spent Monday on their knees all in the name of civic pride.

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Police looking at parking lot burglaries

Security officers at the Isle of Capri Hotel alerted three different guests their cars were broken into sometime ...

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Holiday of love bodes well for area florists

The biggest floral holiday of the year brought smiles to faces of sweethearts mothers and children throughout the ...

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AmericanTowns Heroes: A Happy Valentine's Day for Avalanna Thanks to Justin Bieber

You don't have to be a Justin Bieber fan to cheer him on today after he responded to a request made by a little girl suffering with a rare and often deadly form of brain cancer. ...

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School enjoys gift from governor's wife

Monterey High School first and second graders have been living in a high-tech world since November and they ...

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Weed fights back

Concordia Parish farmers have another problem to worry about this year when planting their crops.

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Stone at home with family house

Tourists may know him as the owner of the Joseph Stone House during Pilgrimage but Joseph Britton Stone ...

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More than 300 bowls donated to fundraiser

The Natchez Community Stewpot saw its proverbial bowls overflow with support Sunday as residents from all over the ...

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New Ridgecrest police chief Cowan dies

Ridgecrest Police Chief Dale Cowan died Saturday afternoon at a hospital in Alexandria.

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Census shows demographic changes

The Miss-Lou population drop in the last decade has contributed to a changing face of the community as ...

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Adams County district lines must change

Recently released U.S. Census numbers indicate Adams County will have to shift its district lines to accommodate changes.

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Kiwanians gather in Natchez

Approximately 300 people swarmed through the halls and conference rooms of the Natchez Convention Center Saturday all with ...

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Checkered flag waves for Boy Scouts

Some of Natchez’s top racers met for a head-to-head double-elimination drag race to the bottom of a hill ...

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County election ballot starting to fill up

Prospective candidates have less than three weeks to get their names on a ballot in this year’s Adams ...

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Three qualify for Vidalia police chief race

Qualifying for the April 2 special election for Vidalia police chief is over and three candidates will be ...

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Cast your 'purrfect' vote today

Even those who lean toward the “dog-person” category cannot deny the special relationship between pet owners and their ...

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Business and civic league celebrates community

The Natchez Civic Center was packed Friday evening for the 36th annual Natchez Business and Civic League Awards ...

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'Legally dead' Sanders enters not guilty plea

A Las Vegas man who was long believed dead has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of kidnapping ...

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Technical college temporarily using Huntington

Huntington School in Ferriday may have closed down last May but students and teachers have been filling its ...

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NBCL to gather for banquet tonight

The Natchez Business and Civic League has “a vision for creating economic progress” in the Natchez area.

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Concordia school board votes to increase own pay

The last time Concordia Parish School Board members received a raise disco was in style polyester was a ...

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Brown doesn't send reply; MDOT fires

Larry L. “Butch” Brown appears to be fired from his job as executive director of the Mississippi Department ...

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March hearing now set for superintendent

Anthony Morris and his lawyer will argue why he deserves to keep his job as superintendent of the ...

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Brown terminated no resignation letter returned

Mississippi Department of Transportation officials say Larry L. "Butch" Brown has been terminated from his job.

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Ferriday High School football coach Chad Harkins to resign

Ferriday High School football coach Chad Harkins has tendered his resignation Concordia Parish School Board Superintendent Loretta Blankenstein ...

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Morris' contract not renewed

The Natchez-Adams School Board voted at its Jan. 20 meeting not to renew Superintendent Anthony Morris’ contract.

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22 guns recovered from burglaries

Three men wanted in connection with a slew of hunting camp burglaries in a three-parish area were arrested ...

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Riverland working on ER

Riverland Medical Center is temporarily relocating its emergency room for the next seven to 10 days while renovation ...

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American Rose Society coming to town

Rose enthusiasts are invited to the American Rose Society’s Gulf District mid-winter weekend workshop beginning Friday at the ...

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Harrigills lose house dogs to early morning fire

Tyler Harrigill was never the type to think the world was a dark place but his recent tragedy ...

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Bring on the bright lights

Whether it’s the bright lights on Broadway limelight of Hollywood or the local lights of community theater Janey ...

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Miss. Senate OKs animal cruelty bill

The Mississippi Senate passed two bills Wednesday aimed at strengthening the state’s animal cruelty law by making it ...

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Brown to decide to resign or be terminated today

Mississippi Department of Transportation Director Larry “Butch” Brown will choose today between forced retirement or being terminated from ...

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Demolition of house could cost city thousands

A condemned house on North Rankin Street could cost the city big bucks to destroy.

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Ferriday mayor’s overturned for third time

The ordinance may have been different but the results were the same as the Ferriday aldermen overturned a ...

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Winter weather not done yet in area

Don’t put away those mittens or unwrap the outside faucets just yet; it’s coming again.

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Police officers firefighters get electrical safety training

Since you can never be sure do not ever touch a down wire ever.

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Commission asks Brown to leave MDOT now

Within moments of taking office Tuesday a new Mississippi transportation commissioner voted with one his colleagues to give ...

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AmericanTowns Heroes: Ariana Hargis is a Real Livesaver

Ariana Hargis is the kind of lifeguard you want on duty when your loved ones are in the pool. She's a quick-thinking, focused professional with eyes in the back of her head. ...

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Police chief qualification to begin

Qualifying for the April 2 special election for Vidalia police chief is scheduled to begin this week.

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County discusses administrator job

Before voting at Monday’s board meeting to take a new set of applicants the Adams County Board of ...

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Governor visits conference to support deputies

Law enforcement officials who attended the Louisiana Sheriff’s Association midwinter conference at the Vidalia Conference and Convention Center ...

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Double trouble: Two cars crash into poles

Two people accidentally drove cars into light poles on Sunday Natchez Police Department Capt. Tom McGehee said.

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Police respond to incident at high school

Natchez Police Chief Mike Mullins said police responded to a disturbance at Natchez High School Monday.

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