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Captain Carlyle “Smitty” Harris, of Tupelo, who spent eight years in a Vietnamese prison camp, will speak about his POW experiences, at the Union County Heritage Museum in New Albany on Wednesday, Nov. 20, at noon. His recently released book “Tap Code”telling about his “Hanoi Hilton” experiences will be available at the event On April […]
New Albany Middle School hosted a Veterans Day Ceremony on Monday, November 11 in Memorial Gym. Principal Paul Henry welcomed and thanked veterans and guests in attendance. The colors were presented by the New Albany High School Junior Air Force ROTC; the pledge was led by student Maya McColly; and, the National Anthem was performed […]
Fourth grade students at New Albany Elementary School presented two Veterans Day Programs on Friday, November 8. The New Albany High School Junior Air Force ROTC presented and posted the colors during the program, as well as conducted a flag folding ceremony. Fourth grade students, under the direction of Music Teacher Celia House, sang “All American Me & You”, “Star […]
By J. Lynn West Editor So far, the City of New Albany has been unsuccessful in efforts to purchase the former Fred’s building downtown. The building had been advertised for sale as part of the closing of the store here and, eventually, the company. New Albany had submitted a bid on the 17,000 square foot […]
By J. Lynn West Editor New Albany Elementary School pulled out all the stops to welcome State Superintendent of Education Dr. Carey Wright Nov. 4, but it was actually the students who were the stars of the program. That’s because the city schools earned its first “A” rating for the district and Wright was […]
By J. Lynn West Editor An overflow crowd spilled out into the halls and adjoining room Friday to hear the blues, jazz and boogie-woogie stylings of Mississippi artist Eden Brent. Brent with her husband, Bob, on trombone, was performing at the Union County Heritage Museum to mark the closing of the Cast of Blues exhibit […]
City Board 5NOV2019: Citizens who regularly attend meetings of the New Albany Board of Aldermen found things a bit different this time. This was the first meeting of the board using a new policy to help keep meetings on track and from lapsing into overlapping discussion among those attending the meeting. Now, attendees are not […]
Union County Sheriff Jimmy Edwards has informed NAnewsweb.com of two felons arrested earlier this week: The first arrest involved Gary Bruce Locke, age 45, of Toney, AL. Readers may recall that on January 31, 2019, a Union County deputy sheriff attempted to stop Locke, who was driving a stolen vehicle on Highway 30 in the […]
The Mississippi Urban Forest Council presented its Scenic Community of the Year Award to the City of New Albany Thursday. The award was among several announced at the Council’s program on sustainability at the New Albany Civic Center Thursday and Friday. A range of city officials, landscapers, urban forestry professionals and park and recreation staff […]
The New Albany School Board honored middle school students Monday who achieved more than 40 perfect scores on fifth through eighth grade state testing in English and Math. Principal Paul Henry said he thought this was the largest number ever of students with perfect scores and some students achieved perfect scores in more than one […]
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County recently honored colleagues who had reached years of service milestones in their careers at Baptist at the annual Employee Service Awards on October 29th. The total number of years of service achieved by this group of colleagues totaled 835 years. James Grantham, CEO and Administrator, presented the awards, along with Lori […]
Here are the election results listing vote totals for each race in Union County’s 20 precincts. These totals include the machine votes only, and not the absentee ballots, which did not significantly change results. The totals referred to in the story posted Tuesday do include absentee ballots. Unofficial results for Union County’s 20 precincts More […]
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