Ben Hillyer

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, […]

The Krewe of Phoenix celebrated Mardi Gras with what has become one of the biggest parties of the year in Natchez. Below are image from Saturday night’s bash at the Natchez City Auditorium. Email newsletter signup Sign up for our daily email newsletter

The pews were filled in Beulah Baptist Church were filled Sunday evening as community members gathered to honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., to celebrate King’s lacy and the Civil Rights Movement. A free concert sponsored by the Natchez Festival of Music and the City of Natchez, Voices of Freedom celebrated Black […]

It has been more than 20 years since Natchez explorers have ventured into Christmas Mountain. The holiday tradition cherished by children of all ages was started nearly 60 years ago at Dunleith, when the historic house was the family home of Alma and Leslie Carpenter and their seven children. Alma created Christmas Mountain on an […]

Members of St. Mary Basilica and the wider Hispanic catholic community in Adams County and Concordia Parish came together Monday evening to celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe with a procession, mass and celebration at the church on Union Street. An authentic Mexican meal was prepared for the celebration at the church’s Family […]

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 spirits of the Natchez City Cemetery were kept busy during this year’s annual Angels on the Bluff tour. A steady stream of visitors passed by several vignettes featuring some of the cemetery’s most fascinating residents. Below are some photographs from this year’s event. Email newsletter signup Sign up for our daily email newsletter

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.