Entries by NEMiss.News

Tallahatchie River Players present “Murder at Rundown Abbey”

On March 25, 2017, the TRP will present “Murder at Rundown Abbey” by Craig Sodaro, produced by special arrangement with Pioneer Drama Service, Inc., Denver Colorado. The show will start at 7pm on Saturday night in the Magnolia Room. Tickets are $5, they are general admission and can be bought at the door. You may […]

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Julie Cantrell is Luncheon with Books author, March 21

Mississippi author Julie Cantrell will discuss her somewhat disquieting book “The Feathered Bone” at noon, March 21st, at the Jennie Stephens Smith Library. Cantrell’s book centers around the unhappy events resulting from a grade school field trip to New Orleans, and upon finding hope and purpose in the wake of great tragedy. Lunch will be served […]

Downtown New Albany junkyard cleared of most vehicles

Most of more than 100 disabled motor vehicles in a junkyard within rock-throwing distance of downtown New Albany’s primary business district have been removed. NAnewsweb.com first reported on January 23, 2017, that  the owner of the cars and small trucks had been given 30 days to “voluntarily” remove the junk cars from the location on […]

New Albany moves forward with public art space downtown

Downtown New Albany will soon be getting a new public art space. In March’s board of aldermen meeting, aldermen voted unanimously to lease the small piece of property across from the police station (currently displaying quilt squares) for a space to display sculpture. The Shands family agreed to lease the property to the city for […]

New Albany Vision 2020 survey still needs your input

What would you like to see New Albany change or improve upon during the next three years? Here is your chance to speak up and be counted. New Albany’s TV99 is running a survey to determine how citizens feel about New Albany. So far, about 134 people have logged their likes, dislikes and wishes for the […]

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Union County Republican Women to meet Monday, March 27

New Albany, MS- The Union County Republican Women will meet on Monday, March 27, at the Magnolia Civic Center in New Albany at 6:30 p.m. We have two excellent speakers joining us. Ellen Jernigan has been active in the Mississippi Republican Party since 1990 and will speak on the differences she sees between Republicans and Democrats. […]

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NAES 4th graders receive new books through endowment

New Albany, MS- Fourth grade students in Teresa Ohler’s English-Language Arts classes at New Albany Elementary School are learning about history through literature, while improving their reading skills. Ohler received funding through the Dean Provence Endowment for Excellence in Education grant program and was able to purchase student copies of the Who Was and What Was book […]

New Albany firemen quickly extinguish house fire

New Albany Fire Department responded to a fire call in the 600 block of North Street approximately 9PM Friday evening, March 10th.  Firefighters arriving on the scene found a fire inside a duplex at the location. When the above photograph was taken at 9:35PM, the fire had been extinguished and firefighters were venting smoke from […]

Annual Dancing with The King weekend begins March 24

The annual Dancing With The King weekend will be held at The Summit Center in Tupelo, March 24-26. Elvis tour, sock hop, amateur and professional competitions to Elvis tunes, ballroom dancing, etc. all come together for a weekend of fun and dance. If you love Dancing With The Stars, you’ll love Dancing With The KingTM, […]

County board: no Union County bridges to be closed

New Albany, MS– No rural bridges in Union County are among the 100 in Mississippi the federal government has ruled must be closed because they are unsafe. Last week the Federal Highway Administration announced that 100 bridges around Mississippi must be closed because they are dangerous. Some elements in the state legislature have proposed selling […]

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Museum Moments continues MS statehood celebration, March 16

Mississippi: 200 Years of Statehood, Treasurers of the Archive is the topic of March Museum Moments, Thursday, March 16, at the Union County Heritage Museum. Jennifer Ford, professor and head of special collections at the University of Mississippi, J.D. William library, will tell about the collection as related to the history of Mississippi that is […]