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MS Economic Council (MEC) 2020 Tour: Tupelo, MS

Tupelo MS – Community leaders from northeast Mississippi heard a presentation Friday morning, February 14, by the president of the Mississippi Economic Council (MEC). MEC President Scott Waller spoke to the group gathered at the Elvis Presley Birthplace Museum in Tupelo. His appearance in Tupelo was part of the “MEC 2020 Tour to Focus on Building […]

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Coronavirus: What you need to know right now

New Albany MS – Much is being written about coronavirus, some of it quite confusing, as often happens in a fast-moving event. What are some of the important points everyone should know about this new public health menace?  NEMiss.news brings its readers a distillation of some pertinent facts and events. One take-away? Do not trust […]

Museum Moments program to address “Being Prepared”

Being Prepared is the topic of Museum Moments on Thursday, February 20, 12 noon at the Union County Heritage Museum. Union County Emergency Management Director Curt Clayton will detail the community’s effort at emergency preparedness and advise on how families should be prepared. Those who remember the 1994 Ice Storm understand what the importance of […]

NEMISS.NEWS serves northeast Mississippi

Northeast MS – During the past five years, this website has built a base of over 20,000 regular readers, most of them in northeast Mississippi. Effective today, Saturday, February 15, 2020, it has a new domain name: NEMISS.NEWS. Since October, 2014, and until today, the domain name had been NANEWSWEB.COM. The focus of the website […]

Tupelo City Council, December 3, 2019: POW honored

Tupelo, MS – Tupelo City Council meeting December 3, 2019, honors Vietnam-era POW, author of “TapCode.” Mayor Shelton Gives Col. Carlyle “Smitty” Harris the Key to the City During the December 3rd Tupelo City Council meeting, Mayor Jason Shelton honored Vietnam-era POW Col. Carlyle Harris with a key to the city. Shelton said that he […]

Tupelo City Council Nov. 5, 2019: Homelessness

Tupelo, MS – The Tupelo City Council met on Tuesday night, November 5, 2019, in a brief affair taking care of previous minutes, new reports, and some housekeeping. Also on the agenda were several recognitions by the city to both individuals and groups. Mississippi United to End Homelessness seeks to end homelessness in Tupelo A […]

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Opinion: “After me, you come first”

New Albany, MS – Government, whether local, state or federal, is responsible for using its citizens’ funds appropriately to perform its constitutional duties. Through manipulation of these public duties, pockets are lined and power is gained and consolidated at all levels of government. The choice of which pockets are to be lined is based upon […]

MS Northern Dist. Attorney joins civil suit against Mitias Orthopaedics of New Albany

New Albany, MS – The United States Department of Justice has intervened in a whistleblower lawsuit filed against New Albany-based Mitias Orthopaedics, which allegedly submitted false claims for injectable knee devices. Below is the statement regarding the case published on the website of the U. S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi: For Immediate […]