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Mississippi city pursues multi-million-dollar grant for medical initiative
City of Natchez officials are hiring a grant writer from Baton Rouge to go after a grant that could fund anywhere between $2 million and ...
Natchez Democrat Staff, Author at Magnolia State Live
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Mississippi city hopes to add 50 new crime cameras this summer with residents’ help
May is Crime Camera Participation Month, and a new website encourages Mississippi and Louisiana residents to sponsor, purchase or register 50 new cameras for their ...
by Natchez Democrat Staff, Thursday, May 2, 2024 7:44 am
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Groundbreaking of $30 million Magnolia Trace RV Resort excites Mississippi officials and tourism industry
Developers broke ground Tuesday on a $30 million, 275-plus acre Mississippi luxury RV resort. Officials from Natchez, Adams County and the Mississippi Tourism Association attended ...
by Natchez Democrat Staff, Tuesday, April 30, 2024 4:38 pm
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Mississippi man awaiting trial for shoplifting dies in Louisiana prison
A Mississippi man awaiting trial for shoplifting has died in a Louisiana prison. Blarrington Ashley, 53, of Natchez, was in the custody of the Concordia ...
by Natchez Democrat Staff, Tuesday, April 30, 2024 5:52 am
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Man accused of gunning down two men in Mississippi parking lot captured in Texas after year on run
Jamionte Davis, 24, wanted for two counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder in the May 5, 2023, shooting in the parking lot ...
by Natchez Democrat Staff, Tuesday, April 30, 2024 5:45 am
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Mississippi, Louisiana animal advocates alarmed after shopping cart full of puppies found beside dumpster
A shopping cart full of puppies was found beside a dumpster outside an animal shelter.
by Natchez Democrat Staff, Thursday, April 25, 2024 6:07 am
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Mississippi judge finds woman guilty of trespassing on land for controversial proposed oilfield landfill owned by county supervisor
A Mississippi judge found a woman guilty of trespassing on the property of a controversial proposed oilfield landfill owned by a county supervisor.
by Natchez Democrat Staff, Tuesday, April 23, 2024 3:54 pm
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Mississippi woman arrested after allegedly setting son’s clothes on fire – then blaming it on son to get him ‘locked up’
A Mississippi woman was arrested on an arson charge after reportedly setting fire to her son’s clothing, which ultimately resulted in damage to an apartment ...
by Natchez Democrat Staff, Monday, April 22, 2024 5:12 pm
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Car reportedly worth $350,000 creates spectacle at weekend Mississippi car show. Only 25 made to honor 2024 solar eclipse.
One car, valued at more than $350,000, at a weekend Mississippi car show created a spectacle worthy of a solar eclipse. Car enthusiasts at the ...
by Natchez Democrat Staff, Monday, April 22, 2024 6:23 am
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Mississippi historian to discuss new book about slavery, his personal history, and conflicting narratives of American and Southern identity
A historian and retired educator, Jim Wiggins knows a few things about slavery in the South, and he knows from growing up in rural Mississippi ...