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Officials name man killed in Pontotoc shoot out

Official sources have released the name of the man killed Monday evening, July 1, in Pontotoc in a gun battle with local and state law enforcement. He was Terry Payne, age 52. Law-enforcement officials have been been instructed by counsel to release no further information about the incident until the investigation is complete and ready […]

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Freddie Hugee Oaks, 81

Freddie Hugee Oaks September 19, 1938 – June 28, 2019   Freddie Hugee Oaks, 81, passed away Friday, June 28, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was born September 19, 1938 to Curtis H. Oaks and Odell Coleman Oaks. He retired from MDOT and was a farmer. He attended Ole Miss. He […]

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Bulldog Athletic Foundation Formed

New Albany MS- New Albany Bulldog Athletic Foundation. The New Albany High School (NAHS) Athletic Department has recently established the New Albany Bulldog Athletic Foundation. The purpose of this foundation is to build an endowment to help sustain the athletic program moving forward. The foundation will financially support ALL sports at NAHS in a systematic […]

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Dewayne Stroud, 83

Dewayne Stroud October 26, 1935 – June 28, 2019   New Albany- James Dwayne “Chicken” Stroud, age 83, died Friday, June 28, 2019. He was born October 26, 1935 in new Albany, MS, to the late James Elbert and Telucia Jennings Stroud. He served in the Mississippi Army National Guard and was a poultry chicken […]

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Action Lanes fire handled quickly by NAFD

New Albany MS- Action Lanes fire quickly extinguished: Fast action by the New Albany Fire Department (NAFD) helped prevent serious damage from a fire at a New Albany business early Saturday morning. At approximately six am, a report was received of black smoke coming from the Action Lanes bowling alley at 504 West Bankhead St. […]

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Nellie Faye Hamblin Jarvis, 90

Nellie Jarvis March 5, 1929 – June 27, 2019     New Albany: Nellie Faye Hamblin Jarvis, 90, passed away Thursday, June 27, 2019, at NMMC in Tupelo. She was born March 5, 1929 in Union County to Elbert and Wardie Hamblin. Nellie was married to the late James Ray Jarvis and was a homemaker […]

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Minnie Louise Walters Daniels Jennings, 87

Minnie Louise Walters Daniels Jennings October 14, 1931 – June 26, 2019   Minnie Louise Walters Daniels Jennings, 87, died Wednesday, June 26, 2019, at Union County Health and Rehab. She was born October 14, 1931, in Senatobia, MS., to Jonnie Nelson Walters and Ruby Louise Davis Walters. She was a life-long member of Temperance […]

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One killed in single car accident

Union County MS– An elderly Union County man died in a single vehicle accident on Highway 30 east of New Albany, Friday, June 28. 2019. Killed was James D. Stroud, age 83. Union County Coroner Pam Bowman said the accident occurred shortly after 12 noon.

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Presley Announces No-Call Changes Effective July 1

New Albany, Mississippi (June 26, 2019) –Commissioner Brandon Presley announced changes to the Mississippi No-Call law that take effect July 1. • Businesses can register their phone lines on the state’s No Call list. • Charities using paid telemarketers must register with the Public Service Commission. • Caller ID “spoofing” will be a violation of […]

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