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New Albany’s annual Freedom Fest celebration has been considerably abbreviated because of…you guessed it…the coronavirus pandemic. There will, however, be a community fireworks display tonight, June 27th, scheduled to begin at 9PM. Community Development Director Billye Jean Stroud says tonight’s fireworks display can be seen from the Park Along the River, as in past years. […]
New Albany, MS – On July 19, 2020 the Mississippi Miss Hospitality program announced preliminary speech winners and Top 10 finalists for the 71st Mississippi Miss Hospitality competition. New Albany resident Ivy Jordan is named to the top 10 in the competition. Narrowed down from thirty-six outstanding contestants, Top 10 finalists for the 2020 competition […]
New Albany, MS – There’s been some heavy-duty horse-trading and arm wrestling in Jackson during recent days about the state flag of Mississippi. The present flag, adopted 126 years ago, has been a growing source of bitter division for several years. It consists of three stripes – red, white and blue, top to bottom […]
New Albany, MS – After traveling to western Nebraska on a church mission trip earlier this month, 14 people apparently returned to Union County infected with coronavirus. Gary Yates, who is director of missions for the Union County Baptist Association, told NEMISS.NEWS that the group, sponsored by the association, left New Albany June […]
New Albany, MS – A staff member of the Union County Library has come down with the Coronavirus. The library closed Wednesday for an indefinite period of time. All other library employees were to be tested on Wednesday to determine if any of them have yet acquired COVID-19. Health department guidelines will require that […]
After several days of basically no reporting, followed by a “catch-up” report covering 5 days, the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) issued a 24 hour report today. The report contained a shocking 611 new positive coronavirus cases. Until Tuesday’s report, the previous high was the 489 cases reported June 17, the last report before […]
Week of June 16-22, 2020* STATEWIDE MISSISSIPPI Mississippi had 2488 new COVID-19 cases and 83 new deaths this week, for a total of 22,287cases and 978 deaths since reporting began on March 11, 2020. These reports represent increases of 12.6% and 9.3% respectively. This compares to 11.4% and 6.9% last week. The trend in […]
Anyone with proper motivation and a little initiative could see to it that Mississippians get basic, reliable health information related to COVID-19 on a daily basis.
Mississippians are not getting consistent information or much more than lip service for public safety, so they need to be looking after themselves where COVID-19 is concerned.
The New Albany Police Department was investigating a possible shooting Thursday night about 9 p.m. according to Chief Chris Robertson. He said no details were available yet as they were still investigating but the incident apparently occurred in the area of Church and Simmons streets and it was believed that a young man was taken […]
Week of June 9 – June 15* STATEWIDE MISSISSIPPI Mississippi had 2,031 new covid-19 cases and 58 new deaths this week, for a total of 19,799 cases and 895 deaths since reporting began on March 11, 2020. These reports represent increases of 11.4% and 6.9% respectively. This compares to 12.8% and 13.3% last week. […]
New Albany, MS – City department heads are working on an ordinance that could make “street food” more available in New Albany. New Albany City Attorney Regan Russell told NEMISS.NEWS that the ordinance offered to the Board of Aldermen at its June 2 meeting is “obsolete,” a form not appropriate to current needs. […]
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