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Sheriff’s deputy injured going from one wreck to another

Union County Sheriff Jimmy Edwards said one of his deputies, Tanner Golding, was slightly injured leaving one accident scene and responding to another about 6:30 p.m. Thursday. “He was at a wreck on Hwy. 30 West and handed it over to the Highway Patrol when they gave out another wreck on 178 at Myrtle,” the […]

Baptist Union County Nationally Recognized with an ‘A’ for the Fall 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade

New Albany, Miss., January 4, 2021– Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County was awarded an ‘A’ in the fall 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade a national distinction recognizing achievements in protecting patients from harm and providing safer health care. The Leapfrog Group is an independent national watchdog organization committed to health care quality and safety. The Safety […]

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What hath Trump wrought?   

  Today, for the first time in history, an armed mob, one specifically incited by the President of the United States, stormed the U.S. Capitol building. The last time the Capitol building was attacked was by a leftist outfit calling itself the Armed Resistance Unit. At 11 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 7, 1983, the ARU […]

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Officials exhausting options in search for woman missing in Tallahatchie river bottom

  Twenty-eight-year-old Jessica Stacks of the Harmony community still had not been found late Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 5, Sheriff Jimmy Edwards said. She was reported missing somewhere along the Tallahatchie River Friday, Jan. 1, in a case that has drawn considerable public interest. The Union County Sheriff’s Department learned she was missing about 10 p.m. […]

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No success yet in search for woman missing along Tallahatchie River in Union County

Union County Sheriff Jimmy Edwards reported no new results late Monday night, Jan. 4, in the search for 28-year-old Jessica Stacks. She was reported missing somewhere along the the Tallahatchie River late Friday, Jan. 1, 2021. Edwards said about 50 volunteers searched during the day over the weekend  using boats, ATVs, foot searchers, specially-equipped drones […]