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Barbara Owens to retire after 50 years at Baptist Union County

Barbara Owens, the administrative director of Baptist Memorial Hospital Union County, is retiring this month after 50 years of service at the award-winning hospital. When she first went to work in an entry-level ward secretary job in 1966, Owens was still a teenager. The facility was then known as Union County General Hospital. It was […]

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NAES second annual Boosterthon is coming soon

New Albany, MS- Chloe Street, PTO President at New Albany Elementary School, announces 2nd Annual Boosterthon. New Albany Elementary School’s big fundraiser is about to kick off! This is the school’s second year to do the boosterthon.  We set our goal at $20,000 last year and we met that goal. This year we have set the […]

AG’s investigator speaks on cyber threats to children

New Albany, MS-  Union County and New Albany public school teachers, administrators and parents learned about the dangers to young people of various digital communications platforms Tuesday evening, Nov. 1. Among those present were Union County Superintendent of Education Ken Basil and UC Assistant Superintendent Windy Faulkner. Lecia Stubblefield Director of Curriculum, Federal Programs and […]

Why I am voting for Theo Epstein for president

The two major political parties have again failed the American people. The quality of presidential candidates served up by both Democrats and Republicans during the last six election cycles has been mediocre at best. This year they’ve outdone themselves: we have on the Democratic ticket a leader of a long-lived criminal enterprise, and the Republicans […]

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NAES first graders model pumpkins after favorite book characters

New Albany, MS- First grade students at New Albany Elementary School Library recently had the opportunity to participate in a Pumpkin Book family project. Students were encouraged to decorate a pumpkin like a character from a favorite book.   Displaying their pumpkin projects are:  Front row l-r:   Wyatt Taylor, I’m A Frog, Teacher:  Stephanie […]

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Library can now help with certain civil legal aid needs

New Albany, MS– The computers at the Jennie Stephens Smith Library are routinely used by students and people doing job searches and resumes. There is now information available from the Mississippi Access to Justice Commission to help certain segments of the population to receive help with civil legal aid. The Mississippi Access to Justice Commission […]

Mississippi Farm Bureau honors Congressman Trent Kelly in New Albany

New Albany, MS- Congressman Trent Kelly received a special award from the Mississippi Farm Bureau Tuesday night in New Albany. Kelly, who represents Mississippi’s First Congressional District, received  the Farm Bureau’s “Friend of Agriculture Award” during a dinner meeting at New Albany’s Magnolia Civic Center. He was accompanied at the dinner by his wife Sheila. […]

Magnolia Knoll LLama Farm hosts visitors from Oxford/UPDATED 11-7-16

UPDATED: 11-7-2016:  Sandy and Nate Shaddinger, of Magnilia Knoll Llama Farm, received the following note from the visitors who were written about in our origianal article: Sandy and Nate, words cannot express the gratitude of The Philadelphia MB Church Senior Ministry for your allowing us to visit Magnolia Llama Farm on Wednesday, October 26. The trip […]

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Outstanding Career & Technical students first nine weeks

New Albany, MS- The following students have been selected as Outstanding Career & Technical Education students for the first nine weeks at the New Albany School of Career & Technical Education: (Click to enlarge/download photos) Mikael Knowlton (Culinary Arts II), Josh Nicholson (Engineering II), Daisy Huerta (Drafting II), Arianna Golden (Early Childhood II), Austin Schallock […]