Entries by NEMiss.News

Train struck trailer truck at Highland St. crossing

A Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) train struck a trailer truck at the Highland St. railroad crossing in New Albany shortly after 9:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 10th. The engineer of the westbound BNSF train said the truck was stalled — “stuck there when we came around the turn from the east.” Apparently the driver of […]

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Dalton to discuss “Fly Girls” at July Luncheon with Books

Luncheon with Books will be held Tuesday, July 16 at the Jennie Stephens Smith Library in New Albany. Bethany Dalton will discuss Keith O’Brien’s Fly Girls: How Five Women Defied All the Odds and Made Aviation History. Pilot Club will host a light lunch beginning at 11:30AM. From Amazon Review of Fly Girls: Between the world […]

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New Albany Next: Planning Week, public meetings scheduled

After receiving input from the public at three community meetings in May, the New Albany Next Plan Advisory Group has scheduled “Planning Week” for July 15-19. The week is a keymilestone in the process as the elements of New Albany Next, the city’s comprehensive planupdate, is created with the community. As part of Planning Week, […]

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Kay Harrison, 73

Kay Harrison September 4, 1945 – July 8, 2019   Barbara Kay Hall Harrison, 73, died Monday, July 8, 2019, at Baptist Memorial Hospital Union County. She was born September 4, 1945, in New Albany to Leland Hall and Earline Owen Hall. She was a member of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church and was retired. She […]

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Fire Departments respond to mobile home fire

The North Haven and Myrtle Fire Departments responded to a mobile home fire on Union County Road 83, just before 2 p.m., Friday, July 5. Upon arrival firefighters reported smoke coming from the rear of the mobile home, window blinds melted, and fire in the mobile home’s interior. Crews made entry and extinguished the fire […]

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Faulkner not forgotten in New Albany, July 4, 2019

New Albany, MS, July 4, 2019: Faulkner not forgotten in New Albany. Twenty-eight years ago today, July 4, 1991, my wife, our then six-year-old daughter and I came through New Albany on our way to a family party in Memphis. Although it had never then crossed my mind that New Albany would become my ultimate […]

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Help vote Tanglefoot Trail into the Hall of Fame

Mississippi’s Tanglefoot Trail is one of three nominees for the Rails to Trails Hall of Fame. New Albany is the trailhead for the Tanglefoot Trail. Entry to the Hall of Fame will go to the trail that gets the most votes. Voting is from July 2nd to July 10th.  You may vote as many times […]

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Officials name man killed in Pontotoc shoot out

Official sources have released the name of the man killed Monday evening, July 1, in Pontotoc in a gun battle with local and state law enforcement. He was Terry Payne, age 52. Law-enforcement officials have been been instructed by counsel to release no further information about the incident until the investigation is complete and ready […]

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Freddie Hugee Oaks, 81

Freddie Hugee Oaks September 19, 1938 – June 28, 2019   Freddie Hugee Oaks, 81, passed away Friday, June 28, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was born September 19, 1938 to Curtis H. Oaks and Odell Coleman Oaks. He retired from MDOT and was a farmer. He attended Ole Miss. He […]

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