Entries by NEMiss.News

Cotton States Baseball league wraps 10th season of sports and stories

The Cotton States Baseball collegiate wood bat league recently wrapped up its 10th season as the North Delta Dealers repeated as League Championship Series (LCS) victors, defeating the resilient Hill Country Generals 6-2 on July 29th. The Tupelo Thunder finished the regular season with the best record, but were upset by the Generals during the […]

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Union County Task Force on rural connectivity meets

New Albany and Union County people, who have long suffered chronically poor cellular telephone and high-speed internet service, can now do something about it. That’s what Mississippi Public Service Commission (MPSC) Chairman Brandon Presley told about 40 people Thursday night, August 9 at the courthouse. Correcting the FCC’s untrue rural cell service data is critical […]

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New Albany Schools welcome 2018-2019 new teachers

The New Albany School District hosted an orientation for its new teachers on August 2 at New Albany Elementary School. Pictured are front row l-r: Jessica Peralda, NAMS; Erin Verrell, NAES; Katie Kent, NAHS; Abby Voyles, NAHS; Jennifer Duncan, NAES; Ashley Smith, NAES; Farrah Speck, NAES; Summer Tyer, NAHS; Kami Derrick, NAES; second row l-r: […]

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Pedaling for Hope bike ride to be August 18

The second annual Pedaling for Hope bike ride will be Saturday, August 18, 2018. Registration will start at 7AM at the Trailhead in New Albany at 100 E. Bankhead Street with the race beginning at 8:00 AM. This is a partnership between New Albany Main Street and Regional Rehab Center in Tupelo. Proceeds will go […]

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2018 Back-to-School Health Fair: It’s some serious fun

Over 1000 people attended the 2018 Back-to-School Health Fair hosted by Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County, Saturday, August 11th. Approximately 450 kids, plus one or more parents and grandparents for each child were present during the morning event on the hospital campus. About 1200 hot dogs were consumed and free school supplies were given away. Kids […]

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Fire guts house on Thomas Circle in New Albany

The occupants of a house on Thomas Circle in New Albany lost “most everything they had” in a fire shortly after 8 pm Friday evening, Aug. 10. Firemen of the New Albany Fire Department (NAFD) were on the scene quickly and extinguished the fire. The outer part of the structure showed little damage in the […]

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City Board August 2018: TempesT over Tree SpoTs

The TempesT over Tree spoTs, sTarTed in April, will conTinue Tossing Talks aT New Albany Town Board meeTings ‘Til winTer Takes iTs Turn afTer auTumn. Ward Two Alderman Johnny Anderson moved at the Tuesday, August 7, meeting of the Board of Aldermen to remove the oak trees planted in April along Park Plaza Drive and […]

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Presley: PSC Revoked 17 Telecommunication Companies’ Licenses

Northern District Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley announced Tuesday, August 7th, that the Public Service Commission has revoked the certificates of 17 telecommunications companies to do business in Mississippi due to their failure to provide the PSC with an annual report detailing their business activities in the state. Presley said that the businesses were not […]

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RANT: Presley’s Union County Task Force, some hope at last

People in New Albany and Union County have long suffered over-priced and under-performing internet and cell phone service. Now they have an opportunity to start doing something about it. Mississippi Public Service Commission Chairman Brandon Presley will host a meeting focused on solutions to those problems at Union County Courthouse at 7 p.m., tomorrow, Thursday, […]

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Sports betting now legal in Mississippi casinos

Last week Mississippi became only the fourth state in the country to allow legalized betting on both amateur and professional sports in its casinos. Only Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware were faster than Mississippi. It is rare that the Mississippi State Legislature is ahead of the rest of the country in passing any type of […]

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