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Union County Census coordinator Ruth Ball is having trouble handing out $18-per-hour jobs and doesn’t understand why. She needs 150 workers to perform the Census in Union County and is still 82 shy of that number. The jobs actually pay from $14 to $18 per hour, plus 58 cents per mile travel expense. Census workers […]
Work on a new airport terminal building has apparently been moving slowly but the structure is nearly complete. Plans were announced more than a year ago to build the new terminal at the New Albany-Union County Airport. Funding is from a $540,000 joint grant from the Federal Aviation Authority and Mississippi Department of Transportation. The […]
The Dean Provence Endowment for Excellence in Education Board has announced the allocation of funds totaling more than $13,000 to teachers in the New Albany School District (NASD). In an effort to maximize the effectiveness of the awards, this year grants were directed to New Albany Middle School, New Albany High School and the New […]
There have been increasing comments made to us this year about the absence of elected officials at some civic and other public events. The comments we have heard have been focused more on city than county officials. Of course, all elected officials need to support and participate in public events as much as possible. Also, […]
The December meeting of the New Albany Board of Aldermen went smoothly, the second meeting under new stringent rules governing speaking and questioning. The policy was instituted because discussions at previous meetings had sometimes gotten out of hand with multiple people talking over each other and comments veering from the point under discussion. Now, if […]
It’s time to pay property taxes again and close to 20,000 cards are being mailed out for this Friday. Union County Tax Assessor-Collector Tameri Dunnam said the taxes are really due Jan. 1 with a Feb. 1 deadline but many people prefer to pay their taxes earlier. There is a one-percent per month penalty for […]
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Union County supervisors and some other officials will receive a raise Jan. 1. The three-percent increase for the county board, at $1,212, will be their first raise in 16 years, according to supervisors. A supervisor’s salary is set by the legislature and based on the county’s assessed valuation. For Union County, that salary is $40,400 […]
The Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol was investigating a fatal head-on crash that happened about 8:30 a.m. Sunday. The accident was on Hwy. 15 south of New Albany and near the County Road 88 intersection. Medical Examiner-Investigator Pam Boman said that Christopher Farr, 22, and George K. Williamson, 55, died as a result of the crash. […]
Union County Sheriff Jimmy Edwards confirmed that a woman reporting missing since Thursday evening has been found. More details may be available later but April Cobb was reported last seen about 5:45 p.m. Thursday in New Albany. She was driving a 2003 white Buick Lesabre with tag number UNB 1015 and her husband and children […]
The Nov. 6 meeting of the New Century Club was held in the home Of Michelle Hagins. Members in attendance included, Jean Dillard, Linda Everett, Susan Feather, Leanne George, Michelle Hagins, Carolyn Houston, Martha Frances Monroe, Laura Pannell, Grace Provence, Anna Quinn, Jill Smith and Lou Ann Staggs. Club members enjoyed a dessert plate as […]
Work is partly complete on projects to attract more industry to Union County. A concrete pad for a shell building and a nearby industrial access road have been done. Steel was expected to be going up soon for a 100,000-square-foot shell building in the Martintown South Industrial Park, south of the Diversity-Vuteq plant off Hwy. […]
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