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Local incident results in arrest of Baptist Hospital-Union County CEO

NAnewsweb.com became aware of an incident this afternoon, August 30th, which resulted in the arrest of Walter Grace, CEO of Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County. According to information from MobilPatrol, Mr. Grace was taken into the Union Count Sheriff’s Department at 2:45 PM and was released at 3:01 PM. Two charges were made in the incident: […]

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Union County rapist faces multiple charges in two counties

A violent rampage of rape and kidnapping in Union and Lee counties early Saturday morning will result in multiple felony charges against Louis Winston Scott. Scott, a 44-year-old Pontotoc caucasian, is currently held in the Lee County jail, charged with multiple felonies. Scott was recently paroled from the Mississippi Department of Corrections (DOC) after serving […]

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Time for New Albany aldermen to show common sense and courage

Frankly, I’m tired of writing about the badly flawed 2006 New Albany “sign ordinance” and its uneven, unfair enforcement. The newly reconstituted New Albany Board of Aldermen now has an opportunity to show common sense and courage. First, they should grant an incontestably worthy variance to the silly ordinance. Then, they need to do the […]

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Zoning Board passes sign question to city aldermen

New Albany Aldermen have been asked to grant a zoning variance for the new sign designed to be placed at a medical clinic nearing completion on Oxford Road. Warren Miconi, of Miconi Project Management, Oxford, MS, project manager for the new 18,000-square foot Internal Medicine and Pediatric Clinic (IM&PC), appeared before the New Albany Zoning […]

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Union County rape suspect captured near Lee/Pontotoc County line

A man believed to have raped a woman in Union County early Saturday morning, August 26, was captured Monday afternoon after an intense law enforcement chase. The rape suspect, Louis Winston Scott, age 44, was arrested near the Lee/Pontotoc County line about 3 p.m., August 28th, after a pursuit that began around 11 am. During […]

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New Albany sports venues may host thousands this weekend

Three major sporting events are expected to bring a great many visitors to the Fair and Friendly City’s sports venues this weekend. The three events, including a cross-country track meet with 800 to 1000 runners, a fifty-team baseball tournament and the USTA Tennis Mixed Doubles State Championship (co-hosted with Tupelo), will bring players, families and […]

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Lee Habeeb to address Union Co. Republican Women Club

The Union County Republican Women invite the community to join us to hear Lee Habeeb speak on Monday, August 28, at 6:30 p.m. at the Magnolia Civic Center, 127 E. Bankhead Street, New Albany, Mississippi. Lee Habeeb is an American talk-radio executive and producer. He is the co-founder of the Laura Ingraham Show and Vice […]

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Eudora Welty was focus of August Museum Moments

About 50 people enjoyed a program about Eudora Welty at the August Museum Moments Thursday in the auditorium of the Union County Heritage Museum on Cleveland Street. Dr. Elizabeth Crews, a faculty member at Blue Mountain College, was the speaker. Dr. Crews is a Welty scholar and is assistant editor of the Welty Review. Welty […]

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Private meetings + public business = bad business for taxpayers

You might say I crashed a private party Monday night in downtown New Albany, Mississippi. I have done it before, and I promise, if given the opportunity, to do it again — and again. As is usually the case with such behavior, those who had arranged the private gathering weren’t thrilled to see me. Rude? […]

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