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Shortly before 5:00 PM, Thursday, January 11, a pedestrian was struck by a motor vehicle and seriously injured. The incident occurred on Martintown Road, a short distance south of the New Albany city limits. An African-American woman was struck as she tried to retrieve her mail from a mailbox across Martintown Road from her residence. […]
While I have respected and admired many people, I have stood in awe of very few. It is, perhaps, a flaw in my character, but I have not had many heroes, even as a small child. It is not in my nature to venerate people. About six weeks ago I read a book about a […]
Luncheon with Books will be held Tuesday, January 16, at the Jennie Stephens Smith Library in New Albany. Frank Madden will review Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger’s latest book Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans: The Battle That Shaped America’s Destiny. By mid 1814 in the War of 1812 the Americans were losing […]
Though numbers may be boring to some, they quantify the importance of the library to the residents of Union County and New Albany. The Jennie Stephens Smith Library had 54,465 visits in 2017. The computer usage numbers for 2017: Internet Job searches, 12,952 Online job applications, 23,845 For Government programs (File taxes, social security, Medicare, […]
Equipment and personnel from five Union County fire departments spent all day Friday, January 5, fighting a massive fire at American Furniture in Ecru. The main role of the Union County volunteer fire departments in battling the Ecru fire was in shuttling water to the fire. Fire officials estimated that more than 3-million gallons of […]
UPDATE: 1:00 PM 1-5-2018: Mark Whiteside, informs NAnewsweb.com that, as of noon today (Friday, January 5th), five Union County Volunteer Fire Departments still have tanker trucks and firefighting personnel on the scene of a large fire at American Furniture Company in Ecru. Additionally, the Pontotoc County fire is being fought by resources from several other […]
Just before 5 AM today, Tuesday January 2nd, New Albany Fire Department received a report of an early morning fire in a house on Hillcrest Drive, in New Albany. While enroute to the scene, responders were given the exact address as 505 Hillcrest Cove. Firefighters arrived on the scene to find a single story brick home […]
NAnewsweb.com posts every obituary story we receive from local funeral homes and is generally the first local news medium to do so. Some receive more attention from our readers than others and, as with all stories, we track the numbers. The deaths that draw the most attention are those of people who have lived long, […]
Did you read all the stories that drew the most hits on NAnewsweb.com during 2017? Can you guess what they were? One different thing about reporting news on the internet, compared to how we used to do it with newspapers: we know precisely how often a story is read. Each time someone reads a story, […]
We at NAnewsweb.com spent time during recent days reviewing the stories and reader activity during the past year. The end of 2017 marks the third full year NAnewsweb.com has served its readers. Three years ago we expected success for this new concept of local internet news service, but actual readership has exceeded our wildest expectations. […]
A mid morning report of a car fire brought North Haven Fire Engine and three Firefighter’s to scene. The vehicle at a residence on County Road 75 was a total loss, and ruled unintentional. The homeowner protected the home, chicken coop, and shed with a water hose until firefighters could arrive on scene. Mark Whiteside, […]
Two students from New Albany Elementary School are winners in the Child Abuse Prevention coloring contest sponsored by the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services. Nayeli Pech is a third grade student who won second place in the contest. Tyler Whitten, a fifth grader, placed third. Their art work will be used in promotional materials […]
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