Entries by NEMiss.News

City Board 6 Nov. 2018: Phones, zoning, land donation, NALGW

A proposed new telephone system to serve all city operations was among the items considered by the New Albany city board during its Nov. 6 meeting. Proposed new telephone system Patrick Blansett of TEC Communications asked the Board of Aldermen to consider purchasing from his company a new internet-based telephone system to replace the AT&T […]

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Y’all Come! The Hee Haw gang will be at the Cine Friday

Your favorite Hee Haw characters from “Kornfield Kounty”will be back for another visit at the Cine´ tomorrow, November 9th, for one performance. Minnie, Grandpa, the Dixie Hicks and other favorite characters from will be on hand to bring you plenty of music, singing and laughs. The show begins at 7:00 PM at the Magnolia Civic Center […]

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Hee Haw at Magnolic Civic Center Nov. 8,9

Come on out to the Magnolia Civic Center to the Cine’ theater on November 8&9 (that is Thursday and Friday this week) to the Hee Haw show starting at 7pm! All your favorite characters will be there – Minnie, Grandpa, Aunt Willie, The Cullhan’s, the Honeys, the Dixie Hicks and more! Along with some of […]

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New Albany Teachers Renew National Board Certification

[New Albany], [MS]. — November, 7, 2018 — New Albany School District teachers Stephanie Gregg and Balinda Denton are among the four thousand teachers across the United States to recently renew their certification as a National Board Certified Teacher (NBCT). The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is excited to celebrate these teachers along with […]

Union County MS 2018 midterm election results

Fifty-four percent of Union County’s 15,542 registered voters turned out for yesterday’s general election, an unusually high number for a “mid-term” election. A hotly contested race for an open U.S. Senate seat, and a challenge to an incumbent District Three circuit judge appeared to be the races that drew the strongest interest from Union County […]

NAES Read-A-Thon could have principal sleeping on the roof

In an effort to become better readers and develop a love for literacy, New Albany Elementary School kicked off its Read-A-Thon on Wednesday, October 31. Students had fun dancing and singing and learning more about the Read-A-Thon from Bully and his friends. The Read-A-Thon started Monday, November 5 and continues until Friday, November 16. Informational […]

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Robert Vanstory wins competition scholarship

Robert Vanstory, an Automotive Technology student at the NAHS School of Career & Technical Education, placed first in the Auto Body/Collision Repair Competition during the Higher Education Achieves Demonstrable Skills (HEADS) Festival at Northeast Mississippi Community College. Vanstory won $200 scholarship and $50 cash prize. Vanstory is a junior at Myrtle High School. What is […]

Ingomar Mounds’ Day focuses on Mississippi’s ancient foragers

This year’s Ingomar Mounds’ Day event drew just the kind of day that makes you happy to live in Mississippi in November. A steady flow of visitors were able to enjoy an interesting event at their own pace. Native Americans have lived in Mississippi for over 14,000 years. However, at about “only” 2200 years old, […]

Mississippi Senate race analysis: polls predict 2 party run-off

The “jungle primary” tomorrow, Nov.6, is perhaps the most interesting, most important Mississippi U.S. Senate contest in at least 100 years. It’s called a jungle primary because it’s more or less a free-for-all, in which candidates run without party identification on the ballot. However, two of the candidates are Democrats, one is a Republican, and […]