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Shop the Block for Charity continues next Friday

New Albany Main Street Association invites everyone to “Shop the Block for Charity” on the Trick or Treat Trail Friday, Oct. 30. The theme is “Trick or Treat Trail,” which means costumes, candy and fall fun while you shop. Participating Main Street partners will be open for late-night shopping 5-8. p.m. Bankhead Street from the […]

Baptist Union County Celebrates Years of Service

  Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County recently honored colleagues who had reached milestones in their careers at Baptist at the annual Employee Service Awards on October 12th. The total number of years of service achieved by this group of colleagues totaled 860 years. James Grantham, CEO and Administrator, presented the awards, along with Lori Goode, Director […]

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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 […]