Entries by Lynn West

Aldermen approve several beautification projects

New Albany aldermen approved several more projects Tuesday designed to help beautify the city in four different areas. First was the small triangle at the intersection of Highland and Faulkner Way, just north of the Burlington-Northern Railroad. The area will be named The Glenda Conlee Memorial Triangle for Conlee, who died this past year. She […]

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New Martintown industrial building going up

Work crews have started hanging steel for a speculative shell building in the Martintown South Industrial Park. The building will be the result of collaboration between the Union County Board of Supervisors and a private investment group called Enhance Mississippi, LLC. The building will comprise 100,000 square feet and be situated on a 200,000 square […]

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City continues with service, beautification projects

City officials’ move to more stringent rules concerning public comments at board meetings appears to be paying off. The January meeting went smoothly and business was handled in well under an hour even updates were given on several improvement projects. There were only two personal appearances from the public. Jerry Kennamore asked the city to […]

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Multiple departments respond to shed fire

New Albany Deputy Fire Chief Mark Whiteside reported that the Myrtle Fire Department, West Union Fire Department and personnel from New Albany responded to a shed fire on CR 53 just east of CR 515 early Wednesday. On arrival, units found a structure on fire along with some grass, rubbish and trees burning. The fire […]

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NE campus here may get new workforce training center

If promised funding comes through, the Northeast at New Albany campus should get a next workforce training center added. NEMCC President Ricky Ford told Union County Supervisors Monday that such an addition is “deeply needed.” The funding in question is $100 million in bond funds, Ford said, and was promised. “But that was before the […]

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Owen named new supervisors president

District 4 Supervisor Randy Owen was named board president Monday at the first meeting of the new year. District 5 Supervisor Steve Watson was chosen as vice-president, which is in keeping with the board’s announced plan four years ago to rotate the presidency each year. Supervisors said they want to give each board member experience […]

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It’s local election time…again

A statement that is true any time: “It’s election year in Mississippi.” Our state has city, county, district, state or federal elections every single year. This year, Union Countians will vote on a president, U. S. senator, U. S. representative, supreme court justice, five election commissioners and one county school board trustee. The presidential preference […]

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Wish list for community shorter, but more ambitious

About this time most years I put together a sort of wish list of things I would like to seen done for or by the community in the next 12 months. Happily, I can say the list may be shorter this time than in some previous years. Officials have made some great strides. The city […]

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City now proud owner of Fred’s building

New Albany city officials formally took possession of the former Fred’s discount building Thursday morning, paving the way for a new light, gas and water department as well as police department, city courtroom and aldermen’s boardroom. Mayor Tim Kent said they had not received the deed but the contracts have been signed and the purchase […]

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Baptist Union County Welcomes 2020 New Year’s Baby

Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County welcomed the first baby of the New Year born on January 1, 2020.  Aluna Kaior Williams, officially the first baby to be born in 2020 at Baptist Union County, arrived at 12:00 p.m. The proud mother is Diamond Williams of Ashland.  Aluna weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce and was delivered by […]

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