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Look up the word noble and you will find synonyms including honest, honorable, upright, decent, magnanimous, trustworthy, and sublime. Many in northeast Mississippi know all those words can be correctly applied to Joyce Sumners. Invariably gracious, kind, and cheerful, Joyce Sumners comes as close as anyone I have known to being a natural aristocrat. […]
Not much information is available about an incident that happened in the Blue Springs area Sunday. One person was apparently dragged by a truck and the person being dragged shot the driver of the truck. The case will be presented to the grand jury to determine whether it is a case of self-defense, Sheriff Jimmy […]
The Mississippi Library Association has announced the winners in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, and Children’s Literature for the 2020 Mississippi Author Awards and they include New Albany native Dr. Joe Edd Morris. The Mississippi Authors Awards seek to recognize and encourage Mississippi authors and promote interest in local authors’ books, whether the books are […]
Dr. Kate Stewart modestly claims no expertise concerning William Faulkner but the Cotton Plant native has still become the de facto local authority on the Nobel Prize-winning writer. She regularly assists with the Faulkner Literary Competition and often provides reviews and commentary on Faulkner’s works. Thursday, she was on Facebook Live talking about Go […]
The Union County Sheriff’s Department and Oxford Police Department are charging a Holly Springs man with a series of burglaries, home invasion and sexual assault in the two counties. Sheriff Jimmy Edwards said they hope that releasing this may cause more people to come forward with information about other cases that may be related. […]
The couple arrested in connection with a vehicle theft and high-speed chase Thursday were likely on a multi-state crime spree according to Union County Sheriff Jimmy Edwards. Both individuals have extensive criminal records and outstanding warrants in other jurisdictions, he said. Robert Oneal Turner, 42, and Melissa Louise Hawks, 41, were apprehended on a creek […]
The Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol and Union County Sheriff’s Department reported early Friday that a man suspected of stealing an SUV from someone while the person was in the Walnut post office had been captured. According to the report, the man, accompanied by a female, was found during the night in a wooded area near […]
On Thursday, September 17 at 6 p.m. Commissioner Brandon Presley will hold a Virtual Town Hall Meeting to hear from constituents across North Mississippi. During the Town Hall, Commissioner Presley will give an update on the expansion of broadband to rural areas as well as take questions from the audience that they may have regarding their […]
There are less than two weeks before summer ends on September 22. It has been a relatively mild summer in north Mississippi, with very few days that temperatures climbed above the mid 90s. Our entire section of the state is awash with color. There has been plenty of rain, and the colors of late […]
A prisoner escaped the Union County jail sometime Friday evening, Sept. 4, and was recaptured late Monday night. Richard Willis is an inmate of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (DOC). He was incarcerated on felony convictions of burglary and methamphetamine drug violations. He was in Union County as a “trusty” under the DOC’s […]
The New Albany Board of Aldermen at its special meeting, Tuesday evening, Sept. 8, completed work on the city budget for fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2021. The board made these revisions in the budget originally submitted on Sept. 1: The mayor and board members will not receive salary increases during the coming […]
(New Albany, MS, September 2020) The 2020 Tallahatchie Riverfest is on the horizon, and the planning committee has several things in store. The event, which started as a celebration to honor New Albany’s native son, William Faulkner, has morphed into a variety of activities to attract people of all ages and tastes. […]
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