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Hayes Richey has been named STAR Student for the 2019-2020 school year by the Mississippi Economic Council (MEC) M. B. Swayze Foundation, sponsor of the Student Teacher Achievement Recognition (STAR) program. This year marks the 55th Anniversary of the STAR program. Established by the Mississippi Economic Council in 1965, the purpose of the STAR program is to recognize outstanding students […]
The coronavirus is hurting communities economically all across the country but New Albany may be better off than some. It’s still too early to tell how much, but the city will see reduced retail sales tax and tourism tax revenue, however. Those are two of the city’s main sources of income. It could be worse, […]
Lurene Gates Robison, 94, of Etta went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, April 26, 2020. She was born September 3, 1925, in Union County to the late Dave Gates and Millie Ann Goggans Gates. She was a homemaker who loved visits from her family and friends. She enjoyed having a garden and […]
UNITY COMMUNITY – On a beautiful Saturday, April 25, 2020, Ken Stanford spent the day doing what he liked most, fishing. He came home after a pleasant and productive day on the waters, celebrated the fact that his wife was cooking Chicken and Dressing for him and it wasn’t Christmas or Thanksgiving, and fell the victim […]
SHANNON – David S. Rollins, 83, died Saturday, April 25, 2020 at Sanctuary Hospice House. David was born on October 25, 1936 in Itawamba County to the late Huskey and Cordie Estes Rollins. He grew up in Lee County and graduated from Verona High School in 1954 in the last class of High School graduates […]
BLACK ZION COMMUNITY – Christopher Scott Sandefer, 57, departed this life on Saturday, April 25, 2020 after heroically fighting a long battle with cancer. Known far and wide as a special guy, a devoted law enforcement officer, and a patriotic American, Scott was born in Tupelo on July 7, 1962 to the late former Lee County […]
Toyota Mississippi and the Mid-South Food Bank provided food for 750 families at the Union County Fairgrounds Friday morning. This was the third mobile food pantry the auto manufacturer has done this past week. The previous two were in Lee County Monday and Pontotoc County Wednesday. The idea was to begin serving the three PUL […]
The Duke University Talent Identification Program for 4th-5th grade students is a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving academically gifted and talented students. The following students at New Albany Elementary School qualified and enrolled with the Duke TIP 4th-5th Grade Talent Search: Ezekiel Brooks, Eli Burdette, Maddox Conwill, Collin Kirksey, Christofer Knox, Stephenie Nolen, Jason Ross, and Nora Beth Stroupe. […]
Toyota Mississippi and the Mid-South Food Bank have increased the amount of food they will hand out in New Albany Friday morning due to the demand at their previous giveaways in Lee and Pontotoc counties. The mobile pantry will now provide food for 750 households (3,000 people), which is 250 households and 1,000 people more […]
The community has plenty of resources that are appreciated but a few that people may not be aware of. The New Albany-Union County Airport is one. “A lot of people don’t’ even know we have an airport,” manager Rudy Dixon said. Others may know but have misconceptions. “A time or two a month I’ll get […]
Barba Ann Nowlin, 79, died Wednesday April 22, 2020 at The Meadows Assisted Living in Fulton. She was born in New Albany on June 8, 1940 to the late Hilton “Puddin” and Tishy Raines Cobb. She loved her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She loved to sew and in her later years she loved coloring. She was […]
New Albany officials were not surprised by the governor’s decision to keep schools closed through the end of the year, especially in light of the number of COVID-19 deaths in the state topping 4,000. They have been preparing for it. “If you put kids back in school and wind up with a dozen cases across […]
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