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This is a followup of sorts to my post about being an online ambassador for Natchez. Today I ran across an alert for someone visiting Natchez. When I clicked on it, I was taken to Southern Lagniappe - a blog by an unbelievable photographer from Vicksburg. She also has another site with nothing but photographs, which are the most beautiful photographs of Mississippi I have ever se...
Natchez Mississippi - Jan 9 - 5 clicks 
Brandon Mississippi native Sarah Thomas just became the first woman to referee a college bowl game. ( See ESPN story .) There are five other female referees in major college football, but Sarah Thomas was the first to draw a post season assignment. That might be because she has the most experience - she became the first woman to officiate at a major college game in 2007. She is also on the...
Natchez Mississippi - Jan 6 - 5 clicks
I decided today that I serve as an unpaid Online Ambassador for Natchez - and I'm not the only one. So you may be wondering what in the world is that? I'm a great believer in Google Alerts . I subscribe to one for Natchez. Every day, I receive by email a list of all the places on the internet that the word "Natchez" appeared that day. I read quite a few of them. If Natchez is in the news or th...
Natchez Mississippi - Jan 5 - 7 clicks
Ed Godfrey , Vice Chair of the Planning Commission, sent this letter to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen and is reprinted here with permission. I was first appointed to the Natchez Board of Adjustment in 1992. After fifteen years on the Board of Adjustment it was merged with the Metropolitan Planning Commission to form the Natchez Planning Commission, of which I am Vice-Chairman. I have worke...
Natchez Mississippi - Nov 5 - 4 clicks
As I left the Town Hall meeting, I asked myself why in the world I went - and encouraged others to do the same. No good answer. The first downer was discovering I had no Internet access, since I had planned on live blogging the event. No Internet in a Convention Center ? What are those people thinking? No wonder Natchez has trouble competing. Memo to Walter Tipton: This is the 21st Century. The...
Natchez Mississippi - Nov 5 - 3 clicks
It would seem to me that the Smithsonian Institute would be quite meticulous in choosing sites for it's traveling exhibits, so the fact that we have this extraordinary SI gem spending a little over a month in Natchez, is extraordinary in itself. Mimi Miller has been working elbow to elbow with the SI staff in setting up the information panels that make up the exhibit, as well as with a few locals...
Natchez Mississippi - Nov 5 - 4 clicks
The following letter was published today in the Natchez Democrat . Like many people in this community, I strongly support the concept of a recreation complex, but I worry whether our elected officials are capable of pulling it off. They haven’t been too impressive lately. However, I discovered something that causes me to be able to wholeheartedly support the Referendum. That something is...
Natchez Mississippi - Nov 5 - 3 clicks
by Adam Lynch April 8, 2008 A spring storm went overboard last Friday, spawning about five tornados in the Jackson area and leaving a large portion of the city and some adjoining communities without power well into the following week. Hinds County Emergency Operation Director Larry Fisher called the storm the worst thing to hit the city since the Easter flood......
Jackson Free Press - Nov 5 - 7 clicks
2:45 p.m.(JACKSON, Mississippi) - Governor Haley Barbour today declared a State of Emergency for 12 Mississippi counties following a severe weather system and tornadoes which hit parts of Central Mississippi, including the Jackson Metro area. The Governor announced the State of Emergency while touring neighborhoods in Northeast Jackson, which were among the hardest-hit areas from Fridays storm ...
Jackson Free Press - Nov 5 - 8 clicks
If you havent already, be sure to stop in at the Mississippi Museum of Art to take in the Young Persons Cultural Exchange Exhibit, featuring artwork from young people across the state. Call 601-960-1515 for details.
David Gatlin takes the stage at Martins at 10 p.m.
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Jackson Free Press - Nov 5 - 3 clicks
by Adam Lynch April 8, 2008 Innocence Project attorneys, activists and a man who served 12 years in Parchman for a crime he did not commit are calling for a radical overhaul of the state’s criminal-justice system in order to keep innocent Mississippians out of prison. Part of that overhaul, the Innocence Project says, is to revoke the medical license of Dr. Steven......
Jackson Free Press - Nov 5 - 3 clicks
by Adam Lynch Photo by Adam Lynch April 2, 2008 Jackson State University President Ronald Mason Jr. was full of apologies regarding the universitys recent failed attempt to push an eminent-domain quick-take bill through the Mississippi Legislature. The bill would have allowed the JSU Development Foundation to claim property for the schools expansion over a 50-acre......
Jackson Free Press - Nov 5 - 4 clicks
Make it a point to stop in to the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science as its Bone up on Bones exhibit reaches its final days, teaching people about bone health and overall well-being. Call 601-354-7303 for details.
Take in some live music and make some new friends at the Plaza Buildings Thursdays at the Plaza at 5 p.m. at 120 N. Congress Street. Be sure to try a new dish at Tyes Resta...
Jackson Free Press - Nov 5 - 2 clicks
Despite the weather, all is well at Regal Cinemas Parkway Place, the Mississippi Museum of Art and Hal and Mal's. All events are on schedule and the Crossroads "show" will go on! Crossroads Highlights This Weekend: If you haven't make it out, come spend the weekend with us. Buy your All-Access Pass or tickets at the Parkway Place Box Office throughout the festival. Box Office sales are Cash or C...
Jackson Free Press - Nov 5 - 11 clicks
