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Competing ballot initiatives confuse MS medical marijuana issue

Voters face confusing choices regarding MS medical marijuana Mississippi voters face confusing choices Nov. 3 about whether patients with debilitating medical conditions may use medical marijuana. More than 30 U.S. states already have medical marijuana programs. There are two competing ballot initiatives about medical marijuana on the Mississippi ballot. Initiative 65 would make medical marijuana […]

Union County 911 calls for Oct. 12-18

(Does not include 59 traffic stops or medical or coroner calls)   Monday, Oct. 12: 9:22 a.m. – One light brown cow in ditch on CR 50 at CR 59. 9:43 a.m. – Caller on Wooddale Street advised that her sister is at her house acting a clown and she is either going to quiet […]

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Trump may be an SOB, but he’s MY SOB

Admiral Ernest J. King was probably the most despised officer in the United States Navy, a mean SOB. He was brilliant, arrogant, hard-working, brutally honest, abusive to subordinates and devilishly charming — when it suited him. King was often a heavy drinker and a notorious womanizer, particularly with the wives of officers under his command. […]

Shop the Block for Charity Continues

    (New Albany, MS, October 2020) New Albany Main Street Association invites everyone to SHOP the BLOCK for CHARITY on the Trick or Treat Trail. Participating Main Street partners will be open for late night shopping from 5-8pm on Friday, October 30th. The theme is TRICK OR TREAT TRAIL which means costumes, candy, and […]

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242 tickets issued, 14 felony charges in saturation patrol Friday

The law enforcement saturation patrol that blanketed Union County Friday netted nearly 30 arrests and officers wrote nearly 250 tickets during the eight-hour event. Sheriff Jimmy Edwards said, after meeting with those involved, “There were 27 total arrests.” Eight of the arrests were felony arrests involving 14 felony charges. “There were 16 DUIs and 242 […]

Bonnie Johnson, 95

Tupelo — Bonnie Johnson , 95, died Sunday October 18, 2020, at Diversicare in Tupelo. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Holland Funeral Directors-Tupelo.

Program planned for 2,000-year-old Ingomar Mound Saturday

Celebrating Archaeology Month in Union County, the Ingomar Mound event is set this Saturday, Oct. 24, 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., at the 63-acre site on County Road 96 south of New Albany. Activities at the free event include an archaeologist on site helping with object identification, mound tours, demonstration of making cordage, ancient weapons […]

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‘Home town boy’ brings furniture plant, 150+ jobs

A self-described Union County boy is coming back home and bringing a thriving furniture manufacturing company and 150 or more jobs with him. This past week Fusion Furniture Inc. began formally recruiting employees for its new New Albany facility in the former Emerald Mississippi complex on Denmill Road. President and minority owner – and also […]