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Count Eeflac at Tanglefoot Trailhead Plaza

Count Eeflac will be at the Tanglefoot Trailhead Plaza in New Albany starting around 5:30PM on Saturday, Oct. 27th. He will be giving away some treats (but watch out for the tricks)! If you haven’t met the Count, come on out — he will be signing autographs. He is the horror host on Hill Country […]

Some days are just plain lucky!

No information on where she won her prize or what scratch off she prefers, but Greta Wilson, of New Albany, definitely had a luck day. She won $500 playing a $20 scratch-off ticket. If this happens to her often, she could consider giving strategy lessons to those among us who are anxiously awaiting the legal […]

RANT: The arrogance of AT&T and other monopoly communications “providers”

Posted a short time ago on NAnewsweb.com is Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley’s article about the arrogance of AT&T, suppressing any competition in wireless and other communications. I remember very keenly the excitement in 1974 when Richard Nixon’s Attorney-General, William Saxbe, filed the federal lawsuit which resulted in the break up of the AT&T/Bell System […]

Presley Condemns AT&T CEO’s Mockery of Alabama Internet Project

Jackson, Mississippi (October 25, 2018) – Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley described the latest tweet of AT&T CEO Mayo Flynt as a classic example of AT&T’s corporate arrogance. Yesterday’s tweet from the AT&T Mississippi CEO openly mocked the city of Opelika, Alabama’s broadband service which has experienced challenges, but made a sincere effort to serve their citizens. Flynt arrogantly tweeted […]

Fire destroys Mallalieu United Methodist Church/Updated

UPDATE: Photo taken 6:00PM, October 25, 2018   A fire early Thursday afternoon, Oct. 25, destroyed the Mallalieu United Methodist Church building at 433 Apple Street in New Albany. The fire is believed to have started in the church basement and was well established when the alarm was sounded. Several New Albany and Union County […]

Hay wagon catches fire, is moved 150 yards and fire extinguished

Two local fire departments, four fire-fighting vehicles, and a Union County-owned backhoe/front end loader responded to a fire on a hay wagon Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 23. Before you conclude it was over-kill, here are the salient facts: At about 3:35 p.m. a man was pulling a flat trailer, loaded with several large, round bales of […]

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Beautification Committee minutes October 1, 2018

The New Albany Beautification Committee met on October 1, 2018. Attendance: Keith Conlee [alderman rep] Jolyn Cooke [ward 3], Sam Creekmore [at large rep], Jane Ford (ward 4), Tim Kent (mayor); Jeff Olson [ward 1], Sandy Shaddinger (ward 2), Billye Jean Stroud (Main Street) Absent: Billye Jean Stroud (main street) I. READING APPROVAL OF MINUTES […]

Kelly speaks on special election to Union County GOP women

First District U.S. Congressman Trent Kelly spoke in New Albany Monday evening, Oct. 22, at the October meeting of the Union County Republican Women’s Club (UCRW). About 50 club members and guests were present. Kelley, a Republican, was first elected to the U. S. House of Representatives in a special election in 2015, following the […]

New Albany Main Street Association Third Annual Tree Lighting

New Albany, Miss., October, 2018: New Albany’s third annual Tree Lighting is set for Thursday, Nov. 29. The event will kick off with the lighting of the tree at 6 pm at Cooper Park and be followed with live music from local school and church groups. There will be a hot cocoa station, visits with Santa […]

Young man killed in Sunday afternoon vehicle accident

A young Union County man, the father of three, was killed in a single-car motor vehicle accident Sunday afternoon, October 21. The accident, at about 2:45 p.m. Sunday, resulted in the death of Austin Jay (A. J.) Hunsucker, age 24. Union County Coroner Pam Bowman said the victim was pronounced dead at the scene of […]

Reasons to Choose Windham TV & Appliance

Special to NAnewsweb.com REASONS TO CHOOSE WINDHAM TV & APPLIANCE Windham TV & Appliance has been serving Union County and the surrounding area for over 51 years. Herman and Dorothy Windham founded the business in 1972 and have been the owner-operators ever since. It’s their business to know everything about the most popular and reliable […]