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Authorities: New Albany man beat victim with baseball bat

By: Hank Wiesner   NEW ALBANY MS — A New Albany man is charged with aggravated assault and domestic violence/simple assault after a man was beaten with a baseball bat at a Campbell Community residence on Miss. Hwy. 30 early Wednesday morning, Jan. 08, Union County Sheriff Jimmy Edwards said. Zachary Davidson, 27, of New […]

Frohn home and lawn receives City Beautification Award

The 808 Oxford Loop home and lawn of Dr. and Mrs. Eric Frohn received the winter quarter Beautification Award from the City of New Albany. Jill and Eric Frohn received the award Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 8 at their home. The City of New Albany was represented at the presentation event by Sustainability Committee members Jolyn […]

Monday evening accident sends one to hospital

According to New Albany Deputy Fire Chief Mark Whiteside, New Albany Police Department and Fire/Rescue responded to a two vehicle motor vehicle accident with entrapment Monday evening Jan. 6th, at the intersection of West Bankhead and Munsford. Upon arrival, one vehicle was found with heavy front end damage and the occupant already out of the […]

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Two car accident on Highway 15, 1-2-2020/UPDATED

UPDATED:  1-2-1010 8:02 pm:  According to NAFD Deputy Chief Mark Whiteside: “In the two car motor vehicle accident on Hwy 15 South in front of George’s, both vehicles had heavy front end damage. “One patient was transported by ambulance, with the extent of injuries unknown at this time. “There was not any entrapment, but NAFD […]

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Top 2019 news stories on NAnewsweb.com

What could be one of the top northeast Mississippi news stories of 2019 started the morning of the last day of the year. Two days into the New Year public officials have still not released any details about what happened. It is known that Highway 15 between New Albany and Blue Mountain was completely closed […]

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Opinion: Second amendment dramatically affirmed

We had yet another incident earlier today, in Texas, in which a lone gunman with a firearm killed innocent people. It seems few weeks go by without a solitary gunman killing people in some public place in America. Each of these shocking events causes every thinking individual to wonder what should be done or could […]

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Hosemann’s “local option” gasoline tax

News and Commentary: What about Delbert Hosemann’s “local option” gasoline tax? Would a local option gasoline tax help fix neglected streets and rural roads and dangerous – or closed — rural bridges in northeast Mississippi? What are the chances local voters would approve such a tax in a local referendum? Those questions became more relevant […]

Houston MS wins a Levitt AMP Grant Award for 2020

HOUSTON, MS–December 20, 2019 —Today, the Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation named Houston, Mississippi, as one of 20 small to mid-sized towns and cities across America to win a Levitt AMP Grant Award of $25,000 in matching funds to present a free concert series at the Legion Lake Park.The Chickasaw Development Foundation (CDF), in association […]

Emergency units answer Chestnut St. fire alarm

Several New Albany public safety units responded to a fire alarm on Chestnut St. at about 5:30 pm Wednesday, Dec. 18th. Officials have told NAnewsweb.com they do not believe there was an actual outbreak of fire. There were no injuries. The alarm was apparently initiated by smoke from something over-cooking in a home oven.

Vic Hanson on Trump: A sort of Chemotherapy

  We thought some NAnewsweb.com readers might enjoy reading a perspective on Donald Trump by a serious scholar who is accustomed to taking a “long view” of things. He is rare among distinguished American academics in that he admires Trump. Victor Davis Hanson is a “classicist,” a scholar of ancient Greek and Latin and of […]