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Willard Clifton Roaton, 89, passed away on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 at Sanctuary Hospice in Tupelo. He was born September 12, 1930 in the Keownville Community of Union County to William Coucil Roaton and Laura Hall Roaton. He was a U.S. Army veteran, having served during the Korean War. He retired from Allied Furniture. He […]
Union County has gone into the railroad business, if only to a very slight degree. The county has purchased a 40-foot-long former railroad tank car and buried it across County Road 59 this past week. Road crews had had problems with the old culvert and resulting erosion and needed a replacement. Road Manager Scottie Wigington […]
A fire at an empty residence on East Bankhead Street early Tuesday may have been caused by a vagrant or other unauthorized person, according to Acting Fire Chief Mark Whitehead. Firefighters were called to 1026 E. Bankhead St. about midnight after people in the vicinity reported smelling smoke. Crews arrived to find considerable smoke coming […]
Nearly nine out of 10 Union County school parents who responded to a survey want their children back in traditional school this fall. County Superintendent Russell Taylor said that is what they are going to get. “It will be a traditional schedule, but with lots of safety measures,” he said. However, an option will be […]
Bob Barber of the Orion Planning and Design group presented the new comprehensive plan for the City of New Albany to aldermen Tuesday. “What I want to do is to get New Albany NEXT on the table before the board,” he said, noting it has been approved by the planning and zoning board already. The […]
New Albany aldermen offered for public consideration a revised proposed food truck ordinance at their July meeting Tuesday. The ordinance is expected to come up for a vote at the August board meeting. A lengthier proposal was presented at the June board meeting but came under criticism because of some of the regulations and because […]
Mona Ray Hall Dodson, 68, died following a one vehicle accident Monday, July 06, 2020 in Union County. A Celebration of Life Service will be Thursday, July 9 at 2 PM at New Albany Funeral & Cremation Care located at the intersection of Hwy 30 and W. Bankhead. Visitation will be on Thursday, July 9 […]
With much of the focus on the coronavirus and flag controversies, several noteworthy bills were signed into law without attracting much attention. One related to alcoholic beverages and prohibition – an area in which the state is both first and last. After decades of anti-alcohol campaigning, the state formally enacted prohibition in 1908, long before […]
Union County is going to get a much-needed new E-911 emergency telephone system. County supervisors approved spending nearly $800,000 to purchase the new system Monday. The present system is out of date and it has become progressively more difficult to find replacement parts, Emergency Management Director Curt Clayton said. The county has had to replace […]
Improvements at all the city school campuses, funded by an $8.5 million bond issue from the previous year, are finally wrapping up. The last part, renovation at New Albany High School is nearing completion with the installation of new windows, Superintendent Dr. Lance Evans told trustees at their board meeting this past week. About all […]
JACKSON – Mike Staten of BNA Bank, New Albany, has been elected to a 3-year term on the Mississippi Bankers Association Board of Directors. Staten will represent his region of the state on the Board, which governs the 132-year-old association. MBA’s membership includes commercial banks and savings institutions operating in Mississippi, and the association’s members […]
The occasional power outage is an inconvenient fact of life in the South, particularly during spring and summer and in cities like New Albany where there are many trees that can fall on utility lines. Part of New Albany experienced an extended power outage this past weekend when a tree caused widespread damage during a […]
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