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BREAKING NEWS: Governor Barbour to visit Natchez at 11 a.m. 5 hours, 44 minutes ago
Photos: Images from Hurricane Gustav 1:30 p.m.
Natchez Convention Center houses workers during storm midnight
Churches resume normal activities midnight
Sewage service restored in Ferriday
Sewage service was restored to Ferriday residents Wednesday night, but they remain under a boil water notice. (2 comment) | Read story
Surrounding counties also feel Gustav’s wrath
While Adams County sustained substantial damage, so did other surrounding counties, including Amite, Franklin, Jefferson and Wilkinson counties. Read story
Parents deal without daycare
At Woodhaven Corp., Sesame Street played on a small portable television, toy blocks and a small fire engine littered the floor and 18-month-old Lehmann Novak waddled around the office. (7 comment) | Read story
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- Photos: Images from Hurricane Gustav | (5)
- Natchez Convention Center houses workers during storm
- Churches resume normal activities | (39)
- First Friday canceled due to storm damage
- Parents deal without daycare | (7)
- Flooding forces residents from homes
- Water begins to rise in reservoirs
- Insurance claims follow in Gustav’s wake
- County to cut taxes | (2)
- Power returns as Entergy calls in reinforcements | (6)
- Sewage service restored in Ferriday | (2)
- Conference center opening postponed
- Gustav puts kink into Cathedral's game plans
- Wilkinson County High, WCCA games go on as scheduled
- Gustav’s effects felt on the gridiron
- LSU-Troy game postponed until November
- Public school football begins with some good, some bad
- Alcorn State comeback fall short in Jones' debut | (5)
AP Headlines
- LSU-Troy game postponed until November
- Remnants of Gustav slow attempts to restore power
- New Orleans reluctantly opens doors after Gustav
- Evacuees return to New Orleans; Bush visits state
- Tropical Storm Hanna takes aim at Bahamas
- La. gov and New Orleans mayor are praised | (4)
Chats
- Durkin discusses the proposed $2 hotel tax
- Mayoral candidate Graning discusses election issues with readers
- MIddleton talks with readers about his run for mayor
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Today's Opinion
Volunteers shine through storm clouds
Behind almost every storm cloud, there’s a silver lining.
Today's column by Julie Finley
Let’s let Gustav bring us together
Hurricanes don’t like to be taunted, I’ve learned.
Today's Top of the Morning by Maria Bowser
Friends of the Library to gather
Fall is on the way when the Friends of the Library gather for their annual membership event.
today's poll
Are you filing an insurance claim due to damage from Hurricane Gustav?
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Note: This is not a scientific poll. The results reflect only the opinions of those who chose to participate.
on the street
Is healthcare a major campaign issue?
“I'm a self-employed person and healthcare is extremely expensive. It's the worst crisis we face in this country, that the middle class can't afford healthcare. It definitely needs to be at the top of the list. I think Obama has a good plan.”
- Marbeth Schon, Owner, M. Schon
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Life
Allain travels to West Bank during summer vacation
Alex Allain recently returned from the trip of a lifetime, and he has two of his friends and a little luck to thank for it.
Business
Trippe credits service, relationships for business success
After spending one year in college studying engineering, C.F. “Buck” Trippe was drafted into the Army.
Slideshows
Carter on 40th day of mustang makeover competition
You might expect former LSU football player David Carter to conjure up images from the gridiron when he talks about his Extreme Mustang Makeover experience.
