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Union Co. students win at national bridge building competition

Union County, MS – East Union Attendance Center produced two of three winning teams of students from Mississippi who took home awards at a national bridge building competition Team “Best” from Guntown Middle School placed third in the 7th and 8th Grade category; “Your Arch Nemesis” from East Union Attendance Center in Blue Springs placed […]

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Mississippi establishes Pennebaker Memorial Highway

New Albany MS – Pennebaker Memorial Highway dedication June 7 WHO: Transportation Commissioner Mike Tagert, Rep. Margaret Rogers, Judge Michael Mills. WHAT: Tagert and other speakers will give remarks during the John D. Pennebaker Memorial Highway Dedication. The event is open to the public. WHERE: The dedication will be held at Ebenezer ARP Presbyterian, 601 […]

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Bettye Bailey, 88

Bettye Bailey October 10, 1930 – May 28, 2019 New Albany MS-Bettye J. Bailey,88, passed away May28,2019 at Sanctuary Hospice in Tupelo, MS. She was born October 10,1930 in Thaxton, MS to the late Thomas H. Porch and Lois McCharen Porch. She was a 1948 graduate of Pontotoc High School and served as Deputy Tax […]

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J.W. McMillen, 83

J.W. McMillen September 1, 1935 – May 27, 2019 J W McMillen New Albany, MS– J W McMillen, 83, passed away on Monday, May 27, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center – Hospice. He was born September 1, 1935 in Union County to Alfred Columbus McMillen and Evie Viola Wages McMillen. He was a retired […]

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2019 Reunion pictures: Union Co. Training School/B F Ford School

New Albany, MS – The 2019 reunion of alumni of the Union County Training School/B. F. Ford School was celebrated in New Albany this weekend. The reunion drew a beautiful day for its activities, though the temperatures did rise into the 90’s, as will happen in Mississippi this time of year. Festivities began Saturday morning […]

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NAES names May 2019 Employee of the Month

New Albany Elementary School’s Employee of the Month for May is Julia Harrington. Mrs. Harrington not only educates her students; she grows them socially and emotionally while at the same time always motivates them to be their very best. In addition, she is humble, caring, kind, and goes above and beyond for her students and […]

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National Honor Society taps twenty-five NAHS students

New Albany, MS – Twenty-five students from New Albany High School were inducted into the membership of the National Honor Society in a morning ceremony at the high school on May 14, 2019. The new members were selected by a faculty council. Selection was based on the students meeting high standards of scholarship, service, leadership, […]

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Annual Union County Training School/B. F. Ford reunion this weekend

New Albany, MS– Former students of Union County Training School/B. F. Ford School are gathering in New Albany for the school’s annual alumni reunion this weekend. Prior to public school integration in the 1960s, black high school students in Union County attended high school at the campus on the hill in southeast New Albany. It […]

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Laverne Wooley Gilliam, 85

Laverne Wooley Gilliam September 15, 1933 – May 21, 2019 The angels took Mattie Laverne Wooley Gilliam, 85, home to be with her husband and loved ones in heaven in the early morning hours of Tuesday, May 21, 2019. She was born September 15, 1933 in Somerville, TN to Price Wooley and Fannie Austin Wooley […]

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Melba Bryant Pugh, 91

Melba Bryant Pugh May 30, 1927 – May 21, 2019   Melba Bryant Pugh, 91, died Tuesday, May 21, 2019, at the North Mississippi Medical Center Pontotoc Nursing Home. She was born May 30, 1927, in Pontotoc County to Wellard C. and Bonnie Sue Vaughn Bryant. She was a member of First Baptist Church in […]

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Lesley brings home the bacon from State of Region meeting

New Albany MS – Thanks to Joann Lesley, New Albany and Union County took honors for having the most representation at the CREATE Foundation’s State of the Region meeting Tuesday morning in Tupelo. As she has in several previous years, Joanne Lesley of the Union County Development Association (UCDA) worked the phones, sent text messages, […]

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