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Aldermen strive for more orderly meetings

City Board 5NOV2019: Citizens who regularly attend meetings of the New Albany Board of Aldermen found things a bit different this time. This was the first meeting of the board using a new policy to help keep meetings on track and from lapsing into overlapping discussion among those attending the meeting. Now, attendees are not […]

Two felons with local connection arrested in separate events

Union County Sheriff Jimmy Edwards has informed NAnewsweb.com of two felons arrested earlier this week: The first arrest involved Gary Bruce Locke, age 45, of Toney, AL. Readers may recall that on January 31, 2019, a Union County deputy sheriff attempted to stop Locke, who was driving a stolen vehicle on Highway 30 in the […]

New Albany wins Urban Forestry Community of the Year Award

The Mississippi Urban Forest Council presented its Scenic Community of the Year Award to the City of New Albany Thursday. The award was among several announced at the Council’s program on sustainability at the New Albany Civic Center Thursday and Friday. A range of city officials, landscapers, urban forestry professionals and park and recreation staff […]

City schools honor middle school students for perfect scores

The New Albany School Board honored middle school students Monday who achieved more than 40 perfect scores on fifth through eighth grade state testing in English and Math. Principal Paul Henry said he thought this was the largest number ever of students with perfect scores and some students achieved perfect scores in more than one […]

Baptist Union County celebrates years of service

Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County recently honored colleagues who had reached years of service milestones in their careers at Baptist at the annual Employee Service Awards on October 29th. The total number of years of service achieved by this group of colleagues totaled 835 years. James Grantham, CEO and Administrator, presented the awards, along with Lori […]

Union County general election results by precinct

Here are the election results listing vote totals for each race in Union County’s 20 precincts. These totals include the machine votes only, and not the absentee ballots, which did not significantly change results. The totals referred to in the story posted Tuesday do include absentee ballots. Unofficial results for Union County’s 20 precincts More […]

J. Lynn West joins NAnewsweb.com

J. Lynn West has been named editor of New Albany’s NAnewsweb.com online news site. West recently resigned from The New Albany Gazette, with more than 40 years’ experience in providing news for the Union County community. He has served as editor and in other positions for the New Albany Gazette and New Albany News-Exchange. West […]

County Board 4NOV2019: New hires, old phones & election

By: J. Lynn West, Editor The meeting of the Union County Board of Supervisors was typically brief Monday, despite having to deal with routine first-of-the-month business such as minutes, claims and work schedules. This, at least, allowed the county officials who are still facing election Tuesday to get out and engage in some last-minute campaigning. […]

‘Oscar’ helps win pumpkin contest at NAES

Neely Robertson’s kindergarten class was the overall winner in the pumpkin contest held at New Albany Elementary School. Mrs. Neely tied in “recycling” and “kindness” as she introduced her students to one of the Sesame Street characters, Oscar! They created their pumpkin based on the book, “Oscar’s Book.”  

Pilot donation aids NAES food pantry

The Pilot Club of New Albany recently presented New Albany Elementary School with a donation to the Food Pantry to help provide students in need with non- perishable canned and boxed food. Melanie Shannon Coordinator New Albany Schools “Preparing ALL for Success”

Happy 100th Birthday, Ruby Tyre!

Ruby Tyre is 100 years old today! A lifelong resident of Union County, Miss Ruby was a nurse At Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County for many decades. She is the mother of Greta (Mrs. Joe) Wilson and a son, Gerald Tyre. The photo was taken several years ago. She is a resident at Union County Health […]