Ben Hillyer

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A group of area Christians gathered at the corner of Madison and Broadway streets on the Natchez Bluff Friday evening to worship Jesus with songs, preaching and banners waving in the breeze. Organized by Melissa Screws, the group of worshippers gathered around a tent decorated with a March for […]

Search and rescue crews and bystanders lined the levee near the Buzzi Unicem grain elevator in the Natchez-Adams County port on L.E. Barry Road A search is underway near the Natchez Port for a man who fell from a barge into the Mississippi River. Robert Bradford, director of Adams County Emergency Management, said the man, […]

Santa Claus, fireworks, a petting zoo and an afternoon of holiday games and fun left those who came for Sunday’s Christmas Tree Lighting at the intersection of Main and Commerce streets in awe and in the Christmas spirit. Below are some images from Sunday evening’s event: Email newsletter signup Sign up for our daily email […]

St. Mary Basilica celebrated Christ the King Sunday with a Eucharistic procession that started at the church on Union Street and ended with a blessing the bandstand on the Natchez bluff. During the Eucharistic procession, the Rev. Aaron Williams carried the consecrated host in an ornate vessel called a monstrance under a procession canopy. Parishioners […]

The City of Natchez is hosting ribbon cuttings for new playground equipment at North Natchez Park and at Duncan Park Thursday morning. Watch the videos below of the unveiling. North Natchez Park Duncan Park Email newsletter signup Sign up for our daily email newsletter

Dem bones, dem bones are popping up all over Natchez and Vidalia to scare and amuse trick-or-treaters this Halloween night. Here are a few examples of the many skeleton displays that have recently emerged for one last evening of fun and fright.

The Rotary Club of Natchez recently conducted its regular weekly meeting on the Natchez campus of Copiah Lincoln Community College to learn about the current Voices and Votes: Democracy in America exhibition in the school’s library. Voices and Votes: Democracy in America is a Museum on Main Street (MoMS) exhibition a traveling exhibition based on a major […]

Images from Friday’s night contest between the Cathedral Green Wave and St. Aloysius Flashes at D’Evereux Stadium. The Green Wave won the rivalry contest in convincing fashion, 50-20. Email newsletter signup Sign up for our daily email newsletter

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The inflatables may be gone, but efforts to revitalize and rejuvenate the Triangle in Natchez continue to rise with the introduction of monthly street markets filled with food, crafts, live performers and more. To kick off the new monthly event, organizers are planning a preview street market for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday […]