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Kelly and Hoseman event has change of venue

This month’s esteemed speaker at Union County Republican Women’s Club will be US congressman for Mississippi, Trent Kelly. As you know, he is a wonderful person and a great speaker. Another special guest will be Delbert Hoseman, candidate for lieutenant governor. Please bring a guest, and make plans to eat dinner. Spaghetti plates are $10 […]

Walls talks legislative priorities to District 3 voters

District 3 State Senate candidate Kevin Walls talks legislative priorities that will be important if the voters decide to elect him to succeed retiring Senator Nickey Browning. With the August 27th Republican runoff election less than a week away, he is working hard to make his priorities known. “Our roads and our schools should be […]

Kelly to Host Academy Day 2019

Congressman Trent Kelly will host Academy Day 2019 in Oxford on Saturday August 24. Students who want to serve as an officer in the U.S. Armed Forces can learn more about America’s prestigious military academies. Service Academy and ROTC representatives will be available to answer questions. This session is open to all students, parents, counselors, […]

Hot August Night event: a free evening of fun

Vintage cars, live music and more are part of the Hot August Nights event on Friday, August 30, 6:30 – 9 p.m. at the Union County Heritage Museum in New Albany. Car enthusiasts are invited to drive to the campus at the museum and park, enjoy the food and music. Cars need to arrive between […]

MS Hospital Association’s “Mississippi Cares”

Timothy H. Moore President/Chief Executive Officer Mississippi Hospital Association (MADISON, MS – August 16, 2019) Vice President Pence, when he was Governor of Indiana, enacted a conservative brand of Medicaid reform for his state. The Mississippi Hospital Association, at the request of Governor Bryant last fall, has worked to create a similar proposal – Mississippi […]

Baptist Union County Recognized for High-Value Healthcare

NEW ALBANY, Miss., Aug. 20, 2019–Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County has been named a finalist for Premier Inc.’s 2019 QUEST® Award for High-Value Healthcare. This award recognizes hospitals for achieving top overall performance in four of five measures in Premier’s QUEST 2020 collaborative, including affordability, effective care and coordination, prevention and treatment for leading causes of […]

Union County Board 19AUG2019: Storm shelter, guns, politics

At the Union County Board 19AUG2019 meeting, approval of funding for volunteer fire departments and purchase of new handguns for the sheriff’s department were among the items on the mid-month agenda. Two non-agenda items were considered in the early part of the Board of Supervisors meeting Monday morning, August 19: Henry Cobb asked the board […]

Chism seeks MS Senate seat in Republican run-off

New Albany MS – Businesswoman Kathy Chism is one of the two candidates in the August 27 run-off for the Republican nomination for the District 3 seat in the Mississippi senate. Chism got the top district-wide vote of the four candidates in the first GOP primary on August 6th. According to unofficial results, she received […]

New Albany Policeman suspended

An officer with the rank of “patrolman corporal” has been suspended with pay from the New Albany Police Department (NAPD). The New Albany Board of Aldermen, meeting as the city’s personnel board, met Thursday night to consider a recommendation that the officer be fired. The alderman took the recommendation “under advisement.” NAnewsweb.com has this information […]

New Albany High School ACT 30 Club new members

New Albany High School presented ACT 30+ Club t-shirts to (l-r) Isabella Aldridge and Randy Trullet on August 12 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. More than 165 students have become members of the […]

Walls campaigns in New Albany for MS Senate seat

Kevin Walls was seen in recent days out and about in New Albany following the August 6th primaries.  He will be in the Republican run-off election for the District 3 Mississippi Senate seat. New Albany has been a key battleground area for all of the candidates following the qualifying deadline for the District 3 seat. […]