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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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2019 Pedaling for Hope art winner announced

New Albany Middle School 8th grade art student, Abby Laney, was selected as the winning artist for the 2019 Pedaling for Hope on the Tanglefoot Trail bike ride. The bike ride, scheduled for Saturday, June 29th is hosted by New Albany’s Main Street Association and Tupelo’s Regional Rehabilitation Center. Abby’s art will be used for […]

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Baptist Union County receives 2019 Leapfrog ‘A’ Safety Rating

NEW ALBANY, MS – May 17, 2019 – Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County has been awarded an ‘A’ patient safety rating in the spring 2019 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Score. Leapfrog is a national patient safety watchdog group. The safety score is calculated based on several core measures, including safe practice measures, surgical care improvement measures and […]

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Gerald Simmons, 78

Gerald Simmons October 2, 1940 – May 19, 2019   Gerald Arthur Simmons, 78, died Sunday, May 19, 2019, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in New Albany. He was born October 2, 1940, in Brushton, NY., to Ronald and Dorothy Evelyn Mott Simmons. He was a member of Fredonia Baptist Church. He served in the U. […]

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NAMS student to attend leadership forum at Villanova

Alea Hudson, an 8th grade student at New Albany Middle School, will participate in the National Youth Leadership Forum: Explore STEM Alumni at Villanova University in July. The program is held to honor and inspire a select group of middle school students who have completed the National Youth Leadership Forum Explore STEM program. These students […]

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