Entries by NEMiss.News

“Cactus Jack” Carlisle: topic and guest of Museum Moments program

The authors of a book about a football coach with a 60-year high school and college career spoke at Museum Moments last week. “Cactus Jack” Carlisle and Walter “Bubba” Hubbard talked about Carlisle’s life and the book they co-wrote least year on that subject. Carlisle, a member of the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame, was […]

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National School Breakfast Week encouraged healthy choices

To encourage more families to take advantage of the healthy choices available for school breakfast, New Albany Elementary School celebrated National School Breakfast Week during March 5-9, 2018. Busy weekday mornings make it a challenge for many families to find time for a healthy breakfast. However, US Department of Agriculture data show that more and […]

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Three added to NAHS ACT 30 Plus Club

New Albany High School presented ACT 30+ Club t-shirts to Cherilyn Lankin, Hayden Anderson, and Maggie Moore on March 21 for their recent success on the ACT. Students who have a composite or subscore of 30 or more on their recent ACT are inducted into the club. Melanie Shannon Public Relations New Albany Schools

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MDOT offers engaging program for young summer campers

JACKSON, MISS. – The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) offers free litter prevention education programs for summer camps and community groups in Mississippi. The “Don’t Trash Mississippi” with Myrtle the Turtle education program is designed for school-aged children in kindergarten thru third grade. The 30-minute presentation includes an animated video, discussions and reinforcement materials to […]

Zack Stewart named 5th Volunteer of the Year at annual UNITE dinner

About 125 people were present Thursday evening, March 22, for the annual UNITE grant and fundraising dinner at the First United Methodist Church in New Albany. UNITE is the acronym for “Union County/New Albany Initiative to Excel.” Grants were given Thursday night to 14 local organizations and, for the fifth time, a “UNITE Volunteer of […]

Trump and Chris: 45 seconds with the President of the United States

Senator Roger Wicker was the speaker at last week’s meeting of the New Albany Rotary Club. However, another speaker caused quite a lot of excitement when he spoke over Senator Wicker’s cell phone to NAPD Chief, Chris Robertson. President Donald Trump, who has endorsed Senator Wicker in his upcoming re-election campaign, spoke with Chief Robertson […]

New Albany signs on for Ole Miss “M Partner” project

About 60 people gathered at New Albany’s Magnolia Civic Center Monday morning as Mayor Tim Kent and Ole Miss Chancellor, Jeffrey S. Vitter, signed a partnership agreement. Under the agreement, New Albany joins with the University of Mississippi in a new program called “M Partner.” An Ole Miss press release describes M Partner as “a […]

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New Albany Culinary Arts students compete in Jackson

Culinary Arts students from the New Albany School of Career & Technical Education placed in the FCCLA (Family, Career, & Community Leaders of America) state competition in Jackson, MS on February 28:  Peyton Bridges, 1st place in Restaurant Services; Karla Sanders, 1st place in Knife Skills; and Zack Lyons, 2nd place in Poultry Fabrication. The Culinary Arts team […]

Walker, Vanvranken arraigned, high bond set in Leon Lewis murder

Larry Lidale Walker was arraigned on first degree murder and other felony charges Monday morning in Union County Justice Court. The charges are related to the Leon Lewis murder early Saturday evening, March 17, at a residence at 1064 County Road 92 in Union County. Lewis died about midnight Saturday at The MED in Memphis. […]

Two arrested in Ingomar shooting incident

One man is in a Memphis hospital with multiple gunshot wounds and two people are in the Union County jail following an Ingomar  shooting event yesterday evening. The shooting occurred sometime after 6 pm Saturday, March 17, at a residence on County Road 92 in the Ingomar community. Sheriff Jimmy Edwards said a man and […]