Entries by NEMiss.News

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New Albany municipal primary election tomorrow

New Albany voters will go to the polls tomorrow, Tuesday, May 2nd, to vote in party primaries to select candidates for several city offices. No mayoral contests in Primary Election Incumbent Mayor Tim Kent, a Democrat, has no challenger in the primary election. He will face incumbent First Ward Alderman Jeff Olson, who is not […]

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MS Small Business Week event to honor New Albany’s Russell

The Mississippi Small Business Administration (SBA) District Office will be holding an event at the Magnolia Civic Center in New Albany on Thursday May 4th in honor of Mississippi Small Business Week.  The special evening will be dedicated to recognizing and celebrating this year’s Small Business Week Award Winners, Top SBA Lenders and Top Certified […]

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Crawfish Festival raises money for playground improvements fund

While the torrential rains cancelled the first Tallahatchie Crawfish & Shrimp Festival at the Park Along the River last weekend, that didn’t stop organizers of the event or the hundred or so people who showed up at the scaled down event that was moved to The Basement, an events venue downtown. Mark “Pop’s” Pipkin and […]

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New Albany named “BEST Southern Small Town” by USA TODAY

The city of New Albany has been named “America’s Best Southern Small Town” for 2017 by the national newspaper, USA TODAY. Earlier this year the city was named as one of twenty nominations by a panel of travel writers and experts. The nominations were then posted on the USA TODAY 10 best website, and readers […]

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Dean Provence Endowment stimulates learning at Career & Technical School

Students in Jalon Bullock’s STEM classes at New Albany High School of Career & Technical Education participate in activities using the Parrott Bebop Drone and Sky Controller.  Through these activities, students have learned basic code writing and computer programming skills, as well as the theories and principles relating to flight and robotics. This equipment was […]

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Hobson wins honorable mention in Groundbreaking MS art contest

Drew Hobson, a 5th grade student at New Albany Elementary School, received honorable mention for his drawing of B.B. King in the fourth through seventh grade category of the state-wide 2017 Groundbreaking Mississippi Art Contest:  Mississippi’s Creative Spirit sponsored by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Students were asked to submit artwork depicting who they believe […]

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BNA Bank’s Witt named UCDA 2017 Citizen of the Year

New Albany banker and civic leader Vance Witt was named 2017 Citizen of the Year at the annual Union County Development Association (UCDA) banquet Tuesday night. The presentation was made by New Albany physician Tommy Barkley, a member of the UCDA board. Witt is board chairman of BNA Bank, headquartered in New Albany. A graduate […]

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Candidates’ Forum draws large crowd of interested voters

The Republican Women’s Club hosted a bipartisan candidates’ forum at the Union County Courthouse on Monday evening, April 24th. Sue Morrison, President of the Republican Women’s Club handled the evening’s official duties, and Daniel Sparks, an Oxford attorney and active Republican worker, served as moderator. An engaged crowd of at least 129 citizens of New […]

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Union County Ole Miss Club announces scholarship winners

Congratulations to these New Albany High School Seniors for receiving the Ole Miss Alumni Scholarship. Pictured left to right… Mark McClinton (Union County Ole Miss Club Board Member), Sarah Gaines, Kaitlyn White, Meg Bramlett, Perry McKinney, Mary Catherine McClinton (Union County Ole Miss Club Board Member), Leslie Swords (Union County Ole Miss Club Board Member) […]

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