Alcorn sports
Alcorn State Braves football team to travel to Oxford in 2028
LORMAN – The first-ever meeting between the Alcorn State University football program and the University of Mississippi will take place in 2028 in Oxford, announced ...
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Alcorn sports
50 years ago Jerry Sims sets record for ASU
It's been 50 years since the Alcorn State University Track & Field school record in the indoor 60-meter dash was set.
by WordPress.com VIP, Friday, June 12, 2020 7:30 pm
Z-Top Home
Fear of coronavirus keeping some employees away from already understaffed Parchman prison
Fears of the coronavirus are running so high at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman that some employees are staying away, renewing concerns about low ...
by WordPress.com VIP, Monday, March 23, 2020 8:26 pm
Cathedral sports
Natchez High uses speed to win over Cathedral
NATCHEZ — Natchez High speed and Cathedral errors combined for a 12-0 victory for Natchez High baseball over Cathedral on Tuesday night at Chester Wills ...
by WordPress.com VIP, Wednesday, March 4, 2020 6:30 pm
Natchez High sports
Natchez High Bulldogs advance to Quarterfinal round, girls fall to Brookhaven High
BROOKHAVEN —Both the girls and boys Natchez High School basketball teams entered the second round of the MHSAA 5A playoffs Friday night against Brookhaven High ...
by WordPress.com VIP, Monday, February 24, 2020 8:50 pm
Natchez High sports
Natchez High boys Bulldogs advances, Natchez High Lady Bulldogs falls
BROOKHAVEN —Both the girls and boys Natchez High School basketball teams entered the second round of the MHSAA 5A playoffs Friday night against Brookhaven High, ...
by WordPress.com VIP, Saturday, February 22, 2020 11:41 am
ACCS sports
Crusaders crush ACCS playoff hopes
NATCHEZ — The Park Place Christian Academy Crusaders boys soccer crushed ACCS Rebels playoffs hopes with a 3-1 victory on Monday.
by WordPress.com VIP, Wednesday, February 19, 2020 12:01 am
ACCS sports
Adams County Christian School boys soccer shuts out Cathedral, wins district
NATCHEZ — Cathedral’s grass soccer field was slick and muddy on a cold Thursday night, but nothing deterred Adams County Christian Academy Rebels from shutting ...
by WordPress.com VIP, Saturday, February 15, 2020 12:01 am
Cathedral sports
Cathedral High falls to Oak Forest Academy in sudden death penalty kicks
NATCHEZ — Playing in front of more than 100 fans against district foe Oak Forest Academy Yellow Jackets, the Green Wave lost 6-5 in sudden ...
by WordPress.com VIP, Friday, February 7, 2020 12:01 am
Sports
National Signing Day: Three Wilkinson County High football players sign
WOODVILLE — Cheered on by family, friends, coaches and teammates, three Wilkinson County High School student-athletes signed their letters of intent on Feb. 5 for ...
by WordPress.com VIP, Friday, February 7, 2020 12:01 am
ACCS sports
Kobe Bryant inspires ACCS basketball team to win
NATCHEZ — Firing on all cylinders, Adams County Christian senior Vic Lassiter made quick work of Cathedral’s defense, scoring 22 points Tuesday night at ACCS ...
by WordPress.com VIP, Friday, January 31, 2020 12:01 am
Sports
Column: Natchez Allen Brown remembered as football hero
Allen Brown was a big, strapping man with a kind, sweet, humble nature about him. He was a football hero, but you would never know ...
by WordPress.com VIP, Wednesday, January 29, 2020 12:01 am
Cathedral sports
Cathedral fails to execute against Brookhaven
NATCHEZ — The Brookhaven Academy varsity boys’ basketball team kept the Cathedral Green Wave off-course with a 54-41 win over Cathedral on Tuesday night.
by WordPress.com VIP, Thursday, January 23, 2020 12:01 am
Cathedral sports
Cathedral boys basketball win first district game
CLINTON — A strong three quarters of play were enough to give Cathedral varsity boys’ basketball team (11-10, 1-2) their first district win of the ...
by WordPress.com VIP, Thursday, January 16, 2020 12:01 am
ACCS sports
ACCS sweeps Cathedral in prep basketball games
By BILL BARKSDALE Special to The Democrat NATCHEZ — In a Natchez cross-town rivalry, varsity girls’ and boys’ basketball teams competed in an intense atmosphere ...
by WordPress.com VIP, Tuesday, January 14, 2020 12:01 am
Obituaries
Carl E. Scott
June 9, 1956 – Jan. 8, 2020 NATCHEZ — Services for Carl E. Scott, 64, of Natchez, who died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, at his ...
by WordPress.com VIP, Saturday, January 11, 2020 12:01 am
Cathedral sports
Cathedral basketball falls to Oak Forest Academy
NATCHEZ — The Cathedral High School Green Wave fell to the Oak Forest Academy Yellow Jackets 60-46 Tuesday night at home in the MAIS District ...
by WordPress.com VIP, Thursday, January 9, 2020 12:01 am
Editorials
Have patience as city, county fix erosion issues
Recent heavy rains revealed a few problems with erosion in the area.
by WordPress.com VIP, Thursday, January 9, 2020 12:01 am
News
Lawmakers refused to increase an infamous prison’s funding. Then, chaos erupted
Understaffed, underfunded and plagued by gang violence, inmates in Mississippi’s Parchman prison have been living in deadly conditions that state lawmakers knew about for decades. ...
by WordPress.com VIP, Wednesday, January 8, 2020 2:05 pm
Editorials
Past time for state to properly fund prisons
News unfolding from the Mississippi Department of Corrections is unsettling to say the least.