Entries by NEMiss.News

Ottis Davis, 100

Ottis Davis February 15, 1919 – April 26, 2019 New Albany – Ottis Brown Davis, 100, passed away April 26, 2019, in New Albany, Mississippi. She was born February 15, 1919, in Pontotoc County to L. O. Brown and Anna Clayton Brown. She married Joe Strawn Davis in 1941, who proceeded her in death. She […]

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TVA Partnership Awards New Albany High School STEM Grant

The Tennessee Valley Authority, in partnership with Bicentennial Volunteers Incorporated (a TVA retiree organization), recently awarded New Albany High School, $5,000 for a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education project. The award presentation took place at New Albany High School on April 17 in front of school officials, students, and special guests. Bill Duke […]

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NAES students perform with North MS Symphony Orchestra

Students in grades 2-5 at New Albany Elementary School had the opportunity to perform with the North Mississippi Symphony Orchestra in the Link Up Concert “The Orchestra Moves” on April 12 at New Albany High School Auditorium. This was the fourth time that NAES students have had the opportunity to perform with the symphony. Scenes […]

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Passing the buck in Mississippi – whenever the bucks go missing

  Passing the buck: At last, Mississippi’s state government is among the nation’s best at something. It knows how to bask in the limelight, be it real or imagined. It also adept at passing the buck when daylight shines on its problems. The legislature recently passed, and the governor recently signed, a pay raise bill […]

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Union County High School art exhibit to open at museum

The opening of the annual Union County High School Art Exhibit will be Monday, April 29, 5- 7 p.m. at the Union County Heritage Museum. Work from Myrtle, Ingomar, West Union and East Union High Schools will be shown at this event. Awards will be given for winning pieces at the exhibit opening. The exhibit […]

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Good response, many winners in Magnolia State Preliminary Pageant

BY:  Brittney Voyles, of New Albany. On Saturday April 13, 2019 I hosted my very first Magnolia State Preliminary Pageant at the American Legion post 72 location off fairgrounds Circle, Mr.Chris Shannon & Ray trinanes the head Directors drove in from Brandon MS, to emcee the Pageant and help me get my pageant going , […]

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FBLA State Conference Winners 2019

Students from the School of Career and Technical Education Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) club attended the State Leadership Conference in Jackson, MS, April 1-3. Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) for high school students has over 196,950 members and more than 5,200 chapters. The following students placed, and those who placed first through fourth […]

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Harris Named 2019 STAR Student at New Albany High School

Hannah Harris has been named STAR Student for the 2018-2019 school year by the Mississippi Economic Council (MEC) M. B. Swayze Foundation, sponsor of the Student Teacher Achievement Recognition (STAR) program. Established by the Mississippi Economic Council in 1965, the purpose of the STAR program is to recognize outstanding students & teachers in Mississippi through […]

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Suspected drive-by shooter arrested quickly in New Albany

Less than 45 minutes after Tuesday’s drive-by shooting at the New Albany KFC, a sharp-eyed Union County deputy sheriff caught the suspected drive-by shooter within the New Albany city limits. A few minutes after the shooting the New Albany Police Department (NAPD) put out a BOLO (“be on look out”) alert for the vehicle and […]

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Drive-by shooting at KFC restaurant in New Albany/UPDATED

There were no reported injuries in a drive-by shooting incident about 3 PM Tuesday afternoon at the Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in New Albany. A motorist reportedly fired from a motor vehicle on Chrystal Plaza Dr. at someone walking across the KFC parking lot. Chrystal Plaza Dr. is on the east side of the KFC […]

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