Entries by NEMiss.News

Sam Creekmore already on the job

Although his pay will not start until he is sworn into office in January, Sam Creekmore IV was on the job in Jackson two days after the election. Creekmore won the Republican nomination for the District 14 seat in the Mississippi House of Representatives with a landslide victory over Robbins Ellis Rogers, winning 72 percent […]

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Rules for Primary Run-off Election, August 27

Primary Runoff Election Day polling hours Primary Runoff Election Day is Tuesday, August 27, 2019. It is for Statewide, State District, Legislative, County, and County District Offices. Polling places open are open 7 a.m.-7 p.m. If you are in line by 7 p.m., you will be allowed to vote. Will I need proof of identification? […]

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RANT: Political infrastructure games take actual human tolls

Three young Mississippians, two of them just 16 years old, died Friday from injuries sustained in a car wreck just inside the New Albany city limits. The two 16-year-old boys were heading south on Davis Road. Witnesses said the teenage driver was traveling at a high speed, dangerously passed another vehicle, lost control and collided […]

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Wreck on Davis Road leaves two dead at scene/Edited 11:15 AM 8/24

Edited 8/24/2019 11:15 AM: Jason Bradley Davidson, age 49, of Corinth, died Friday evening August 23, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was the third victim to die from injuries sustained in an automobile accident, late Friday afternoon on Davis Road in New Albany,   Edited: 8/23/2019 11:00 PM: Union CountyCoroner Pam Boman has released […]

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Anderson Parks is guest alumni speaker at NAHS

Anderson Parks spoke with IMPACTO interns, Jobs for Mississippi Graduates, ROTC, and Career/Tech students today as a New Albany Alumni guest speaker. Parks is a civil engineering major and Vice Wing Commander in the ROTC at Mississippi State University. He is a 2016 graduate of New Albany High School. Melanie Shannon Public Relations New Albany […]

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New Albany and Ripley tell “A Tale of Two Fa(u)lkners”

New Albany, MS, August 2019- New Albany and Ripley will combine to tell the Tale of Two Fa(u)lkners, during Riverfest weekend. William Faulkner was born on September 25, 1897, on Jefferson Street in New Albany, Mississippi. The 1949 Nobel Prize for Literature, 1955 and 1963 Pulitzer Prizes for Fiction, and the 1951 and 1955 National […]

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NAMS Implements Positive Referral Program

New Albany Middle School’s principal implemented a Positive Referral program to encourage positive behavior. When New Albany Middle School (NAMS) students saw Principal Paul Henry pushing around a wheel barrow the first week of school, some may have thought that he was helping with some of the construction that is going on in the building. […]

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Kelly and Hoseman event has change of venue

This month’s esteemed speaker at Union County Republican Women’s Club will be US congressman for Mississippi, Trent Kelly. As you know, he is a wonderful person and a great speaker. Another special guest will be Delbert Hoseman, candidate for lieutenant governor. Please bring a guest, and make plans to eat dinner. Spaghetti plates are $10 […]

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Walls talks legislative priorities to District 3 voters

District 3 State Senate candidate Kevin Walls talks legislative priorities that will be important if the voters decide to elect him to succeed retiring Senator Nickey Browning. With the August 27th Republican runoff election less than a week away, he is working hard to make his priorities known. “Our roads and our schools should be […]

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Kelly to Host Academy Day 2019

Congressman Trent Kelly will host Academy Day 2019 in Oxford on Saturday August 24. Students who want to serve as an officer in the U.S. Armed Forces can learn more about America’s prestigious military academies. Service Academy and ROTC representatives will be available to answer questions. This session is open to all students, parents, counselors, […]

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Hot August Night event: a free evening of fun

Vintage cars, live music and more are part of the Hot August Nights event on Friday, August 30, 6:30 – 9 p.m. at the Union County Heritage Museum in New Albany. Car enthusiasts are invited to drive to the campus at the museum and park, enjoy the food and music. Cars need to arrive between […]

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MS Hospital Association’s “Mississippi Cares”

Timothy H. Moore President/Chief Executive Officer Mississippi Hospital Association (MADISON, MS – August 16, 2019) Vice President Pence, when he was Governor of Indiana, enacted a conservative brand of Medicaid reform for his state. The Mississippi Hospital Association, at the request of Governor Bryant last fall, has worked to create a similar proposal – Mississippi […]

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