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Baptist Union County baby fair helps prepare moms-to-be

For over 20 years, Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County’s Baby Fair has been helping expectant mothers make the best possible choices. By bringing moms together with local experts and helpful information on the topic of babies, Baptist hopes to smooth the way. This year, 130 expectant mothers registered at the Baptist Union County Baby Fair. They […]

Congressman Trent Kelly receives Boy Scouts award

U. S. Congressman Trent Kelly, who represents Mississippi’s First Congressional District, has been honored as the 2018 Distinguished Citizen by the Yocona Area Council, Boy Scouts of America. An Eagle Scout himself and a long-time supporter of Boy Scouts of America, Kelly has long been an advocate for public service and often encourages young people […]

Union County Student Art Exhibit now at Heritage Museum

More than 100 pieces of artwork created by Union County students are on exhibit at the Union County Heritage Museum in New Albany through May 16, 2018. Sculpture, hyperrealism, ceramics, water-color, acrylic, pen and ink, prints, multi media, pastels and more gives the viewer a wide range of creative efforts. For the second year in […]

Scenes from the 2018 Union County Relay for Life

More than 200 people participated in the Union county Relay for Life event Friday night at the Coliseum of the Union County Fairgrounds. Rain threatened in the National Weather Service forecast,  but none fell to interrupt the event. It was estimated that more than 200 people participated. NAnewsweb.com photographed the Relay event, and some of […]

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Northside Garden Club Earth Day art contest winners

The Historic Northside Garden Club sponsored the first annual Earth Day Art Contest at New Albany Elementary School. Emily Murff, art rotation teacher and member of the Historic Northside Garden Club taught students in grades 2nd-5th a lesson on Walter Anderson and his conservationist views and expression through art. Each student was asked to paint […]

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New Albany Garden Club sponsors NAES art contest

New Albany Garden Club sponsored the Smokey Bear & Woodsy Owl poster contest at New Albany Elementary School. Pictured are the winners: front row l-r: Christopher Chen, Katie Flores, Kimberly Huffman, Samantha Navarro, and Carly Pegues; back row l-r: Emily Murff, NAES Art Rotation Teacher; Lorenzo Ingram, Elana Crayton, Allie Bullock, Chloe Hudson, Shelby Morris, […]

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New Albany High School 2018 Art Show Winners

The annual New Albany High School Art Show was held Monday, April 9 at the Union County Heritage Museum. The following winners were announced: Art I Mixed Media Self Portraits: Honorable Mention-Myranda Cobb Honorable Mention-Joseph Fennell 3rd Place-Caitlyn Osgood 2nd Place-Christiana Rowan 1st Place-Annae Scales African Sticks: Honorable Mention-Jovany Guerrero Honorable Mention-Shannon Boyd 3rd Place-Adan […]