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All governmental offices and many businesses will be closed Monday, May 25, in observance of Memorial Day. In New Albany, there will be no garbage pickup Monday. Following the usual holiday procedure, the city crews will collect the Monday route on Tuesday and the Tuesday route on Wednesday. The rest of the week will be […]
The Union County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a suspicious death in the Alpine Community eastern part of the county Friday. Sheriff Jimmy Edwards said the body of a woman was found at a residence on County Road 225. Edwards called in the state crime lab to aid in the investigation. More information may be available […]
The New Albany Fire Department responded to a call during a thunderstorm early Friday that presented unusual challenges. The call came in as a fire at 1309 South Central at 6:10 a.m. “No other information was given so we responded with the assumption we were going to a structure fire,” Acting Chief Mark Whiteside said. […]
Site preparation is under way for New Albany’s new wastewater treatment facility north of town. The approximately $18 million project will replace the city’s obsolete facility accessed from Chickasaw Drive and move it from being so close to the park and sportsplex areas. “It’s a 400-day project and should be ready late next spring,” light, […]
When the Union County Library opens, it will have six more bicycles available to check out. This past week Dale and Susan Parker donated the bikes, which belonged to family members and have been in storage. Dale said there was no reason for them to go unused and both Parkers called supporting the Tanglefoot Trail […]
Donald Brady “Don” Jordan, 63, resident of the Lafayette Springs Community and lifelong resident of Union, Pontotoc and Lafayette Counties, departed this life Tuesday morning, May 20, 2020 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford following an extended illness. Funeral Services honoring the life of Don will be at 2 PM Friday, May 22 in The […]
Goodlettsville, Tennessee – Thursday, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation announced the award of approximately $143,000 in literacy grants to Mississippi nonprofit organizations. These grants are part of the Dollar General Literacy Foundation’s largest one-day grant announcement, which supports summer, family and adult literacy programs. In total, the Foundation awarded more than $8.6 million to approximately […]
The Union County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Monday to cancel the Union County Fair, scheduled for July 14-18. The vote came as a result of concern over the spread of the COVID-19 illness. There was no word as to whether the fair might be rescheduled later in the year, but that discussion would have […]
New Albany Elementary School’s Employee of the Month for April is our IT Professional, Jake Miller. According to coworkers, Mr. Miller always has a huge smile on his face and is ready to assist others with their technology needs both big and small.
No one in Union County has to worry about getting a jury summons for circuit court until the middle of June, at least. The Supreme Court issued an order saying that no summonses should be sent returnable to June 15 or earlier in any county with more than two COVID-19 deaths reported. Union County had […]
The coronavirus pandemic has affected New Albany city tax revenue, but not as much as some feared. Mayor Tim Kent said the tourism tax collected in March, the first month of mass closings, was $57,430, a 30-percent decrease from the same month a year ago and $25,547 less than March 2019. (The first COVID-19 case […]
New Albany Elementary School would like to recognize the following students for their achievements in the Accelerated Reader program this school year. 100 Point Club: Caleb George, Emerson Dewberry, Maddox Conwill, Adeline Bailey, Cooper Sanders, Kharie King, Cora Brockway, Hayden Bennett, Noah Ozbirn, Tara Garrett, Landon Kennedy, Abdul Sharaf, Sam Mallette, Carson Yang, Jameson […]
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