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President and First Lady test positive for coronavirus Last night, shortly before midnight eastern time, President Donald Trump announced that he and First Lady Melania Trump have both tested positive for COVID-19. As is his regular practice, the president made the announcement on his @realDonaldTrump Twitter account. The message, posted at 11:54 p.m. eastern […]
Union County Veterans Service Officer Mike Bennett is informing the public why it is important to list a VA service connected disability on the death certificate. A prime example of service connection is coronary artery disease as a result of being exposed to Agent Orange. If such a service connected disability was a contributing factor […]
City employees were installing more new playground equipment at the Wilson Street Park Wednesday as part of an overall playground improvement project. The installation, funded by a grant from Toyota, includes a variety of musical instruments in front of the former swimming pool location off South Central Avenue. On Wednesday, they were installing a swing […]
If you wondered why there seems to be so many fire trucks at Fire Station No. 1 on Cleveland Street, the answer is at Station No. 2 on Denton Road. The concrete pad in front of the Denton Road station is being replaced. The old surface was breaking up some due to aging but another […]
(Does not include traffic stops, coroner calls or some medical calls) Monday, Sept. 21: 12:22 a.m. – Rear sales motion alarm at address on Hwy. 178 West. 1:09 a.m. – Male subject unconscious and not waking up at CR 86 address. Call transferred to hospital. 2:03 a.m. – Car going down interstate wrong way […]
UPDATED 12:15pm 9-30: New Albany Fire Chief, Mark Whiteside, told NEMiss.News that, “We are ruling this fire accidental electrical” in origin. A fire reported at 5 AM Wednesday morning, September 30, destroyed a home on McGraw Street east of South Central Ave. in New Albany. The frame house was fully involved in flames when […]
STATEWIDE MISSISSIPPI Mississippi’s 3493 new COVID-19 cases was a 3.7% increase, compared to last week’s 3.9%. There were 111 new deaths, a 4% increase. This is up slightly from last week’s 3.8% (104 deaths). Totals as of 9-28 reporting were 97,049 cases and 2921 deaths since reporting began on March 11, 2020. Statewide, cases have […]
NEW ALBANY, MISS., September 28, 2020– Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County, located at 200 Hwy 30 West, will provide free flu vaccines for those 18 years and older on Tuesday, October 6 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Due to COVID-19, this year’s event will be drive-thru only in the hospital’s parking lot. “As […]
(September 2020) NEW ALBANY, Miss—Another weekend filled with music, friends, and family is in the books. The City of New Albany’s Tallahatchie Riverfest 2020, while small in attendance compared to last year’s event, was an outstanding event. The community support for downtown merchants, restaurants, Main Street Marketplace vendors was obvious with folks perusing […]
People driving through downtown may have noticed something new in the pocket park across from the police station since this past weekend. A new sculpture by local artist Katie Sappington has been placed there. Community Development Director Billye Jean Stroud said Sappington was commissioned to create the sculpture, which was funded by a grant from […]
Absentee voting for the Nov. 3 election has begun in Union County and Circuit Clerk Phyllis Stanford said it is going smoothly. “They have been very cooperative,” she said of those who have come to her office, and few voters have had questions. As of Monday, 208 absentee ballots had been requested and 60 of […]
Some of you think you will go to the polls on November 3rd and vote for Joe Biden for president and Kamala Harris as vice-president. More of you probably think you will be voting for Donald Trump and Mike Pence. Strictly speaking, all of you would be wrong. Who’s really in charge here? […]
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