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Nine Northeast Tigers picked for annual All-Star Game

Several Northeast Mississippi Community College football players are set to represent their team and institution on the field of competition for one last occasion. Nine Tigers were chosen to participate in the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) All-Star Game. It is the most individual selections for Northeast since the 2012 edition of […]

The Thrilla in Mississippi?

Several lawyers in north Mississippi should have a very nice Christmas if they all collect fees from a piddling case that grows day by day. It started at an Ole Miss football game in Oxford the afternoon of Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015. Near the end of the game officers of the University of Mississippi Police […]

Movie produced by New Albany man to premier on NBC December 10th UPDATED

UPDATE 12-11-2015: New Albany’s Hudson Hickman has told NAnewsweb.com that the success of Coat of Many Colors is  “gratifying.”  According to an article in Variety, the movie drew over 13 million viewers which was the biggest audience for an original movie on television since 2011. To see the Variety article and review, click: Coat of Many Colors ______________________________________________ […]

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NASTUC teachers receive training in alternative education initiatives

Teachers at NASTUC (New Albany, South Tippah, Union County Behavior Management Center) received advanced training in Odysseyware on October 9.  Odysseyware has supported Alternative Education initiatives in thousands of schools, districts and communities nationwide. Be it in alternative classrooms, schools-within-schools, alternative schools or second or last-chance schools, Odysseyware’s flexible and customizable curriculum can be utilized […]

New Albany/Union County Christmas Parade 2015

Everyone loves a parade. Here are some random scenes from this year’s Christmas parade, which was organized by the Tallahatchie River Players and had for its theme: A Storybook Christmas. The winners in this year’s parade: 1st place was First Baptist Church 2nd place was Beulah Baptist Church 3rd place was the New Albany Girl […]

Thank you for supporting New Albany: we made the Levitt AMP finals!

According to the Levitt AMP website, New Albany was number 7 in the community vote tally. That gets us into the final round where our proposal will be reviewed. Thanks to everyone for the support shown our community. THE NEW ALBANY PROPOSAL Official Name of Public Space The Park Along the River Site Address 217 […]

The Islamic-Christian conflict, Part II: circa WWI

Most people in Union County, indeed most Americans, had given scant thought to Islam before September 11, 2001. Until then, for most people, Islam and its conflicts had been, as in the title of George M. Cohan’s World War I song, “Over There.” That all changed the morning Islamists hijacked four commercial airliners and used […]

Children mauled by dogs Thanksgiving day

Two small children were mauled by dogs in separate incidents on Thanksgiving Day in rural Union County. Both children received treatment at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis. Union County Sheriff Jimmy Edwards said the first incident occurred on County Road 137 about noon Thursday when a three-year-old child wandered into a neighbor’s yard. The […]