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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The School of Career & Technical Education at New Albany High School hosted Career & Technology Day and a Job Fair on Monday, May 13. The purpose of the day was to introduce students from New Albany High School and the School of Career & Technical Education, as well as fifth graders from New Albany […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
New Albany, MS – UPDATE – 6:00 PM 5/20/19: As of 6:00 PM this evening, the east bound lane of I-22 is reopened to traffic, following clean-up of a trailer-truck accident this morning. New Albany, MS – UPDATE – 12:55 PM 5/20/19: Emergency personnel expect to finish clean-up at the site of trailer-truck accident on […]
New Albany, MS – The New Albany Next Plan Advisory Group has scheduled three area meetings to gather input from the public into plans for the city’s future. The advisory group was organized to help guide the plan process and has named the plan “New Albany Next”. The meetings will be held at 5:30 p.m. […]
Robert Thompson April 5, 1943 – May 16, 2019 Robert Allen Thompson, 76, died Thursday, May 16, 2019, at Baptist Memorial Hospital Union County. He was born April 5, 1943, in Hickory Flat, MS., to Jim and Gurneal Brock Thompson. He was a member of Fredonia Baptist Church. He was a retired car dealer. […]
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