VIDALIA, La. — After closely monitoring weather conditions, the 2024 Relay For Life of Miss-Lou scheduled for Friday, May 3, at the Vidalia Municipal Complex will go on as scheduled, organizers said. The main event is from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. with a Survivor Reception before the big event from 5 to 7 p.m. “Dozens of teams will be setting up fundraising booths with food, fun and so much more,” organizers said. Highlights of the relay is a luminaria ceremony, where hand-decorated lanterns honor loved ones whose lives were touched by cancer, and the survivor walk around them. A portion of funds ra ..read more

NATCHEZ — 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 $5 million to help improve medical services in Natchez. The Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance program sponsored by the U.S. Economic Development Administration provides a wide range of technical, planning, and public works and infrastructure assistance in regions experiencing adverse economic changes that may occur suddenly or over time. “This deals with all sorts of challenges that small communities are facing including declining med ..read more

“When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles.” Psalm 34:17 Church leaders in multiple denominations — Catholics, Baptists, United Methodist and the new Global Methodist — gathered with community members and leaders on Thursday with one belief in common, when multiple people gather to pray, God answers. The Natchez Ministerial Alliance organized a prayer service observing the National Day of Prayer, which was held inside the Natchez Grand Hotel instead of on the bluff due to rain. But that didn’t stop more than 100 people from attending and lifti ..read more

NATCHEZ – Amateurs can win $500 in a new monthly photo contest celebrating the beauty of Natchez’s river bluff sunsets. The contest, Natchez Mayor Dan Gibson said, is not just for Natchez residents but people from all over the region and the world who visit the city, “known for our sunsets.” “Right behind our historic bandstand is where quite possibly more sunset photographs have been taken than anywhere else in the south,” Gibson said at the announcement of this contest on Thursday morning on the bluff. “Right here, in the oldest city on the highest bluff on the mighty Mississippi River, the ..read more

NATCHEZ – Amateur photographers can win $500 in a new monthly photo contest celebrating the beauty of Natchez’s river bluff sunsets. The contest is sponsored by the City of Natchez and ArtsNatchez. Running for a full year, from May 1, 2024, to April 30, 2025, this contest offers locals and tourists the chance to win a monthly cash prize of $500 by submitting their best shots of Natchez’s breathtaking river view sunsets. From the shimmering waters of the Mississippi River to the historic architecture that graces the city skyline, Natchez provides endless opportunities for photographers to ..read more

NATCHEZ — Today Miss-Lou churches and community members will be joining others nationwide for the observance of  National Day of Prayer. This is a time of prayer and meditation where communities lift up their local, state and national leaders, their schools, their public safety departments, military and more. Prayer services in both Natchez and Vidalia begin at noon. In the event of rain, Natchez’s prayer service organized by the Natchez Ministerial Alliance will take place at the Natchez Grand Hotel instead of outdoors around the bandstand on the bluff. Vidalia will have a prayer servic ..read more

June 7, 1932 – April 24, 2024 FERRIDAY – Funeral services for Myrtis Johnson, 91, of Ferriday, LA will be held Saturday, May 4, 2024, at 2 p.m. from First Baptist Church on Second Street in Ferriday under the directions of Concordia Funeral Home of Ferriday. Burial will follow at the Ferriday Cemetery. Pastor Michael Reed will officiate. Visitation will be held Saturday morning from 1 p.m. until the service time at the church. Mrs. Johnson, daughter of Dave Johnson, Sr. and Norma Hines Johnson was born in Ferriday and died at the Column Nursing Home in Jonesville, LA. She is survived by three ..read more

Jan. 21, 1951 – April 25, 2024 FERRIDAY – Funeral services for Doris Diane Harris Carter, 73, of Ferriday, LA will be held Saturday, May 4, 2024, at 11 a.m. from New Morning Star Baptist Church in Ferriday under the directions of Concordia Funeral Home of Ferriday. Burial will follow at the Zion Baptist Church in Ferriday. Pastor Danny Lewis will officiate. Mrs. Carter, daughter of Hymes and Mary Johnson Harris, was born in Natchez, MS, and died at Rapides Regional Medical Center in Alexandria, LA. She was a retired janitor for Concordia Parish School System. She is survived by three children ..read more

FERRIDAY – Funeral services for Mrs. Albertina Dawkins, 97, of Anderson, IN formerly of Monterey, LA will be held Saturday, May 4, 2024, at 10 a.m. from the Doty Road Church on Third Street in Ferriday. Burial will follow at the Doty Road Church Cemetery under the directions of Concordia Funeral Home of Ferriday.   The post Albertina Dawkins appeared first on Mississippi's Best Community Newspaper ..read more

CENTREVILLE – Funeral Arrangements for Johnny Smallwood, 73, of Centreville, MS, who died April 30, 2024, in Centreville, are incomplete at West Gate Funeral Home. The post Johnny Smallwood appeared first on Mississippi's Best Community Newspaper ..read more