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The important issues in the Mississippi governor’s race are buried under a rubbish heap of simplistic and strident attack ads. Whether via loud television commercials or gaudy junk mail, we are inundated by buzz words and half-truths. We hear only mindless, amateurish rhetoric that doesn’t even attempt to address the critical, indeed desperate, needs of […]
JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is reporting its first laboratory-confirmed case of influenza for the 2019-2020 flu season. The case was reported in a child under 18 years of age. While flu cases have been diagnosed and treated by healthcare providers throughout the state already this season, this is the […]
A wind storm spawned by what the National Weather Service calls “post Tropical Storm Olga” caused extensive damage Saturday in Union County and surrounding counties. New Albany and Union County public safety and power company personnel had an intensely busy day Saturday, Oct. 26 as a result of the storm and unrelated incidents. As reported […]
UPDATE 9:50 PM, Saturday night, Oct. 26 Saturday’s sudden thunderstorm brought winds of over 70 mph to northeast Mississippi causing widespread damage over two counties. Several thousand customers of New Albany Lights, Gas, and Water (NALGW) lost electrical power Saturday afternoon. NALGW Manager Bill Mattox said mid evening Saturday, “I would estimate we still have […]
EDITED 2:15 pm union county schools will perform their Grease matinee at 2:30 pm A thunderstorm system 20 miles or more wide struck Union County at approximately 12:30 pm Saturday October 26th. Power outages are widespread throughout Union County. Considerable damage is also reported in Tupelo and elsewhere in Lee County. Public safety officials […]
An elderly New Albany woman died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound mid-afternoon Friday, October 25, 2019. According to information furnished to NAnewsweb.com by Union County Coroner Pam Boman and New Albany Police Chief Chris Robertson, the woman died at her home on South Central Avenue. She was 84 years old. Public safety officials said […]
New Albany, Miss., October, 23, 2019: Magnolia Civic Center and New Albany Main Street are hosting a murder mystery dinner on Friday and Saturday, November 1st and 2nd. Five actors will play the core characters on both evenings. The event is dinner and theater with a twist. These mysteries are written as interactive dinner theatre, […]
NEW ALBANY, Mississippi, October 22, 2019—Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County has named James Grantham as administrator and CEO, effective Sunday, Oct. 27. Grantham, who holds the same position at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Booneville, began his Baptist career as a medical technologist at Baptist Memorial Hospital -Collierville in 1999. In 2009 he was selected as a Frank Groner […]
Editor’s Note: Author Phillip Martin is a victim of the birth defect, Spina Bifida. He underwent surgery to close his spine when he was a day old — 36 years ago. More than anyone else we have met recently, Martin has prevailed over a serious life problem. Although he has some mobility problems, he walks […]
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood visited New Albany Monday afternoon, October 21, arriving in his own pickup truck. Mississippi’s top elected law enforcement officer, Hood met with several local law enforcement officers and others at the Union County Courthouse. Hood, the Democratic candidate for Mississippi governor in the Nov. 5 general election, is about to […]
New Albany Municipal Judge Steve Livingston was honored by a host of family and friends at a retirement reception in New Albany, Friday, Oct. 18. A New Albany native, Livingston has been a practicing attorney here for over four decades. Among other roles, he has served as a public defender, a youth court officer and […]
MDE Announces 4th Annual “Celebration of Excellence” Tour to Recognize District Achievements JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced a schedule of visits to recognize all A districts. District leaders, school board members, teachers, students and community members will join Dr. Carey Wright, state superintendent of education, at each location of the […]
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