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Despite a couple of months with lower tax revenues during the early part of the coronavirus shutdown, The City of New Albany is still in good financial shape and moving ahead on projects according to Mayor Tim Kent. Wednesday, the mayor provided updates on a variety of city programs and projects the public has expressed […]
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(Does not include traffic stops, coroner calls or medical calls) Monday, Sept. 14: 1:10 a.m. – General complaint. Caller on CR 167 said a man had caller’s uncle and would not let him leave. Caller did fire a gun. 2:03 a.m. – Caller on CR 171 said a man in a four-door burgundy Ford […]
New Albany police have made several arrests for drug and burglary offenses as well as a case of apparently pointless vandalism. The vandalism case actually is likely related to drug use, Police Chief Chris Robertson said. About 6:30 p.m. Sept. 18, police received a report that someone was vandalizing property in the vicinity of the […]
Despite the upheaval caused by the coronavirus pandemic, many of the annual Tallahatchie RiverFest events will go on more or less as planned this weekend. Included will be a marketplace, recreation for children and the music concert Saturday headlined by Steve Azar. The knife show and a humane society event will be included as well. […]
Latrina Walker, Engineering Instructor at the New Albany School of Career & Technical Education, visited the Boys and Girls Club of New Albany on September 14. Walker introduced the girls to different non-traditional careers in engineering. Participants learned how to program and code the Sphero RVR Robots during this after-school activity. These activities were provided as […]
Absentee ballots for the Nov. 3 general election should be here by mid-week. Union County Circuit Clerk Phyllis Stanford said her office has received more interest in absentee ballots this year than usual. This is likely due in part to concerns about voting in person during the coronavirus pandemic and interest may be increased more […]
Former New Albany mayor and Union County chancery clerk Tom Cooper died Monday after dealing with health issues for several years. The Delta native, an Anguilla High School graduate, came to New Albany to work for the Futorian furniture manufacturing company after completing studies at Mississippi State University. Cooper quickly became involved in the community. […]
COVID-19: Week of September 14 – 21, 2020 STATEWIDE MISSISSIPPI Mississippi’s 3538 new COVID-19cases was a 3.9% increase from last week’s 2639. This a jump of about 1%. There were 104 deaths, down from 121 last week. Totals as of 9-21 reporting were 93,556 cases and 2810 deaths since reporting began on March […]
Anita Alef, Culinary Arts Instructor at the New Albany School of Career & Technical Education visited the Boys & Girls Club of New Albany on September 14-15 and provided an after-school mini camp. On Day 1, students learned the components of a healthy menu and about portion sizes. The students used different serving and measuring […]
The Union County Board of Supervisors continue to work toward bringing more jobs to the area and are also helping to facilitate the first convening of a grand jury in nearly a year. Board attorney Chandler Rogers presented memoranda of understanding and agreement to the board to Monday to transfer the right to use the […]
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. […]
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