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New Albany Garden Club recycled sculpture contest

New Albany, Miss., June, 2019: Garden Club Sculpture Contest: The New Albany Garden Club sponsored a recycled sculpture contest last spring. The club is pleased to announce that  two local entries placed in the state-wide level Garden Clubs of Mississippi contest. Eva Aldridge, 7th grade student at New Albany Middle School, placed 1st with Mr. […]

City Board 4JUN2019: Curtains for the Cine

New Albany MS – New Albany city board 4JUN2019 Curtains for the Cine: At its regular first-Tuesday-of-the-month meeting, the New Albany Board of Aldermen reached an impasse over buying new curtains for the Cine Theatre at the Magnolia Civic Center. Phil Nanney asked the board for permission to spend $31,825 to buy new stage curtains […]

Union Co. Museum 2019 Fossil Road Show, June 8

The Union County Heritage Museum’s 2019 Fossil Road Show set this Saturday June 8, 10 til 2, has a new twist this year with the addition of Family Science Day. The event will offer hands-on STEM activities and learning stations for parents and children as well as the focus on fossils. Paleontologists from across the […]

Main Street June activities offer downtown fun

New Albany, Miss.,  Main Street Association June 2019 Activities: The New Albany Main Street Association is jumping into June with community events for all ages and a variety of interests. Director of Main Street, Billye Jean Stroud, said, “I want to personally invite everybody out to enjoy our beautiful town this month. We are joined […]

Baptist Union County Safety Officer receives certification

NEW ALBANY, MISS., – Don Shaffer, Lead Clinical Engineering Technician and Safety Officer at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County,  recently earned certification as a Certified Healthcare Emergency Professional (CHEP) by the International Board for Certification of Safety Managers. Shaffer attended training at the Mississippi Hospital Association and completed the CHEP exam in May. Shaffer joined the […]

Mona Faye Simpson, 81

Mona Faye Simpson April 26, 1938 – June 2, 2019   Mona Faye Taylor Simpson, 81, formerly of New Albany, passed away Sunday, June 2, 2019 at Spring Meadows Health Care Center in Clarksville, TN. She was born April 26, 1938 in Amory, MS to Herbert Roy Taylor and Annie Jane Dill Taylor. She was […]

Union County board 3June 2019: Help for Medicare members

Union County, MS – Board of Supervisors, June 3 2019, Medicare assistance: The Union County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted a plan to help save money for Union County Medicare enrollees. Randy Kelly, executive director of Three Rivers Planning and Development District, told the supervisors about the State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP). Kelly said […]

STEAMING AHEAD into Museum Madness

The STEAM is building up at the museum for the “STEAMING AHEAD into Museum Madness” the summer enrichment program for children at the Union County Heritage Museum.. The half day program lasts for a week and is packed with activities all about nature, interesting ideas, fun craft and art and a touch of history. The […]

Jerry Glyn Holland, II, 49

Jerry Glyn Holland, II December 11, 1969 – June 02, 2019   Jerry Glynn Holland, II, age 49, died Sunday, June 2, 2019, at his residence in the Pinedale Community. He was born December 11, 1969, in New Albany, Mississippi. Glynn was a graduate of W. P. Daniel High School , he drove a truck […]

Planning meetings discuss New Albany Next suggestions

New Albany, Miss., June, 2019 – New Albany’s Community Development Director, Billye Jean Stroud, was pleased with the number of participants attending three recent New Albany Next planning meetings. “New Albany Next is a great opportunity for everyone in our community to share ideas and help create a plan to guide New Albany’s future growth […]

Bobbie Gentry “It’s the third of June…”

Whatever happened to Bobbie Gentry? It’s the third of June. Seems like a good day to ask that question for the millionth time. Perhaps no other American writer in the past hundred years has so quickly and completely captured the country’s imagination, enjoyed huge success and fame, and then disappeared from view as dramatically and […]

Attempted suicide prevented at Union County jail

Union County MS – An attempted suicide Saturday, June 1, at the Union County jail was prevented by an alert sheriff’s department detention officer. Union County Sheriff Jimmy Edwards said, “An inmate attempted to hang himself, but a detention officer caught him in time and he is fine.” The incident apparently occurred midday Saturday. Suicides […]