Entries by NEMiss.News

New Albany sports venues may host thousands this weekend

Three major sporting events are expected to bring a great many visitors to the Fair and Friendly City’s sports venues this weekend. The three events, including a cross-country track meet with 800 to 1000 runners, a fifty-team baseball tournament and the USTA Tennis Mixed Doubles State Championship (co-hosted with Tupelo), will bring players, families and […]

Lee Habeeb to address Union Co. Republican Women Club

The Union County Republican Women invite the community to join us to hear Lee Habeeb speak on Monday, August 28, at 6:30 p.m. at the Magnolia Civic Center, 127 E. Bankhead Street, New Albany, Mississippi. Lee Habeeb is an American talk-radio executive and producer. He is the co-founder of the Laura Ingraham Show and Vice […]

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Eudora Welty was focus of August Museum Moments

About 50 people enjoyed a program about Eudora Welty at the August Museum Moments Thursday in the auditorium of the Union County Heritage Museum on Cleveland Street. Dr. Elizabeth Crews, a faculty member at Blue Mountain College, was the speaker. Dr. Crews is a Welty scholar and is assistant editor of the Welty Review. Welty […]

Private meetings + public business = bad business for taxpayers

You might say I crashed a private party Monday night in downtown New Albany, Mississippi. I have done it before, and I promise, if given the opportunity, to do it again — and again. As is usually the case with such behavior, those who had arranged the private gathering weren’t thrilled to see me. Rude? […]

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NAHS names new inductees to ACT 30+ Club

New Albany High School recently presented ACT 30+ Club t-shirts to (l-r) Parker Reid, Mason Armstrong, & Laura Grace Hardy for their 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. Melanie Shannon <mshannon@nasd.ms>

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Local museum will hold solar eclipse viewing event

  A Solar Eclipse Viewing Event will be held at the Union County Heritage Museum on August 21 from 11:56 until the eclipse ends. New Albany will have 93 % coverage. Free viewing glasses. Bring your lunch and lawn chair and come and enjoy the eclipse. Educational materials will be available, and there will be […]

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Local scouts, leaders tour DC and attend National Jamboree

Yocona and Chickasaw Councils’ Troop 4345 and Venture Crew 5264 contingent attended the 2017 Boy Scouts of America National Jamboree, held at Summit Bechtel Family National Reserve in WV on July 19-28. They were lead by Dale Hayes- scoutmaster, Vance Perkins- Asst. Scout master, Robert Blake- Venture Crew leader and Daniel Wiseman (from New Albany)- […]

New Albany Fire Department grant to help provide safety equipment

The New Albany Fire Department received word this morning (August 10th) from Senator Cochran’s and Senator Wicker’s office that our 2016 Assistance to Fire Fighters Grant (AFG) grant application has been approved by FEMA. We should receive official word on Friday, but the Senators wanted to go ahead and convey the good news to us […]