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Last week Mississippi became only the fourth state in the country to allow legalized betting on both amateur and professional sports in its casinos. Only Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware were faster than Mississippi. It is rare that the Mississippi State Legislature is ahead of the rest of the country in passing any type of […]
Girl Scout Troop 23016 members Lilly Shannon, Gina Grace Lesley, and Lauren Hobson, along with student volunteers Cade Pipkin, Morgan Pipkin, and Ella McClain, helped sort clothes and assisted customers during the recent New Albany Elementary School Clothes Closet Parent Event where parents and their children were able to pick out clothes for the upcoming […]
Yellow school buses are the largest system of mass transportation in the country and is the safest form of transportation to and from school for children and youth. Bus safety concerns of the New Albany School District New Albany School District (NASD) will have twenty-seven routes traveling approximately 1,200 miles and carrying about 1,300 students […]
Jazz lovers got a rare treat at the Biscuits & Jam Farmer’s Market in downtown New Albany, Thursday afternoon, August 2. The Michael Brose Trio played jazz standards while people shopped for tomatoes and cucumbers. More people than usual actually sat and listened to the music. All three musicians are from north Mississippi. Michael Brose, […]
Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley announced on July 31st that the first meeting of the Union County Task Force on improving cellular telephone and high-speed internet service will be held on Thursday, August 9, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. The meeting will take place at the Union County Courthouse located at 114 East Bankhead Street in […]
The New Albany Main Street Association is excited to announce that artwork has been chosen to represent the 2018 Tallahatchie Riverfest. Several students from the Union County School District submitted pieces for review by the Riverfest Committee. The four art students whose Riverfest artwork submissions were chosen are Kallie Ayres (1st Place), Katie Ayres (4th Place), […]
Blues guitarist Wendy Jean Garrison provided the entertainment at last week’s Biscuits and Jam Farmer’s Market. A self-taught musician, she has a unique electronic “bluesy” style. The Biscuits and Jam Farmer’s Market is held every Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m. just downstream of the Tallahatchie River bridge in downtown New Albany. Local growers offer […]
On July 30th, the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reported three new human cases of West Nile Virus (WNV). The reported cases are in Hinds (2) and Itawamba counties. So far this year human cases have been reported in Copiah, Hinds (4), Itawamba, and Pearl River counties. In 2017, Mississippi had 63 WNV cases […]
UCDA is hosting a ribbon cutting for Magnolia Recreation and Resource Center on Wednesday, August 1, at 10a.m. and we invite you to attend. They are located at 307 Wilson Street in New Albany. You may contact them at 662-539-7873 or visit online at: www.magnoliarecreation.org E-mail: magnoliarecreationresource@gmail.com Annie Erby is the Administrator Magnolia Recreation and […]
New Albany Elementary School (NAES) recently held a Pre-K Academy for students who are registered for kindergarten at NAES for the upcoming 2018-2019 school year. The academy was held for four hours each day for twelve days during July at the elementary school. The purpose of the academy was to prepare them for kindergarten this […]
A young woman fell suddenly and critically ill last week in a third world country 1,400 miles from New Albany. It was a scary, dicey situation, and a remarkable series of events followed during the next two days. Kara Hancock, the daughter of Karen and Allen Hancock of Union County, was vacationing on a resort […]
The Mississippi State Department of Health has confirmed the state’s first human case of West Nile virus infection for 2018, in a Hinds County resident. This confirmed case indicates that mosquitoes infected with West Nile virus are now active in the state. West Nile virus (WNV) is transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito […]
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