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Former New Albany mayor and Union County chancery clerk Tom Cooper died Monday after dealing with health issues for several years. The Delta native, an Anguilla High School graduate, came to New Albany to work for the Futorian furniture manufacturing company after completing studies at Mississippi State University. Cooper quickly became involved in the community. […]
COVID-19: Week of September 14 – 21, 2020 STATEWIDE MISSISSIPPI Mississippi’s 3538 new COVID-19cases was a 3.9% increase from last week’s 2639. This a jump of about 1%. There were 104 deaths, down from 121 last week. Totals as of 9-21 reporting were 93,556 cases and 2810 deaths since reporting began on March […]
Anita Alef, Culinary Arts Instructor at the New Albany School of Career & Technical Education visited the Boys & Girls Club of New Albany on September 14-15 and provided an after-school mini camp. On Day 1, students learned the components of a healthy menu and about portion sizes. The students used different serving and measuring […]
The Union County Board of Supervisors continue to work toward bringing more jobs to the area and are also helping to facilitate the first convening of a grand jury in nearly a year. Board attorney Chandler Rogers presented memoranda of understanding and agreement to the board to Monday to transfer the right to use the […]
Look up the word noble and you will find synonyms including honest, honorable, upright, decent, magnanimous, trustworthy, and sublime. Many in northeast Mississippi know all those words can be correctly applied to Joyce Sumners. Invariably gracious, kind, and cheerful, Joyce Sumners comes as close as anyone I have known to being a natural aristocrat. […]
Not much information is available about an incident that happened in the Blue Springs area Sunday. One person was apparently dragged by a truck and the person being dragged shot the driver of the truck. The case will be presented to the grand jury to determine whether it is a case of self-defense, Sheriff Jimmy […]
The Mississippi Library Association has announced the winners in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, and Children’s Literature for the 2020 Mississippi Author Awards and they include New Albany native Dr. Joe Edd Morris. The Mississippi Authors Awards seek to recognize and encourage Mississippi authors and promote interest in local authors’ books, whether the books are […]
Dr. Kate Stewart modestly claims no expertise concerning William Faulkner but the Cotton Plant native has still become the de facto local authority on the Nobel Prize-winning writer. She regularly assists with the Faulkner Literary Competition and often provides reviews and commentary on Faulkner’s works. Thursday, she was on Facebook Live talking about Go […]
The Union County Sheriff’s Department and Oxford Police Department are charging a Holly Springs man with a series of burglaries, home invasion and sexual assault in the two counties. Sheriff Jimmy Edwards said they hope that releasing this may cause more people to come forward with information about other cases that may be related. […]
The couple arrested in connection with a vehicle theft and high-speed chase Thursday were likely on a multi-state crime spree according to Union County Sheriff Jimmy Edwards. Both individuals have extensive criminal records and outstanding warrants in other jurisdictions, he said. Robert Oneal Turner, 42, and Melissa Louise Hawks, 41, were apprehended on a creek […]
The Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol and Union County Sheriff’s Department reported early Friday that a man suspected of stealing an SUV from someone while the person was in the Walnut post office had been captured. According to the report, the man, accompanied by a female, was found during the night in a wooded area near […]
On Thursday, September 17 at 6 p.m. Commissioner Brandon Presley will hold a Virtual Town Hall Meeting to hear from constituents across North Mississippi. During the Town Hall, Commissioner Presley will give an update on the expansion of broadband to rural areas as well as take questions from the audience that they may have regarding their […]
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