Entries by NEMiss.News

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Weekly COVID-19 Summary 29JUNE20: New cases surging-per State Health Officer, due to folks doing “silly things”

STATEWIDE MISSISSIPPI  Mississippi had 4280 new COVID-19 cases and 81 new deaths this week, for a total of 26,567,cases and 1059,deaths since reporting began on March 11, 2020. These reports represent increases of 19.2% and 8.3% respectively. This compares to 12.6% and 9.3% last week. The trend in new cases is up significantly from last […]

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Fireworks: Local events and national conspiracy theories

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. […]

Union County Library staffer has COVID-19. Library closed again.

  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 […]

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New Albany police investigate possible shooting

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 […]