Entries by NEMiss.News

Baptist Union County Recognized for High-Value Healthcare

NEW ALBANY, Miss., Aug. 20, 2019–Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County has been named a finalist for Premier Inc.’s 2019 QUEST® Award for High-Value Healthcare. This award recognizes hospitals for achieving top overall performance in four of five measures in Premier’s QUEST 2020 collaborative, including affordability, effective care and coordination, prevention and treatment for leading causes of […]

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Union County Board 19AUG2019: Storm shelter, guns, politics

At the Union County Board 19AUG2019 meeting, approval of funding for volunteer fire departments and purchase of new handguns for the sheriff’s department were among the items on the mid-month agenda. Two non-agenda items were considered in the early part of the Board of Supervisors meeting Monday morning, August 19: Henry Cobb asked the board […]

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Chism seeks MS Senate seat in Republican run-off

New Albany MS – Businesswoman Kathy Chism is one of the two candidates in the August 27 run-off for the Republican nomination for the District 3 seat in the Mississippi senate. Chism got the top district-wide vote of the four candidates in the first GOP primary on August 6th. According to unofficial results, she received […]

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New Albany Policeman suspended

An officer with the rank of “patrolman corporal” has been suspended with pay from the New Albany Police Department (NAPD). The New Albany Board of Aldermen, meeting as the city’s personnel board, met Thursday night to consider a recommendation that the officer be fired. The alderman took the recommendation “under advisement.” NAnewsweb.com has this information […]

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New Albany High School ACT 30 Club new members

New Albany High School presented ACT 30+ Club t-shirts to (l-r) Isabella Aldridge and Randy Trullet on August 12 for their recent success on the ACT. Students who have a composite or subscore of 30 or more on their recent ACT are inducted into the club. More than 165 students have become members of the […]

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Walls campaigns in New Albany for MS Senate seat

Kevin Walls was seen in recent days out and about in New Albany following the August 6th primaries.  He will be in the Republican run-off election for the District 3 Mississippi Senate seat. New Albany has been a key battleground area for all of the candidates following the qualifying deadline for the District 3 seat. […]

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MS Health Dept. warns it’s West Nile virus season

New Albany, MS- Today the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reports two new human case of West Nile virus (WNV) for 2019, bringing the state total to five this year. The new cases were reported in Forrest and Lamar counties. Three previous cases were reported in Smith, Hinds and Copiah counties in July. In […]

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One killed in Sunday motorcycle accident

A Union County man was killed in a motorcycle accident Sunday evening on Highway 15 near Ingomar. Kelley Akin, born in 1958, was killed at approximately 8:45 p.m. Sunday, August 11, when his motorcycle collided with a motor vehicle. The accident occurred a short distance south of the intersection of Highway 15 and County Road […]

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2019-2020 Back-to-School Health Fair: alas, no snow

Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County hosted the 2019-2020 Back-to-School Health Fair on Saturday morning August 10, 2019. The ever-popular event gets kids off to a good start, healthwise, with a variety of health screenings (eyes, ears, height, weight, blood pressure, etc). Additionally, lots of pertinent health care and safety information is available for parents to consider. […]

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