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Elementary food drive nets 4,500 items for needy

New Albany Elementary School students, from left to right (top photo), Tyler Rast, Justice Clark, Owen Mayo, JT Morphis, Ethan Owens, Ezekiel Brooks, Kyler Roberts, and from left to right (bottom photo) Sean Coleman and Clayton Coleman, helped gather and sort food donations collected during the NAES annual fall food drive. Collected food will be donated to the Good Samaritan Center, […]

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Baptist Union County recognizes nurse who performs above and beyond expectations

NEW ALBANY, Miss., November 19, 2020 – Shelby Akins, RN, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County, recently received the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses, an award given in appreciation of the work nurses do.  Adkins, a nurse in the emergency department, was nominated by a patient’s family member. Nurses like Adkins are nominated by patients, families, […]

VIP cinema seating company restarting operations here

Theater seating manufacturer VIP Luxury Seating is restarting operations in New Albany, creating 100 new jobs. The project is a $180,000 corporate investment at the site of the former VIP Cinema seating. “The commitment by the VIP Luxury Seating team to the people of Union County is evident as they revamp operations and bring back […]

Margaret Louise May Stiles, 67

BLUE SPRINGS – Margaret Louise May Stiles, 67, departed this life for the life everlasting on Tuesday afternoon, November  17, 2020 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Margaret was born in Tutwiler, MS on April 30, 1953, the daughter of the late Ewell Glenn May and Doris Geraldine Driggers May.  She grew up in the Mississippi […]

NA Middle School creates ‘Bulldog Brags’ to celebrate accomplishments

New Albany Middle School’s Counselor Advisory Committee, led by school counselor Julie Newton and made up of several teachers, recently created a “Bulldog Brags” wall. On it, the accomplishments of students and teachers are recognized. Several students already have a place on the wall as a part of the ongoing Good Character Program. The goal […]

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Ingomar, East Union schools switch to virtual schedule through Thanksgiving holiday

Union County School Superintendent Russell Taylor confirmed to NEMiss.news that Ingomar Attendance Center will switch to its virtual class schedule through Thanksgiving holiday week. East Union Attendance Center has been on a virtual schedule since this past week and will stay on it through Thanksgiving as well. “We’ve had an increase in cases, but no […]

Man arrested after footless driving stint

Police are used to responding to a variety of calls but Chief Chris Robertson said one this week may be a record. “On Nov. 14 about 10:20, 911 received a call that a vehicle was coming in to town on Hwy. 348,” he said. “The vehicle behind it observed that the driver was driving with […]