Entries by NEMiss.News

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NAHS honors ACT 30+ Club students

New Albany, MS- New Albany High School presented ACT 30+ Club t-shirts on Thursday, August 11 to celebrate students’ recent success on the ACT.   Students who have a composite or subscore of 30 or more on their recent ACT are inducted into the club. One hundred ten students have become members of the ACT 30+ […]

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Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County opens new Cancer Center

New Albany, MS- Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County (BMH-UC) formally opened its new $600,000 Cancer Center with a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday afternoon, August  16th. Click here for information on services to be provided at the new Cancer Center. About a hundred people witnessed the event at the western end of the hospital campus. The new […]

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UPDATE: Two captured quickly, arraigned for credit card fraud

New Albany, MS- Two Memphis men charged with credit card fraud remained in the Union County jail, Monday evening, August 15th. They had not posted bail of $25,000 set in New Albany municipal court earlier Monday. Eldridge Buford, age 42, of 1238 Will Scarlett Drive, Memphis, and Torries Williams, also aged 42, of 1332 Coker […]

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Would you want this crew on your private property?

New Albany, MS- An incident at the New Albany Walmart parking lot late Tuesday afternoon, August 9th, attracted a fair amount attention during recent days on the website Facebook. The New Albany Police Department received a call about a group of people who had emerged onto the Walmart parking lot from an old school bus. They […]

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Ole Miss Club meets, raises scholarship funds

New Albany, MS- The Union County Ole Miss Club had their summer meeting August 11th at The Basement, in downtown New Albany. President Mary Catherine Shands is hoping to grow the Union County club. Board members are Mark McClinton, Amanda Alexander, and Leslie Swords. Guest speakers were Ross Bjork, Ole Miss Athletic Director, and former […]

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MDOT affirms commitment to pave to New Albany city limits

New Albany, MS— Questions about how much of Bankhead Street (Highway 178) would be re-paved by the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) have been resolved. Aldermen asked at the monthly New Albany Board of Aldermen meeting, August 2, whether or not the new paving would go all the way to the western city limits. Apparently, some […]

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NAHS announces Open House

New Albany High School will host Meet the Teacher & Open House Monday, August 15 from 5-7 p.m. Parents and students are welcome to join us for this come-and-go event! Melanie Shannon Public Relations New Albany Schools

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Well known wine journalist to speak at museum August 18

Museum Moments is set Thursday,  August 18, 12 noon,  at the Union County Heritage Museum. William Faulkner and his Wine by  Barbara Ensrud, wine journalist from Durham, North Carolina will be the program’s subject. This is a program of the Literary Fest 2016 Ensrud is a frequent speaker on the subject of wine, including its […]

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Union County Republicans to meet August 18

New Albany, MS- The next Union County Republican Committee meeting will be August 18th at the Library beginning at 6pm. We will have reports from our State Convention Delegation as well as a report form Vice Chairman Sue Morrisson who was an Alternate Delegate to the National Convention in Cleveland.

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New Albany High School hosts Camp Freshman

New Albany High School hosted its annual “Camp Freshman” on Monday, August 1st. “Camp Freshman” began more than ten years ago to give the rising freshmen an opportunity to get familiar with the new campus, their teachers, and technology.  Teachers, staff, and senior mentors helped organize and prepare for the event and then coordinated the […]

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