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Union County has nearly $9 million in the bank – but can’t spend it. That doesn’t prevent county officials from trying to be good stewards and see the fund grow, and they can, in fact, spend a very small part of the money. The money in question is a fund established when Union County signed […]
Union County Emergency Management Director Curt Clayton announced that, effective immediately, all county offices will lock their doors, closing public access to help prevent possible spread of the COVID-19 virus. “Employees will be in the office but we ask that anyone who has business with any of the offices call and handle it by phone,” […]
Members of First Baptist Church in New Albany have seen one of the restrictions imposed because of the threat of COVID-19 as an opportunity to share their ministry. “When we heard about the school closings we knew there would be kids without nutritional food in the area,” Senior Pastor Andrew Chesteen said. “Parents responded quickly […]
HUDSON, WI — Standex Refrigerated Solutions Group (RSG) has reached a definitive agreement to sell its Master-Bilt and Nor-Lake refrigeration businesses to Ten Oaks Group, a family office focused exclusively on corporate divestitures. The closing is expected to occur in the next 45 days. Standex continually assesses its portfolio of businesses to ensure alignment with its […]
Local officials continue to make adjustments to deal with and help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. No cases had been reported in Union County Monday morning but state officials did say a presumptive case had been reported in Monroe County. Other cases have been more in the central and southern sections of the […]
The New Albany Separate Municipal School District released the following statement Monday afternoon: Administrators and central office staff in the New Albany School District (NASD) have been meeting daily since Friday, March 13 to develop a plan that is in the best interest of our students’ health, safety, and educational progress. Our administrative team and […]
Update: Friday afternoon New Albany Superintendent of Schools Dr. Lance Evans announced that school officials met and decided that it will be in the best interest of students to close school March 15-20 and all school events and practices will be suspended until March 23 at least. They plan to continue meeting and issue a […]
The recent warm weather, even with the rain, seems to be encouraging people to begin having yard sales for this year. A problem is that some people, either through ignorance or deliberately, fail to abide by the city ordinance concerning the sales. New Albany code enforcement officer Eric Thomas said ordinances allow residents to have […]
Union County unfortunately was victim of what has been called “swatting” in other parts of the country early Friday. This is when someone makes a false call to law enforcement saying there is a dangerous situation at a location calling for extreme response. Sheriff Jimmy Edwards said New Albany police received a call about 8 […]
New Albany Mayor Tim Kent was scheduled to meet with city department heads Friday morning to discuss a precautionary plan concerning the coronavirus. The mayor expressed particular concern about spread of the coronavirus in the public schools. Public school students in both New Albany and Union County schools are on spring break this week, but are […]
Although it is not entirely official, it looks like Jack’s is coming to New Albany. Rumors have been circulating for some time but no official plans have been filed with the city yet. They have been looking at preliminary site studies, however. The location is on Hwy. 30 West, just past the Hwy. 30-West Bankhead […]
Mississippi state officials held a press conference at 11 a.m. Thursday with the health department issuing added guidelines concerning the COVID-19 virus: New recommendations as of March 12, 2020 Avoid gatherings of 250 people or more, especially if there is evidence of transmission in your county or adjacent counties . If you do attend, remember […]
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