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JACKSON, MISS. – The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) offers free litter prevention education programs for summer camps and community groups in Mississippi. The “Don’t Trash Mississippi” with Myrtle the Turtle education program is designed for school-aged children in kindergarten thru third grade. The 30-minute presentation includes an animated video, discussions and reinforcement materials to […]
About 125 people were present Thursday evening, March 22, for the annual UNITE grant and fundraising dinner at the First United Methodist Church in New Albany. UNITE is the acronym for “Union County/New Albany Initiative to Excel.” Grants were given Thursday night to 14 local organizations and, for the fifth time, a “UNITE Volunteer of […]
Senator Roger Wicker was the speaker at last week’s meeting of the New Albany Rotary Club. However, another speaker caused quite a lot of excitement when he spoke over Senator Wicker’s cell phone to NAPD Chief, Chris Robertson. President Donald Trump, who has endorsed Senator Wicker in his upcoming re-election campaign, spoke with Chief Robertson […]
About 60 people gathered at New Albany’s Magnolia Civic Center Monday morning as Mayor Tim Kent and Ole Miss Chancellor, Jeffrey S. Vitter, signed a partnership agreement. Under the agreement, New Albany joins with the University of Mississippi in a new program called “M Partner.” An Ole Miss press release describes M Partner as “a […]
Culinary Arts students from the New Albany School of Career & Technical Education placed in the FCCLA (Family, Career, & Community Leaders of America) state competition in Jackson, MS on February 28: Peyton Bridges, 1st place in Restaurant Services; Karla Sanders, 1st place in Knife Skills; and Zack Lyons, 2nd place in Poultry Fabrication. The Culinary Arts team […]
Larry Lidale Walker was arraigned on first degree murder and other felony charges Monday morning in Union County Justice Court. The charges are related to the Leon Lewis murder early Saturday evening, March 17, at a residence at 1064 County Road 92 in Union County. Lewis died about midnight Saturday at The MED in Memphis. […]
The man shot multiple times in the Ingomar community Saturday evening, March 17, has died in a Memphis hospital. Murder charges will be filed against the alleged shooter. Leon Lewis, age 53, died last night at The MED in Memphis, after having been shot seven times at close range with a 9 mm pistol at […]
One man is in a Memphis hospital with multiple gunshot wounds and two people are in the Union County jail following an Ingomar shooting event yesterday evening. The shooting occurred sometime after 6 pm Saturday, March 17, at a residence on County Road 92 in the Ingomar community. Sheriff Jimmy Edwards said a man and […]
Union County Republican Women’s Club attended Legislative Day on March 8, 2018, meeting with Representatives Steve Massengill and Margaret Ellis Rodgers at the MS State Capitol in Jackson. Union County Republican Women’s Club to host MS State Treasurer The Union County Republican Women will meet Monday, March 26, at 6pm, at Cook’s Adult Daycare in […]
Burglars broke into the Walgreens store at the intersection of I-22 and Highway 30 early Saturday morning. New Albany Police Chief, Chris Robertson, said his department got the call at 3:45 a.m, Saturday morning, March 17. The alarm was initiated by the store’s security system. Officers arrived within minutes and the burglars had fled the […]
A Retirement Reception for Kay Sappington, the Union County Library Director, will be held Friday, March 23 from 4:00 – 6:00 PM in the Coker-Speck Auditorium at the Jennie Stephens Smith Library in New Albany. Sappington has been the Director of the Jennie Stephens Smith Library for 14 years. The public is invited to wish […]
An important announcement regarding community development in New Albany will be made at 10 a.m., Monday, March 15, at the Magnolia Civic Center. Billye Jean Stroud, the city’s Community Development and Main Street Director, invites the public to attend the meeting. Stroud says the meeting pertains to a partnership the city is forming with a […]
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