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911 call dispatch log for Oct. 5-11

(Does not include traffic stops, medical or coroner calls)   Monday, Oct. 5: 5:39 a.m. – Kitchen burglar alarm on Sam T. Barkley Drive. 11:00 a.m. – Two-car 1050 on Hwy. 30 West. Unknown injuries, all out of vehicle, notified MHP. 2:28 p.m. – Brother on CR 249 causing disturbance. Subject hit car. No weapons. […]

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Police investigating apparent shooting incident

New Albany Police are apparently investigating a shooting incident that occurred in the Colonial Gardens Subdivision about 5 p.m. Tuesday. Details were not immediately available because the investigation was in its early stages but officers were seen apparently searching for evidence on Honeysuckle Drive. Also, a vehicle with Texas license plates was being searched and […]

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Local businesses up for statewide magazine honors

New Albany has been the recipient of several awards for its quality of life, including one national title for Best Small Town. Four of our businesses now have the opportunity to win some state honors. They have been nominated for the 2021 Mississippi Magazine Best of Mississippi Wedding poll. The local nominees are: Van-Atkins Jewelers […]

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Quick-thinking deputy saves victim from burning vehicle

    Quick action by a Union County deputy saved a victim from a burning vehicle New Albany Fire Chief Mark Whiteside told NAMissNEWS that emergency responders were dispatched Sunday afternoon to a one-vehicle accident near Myrtle Baptist Church with unknown entrapment and vehicle on fire. Fire units from Myrtle and New Albany Rescue responded. […]

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NA, most county schools have kept low COVID numbers

New Albany Superintendent of Schools Dr. Lance Evans reported to school trustees the district had no new cases of COVID-19 and no quarantine cases this past week. “We had a good week,” he said. Although specifics had not been reported earlier in the year, schools have seen some cases and quarantines. This week, for example, […]

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911 calls to sheriff’s office Sept. 28-Oct. 4

911 dispatch log from the Union County Sheriff’s Office for Sept. 28-Oct. 4 (Does not include traffic stops, medical calls or coroner’s calls)   Monday, Sept. 28: 8:34 a.m. – The BNSF Railroad called and advised a cow was on the tracks on County Road 278 at County Road 121. 1:24 p.m. – General complaint […]

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NAES students net honors for writing skills

        New Albany Elementary teacher Nina Beth Capaning held a workshop with fourth and fifth grade students and four were chosen to read their poems during the program Friday. Two used alliteration style and two used diamante style poems.   The winners are: Sophia Lopez, Alliteration – Eudora Welty, Fifth Grade Emma […]

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Methodist Church helping third-graders ‘Read for Life’

    First United Methodist Church of New Albany has entered into a community partnership with New Albany Elementary School to offer “Reading for Life”.  “Reading for Life” provides reading and literacy tutorial activities to NAES 3rd grade students who were selected by the school and identified as students who need additional reading help.  Weekly tutoring […]

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Business students take part in stock market simulation

Students in Alison Moore’s business classes at the New Albany School of Career & Technical Education have been studying economics, different types of economic systems, supply and demand, price ceilings and floors, buyer and seller markets, and government intervention. On October 1, students participated in a market simulation where students were either buyers or sellers. […]

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NAHS holds college countdown day

College Countdown Application Day was held Friday, September 25 at New Albany High School.  High school counselors assisted students in completing applications to colleges they are interested in attending.  Twenty-three seniors participated in College Countdown Application Day and there were 34 college applications submitted during the day. All NAHS seniors will complete a Northeast Mississippi Community College Application at a later date.  

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