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Jimmy Leon Crumpton August 1, 1948 – January 25, 2019 Jimmy Leon Crumpton, 70, died Friday, January 25, 2018, at Baptist Memorial Hospital Union County. He was born August 1, 1948, in New Albany to Wade and Grace Frazier Crumpton. He was a member of Beulah Baptist Church. He was retired from Piper Impact […]
Mississippi counties do not have an official, elected by county-wide vote, who serves as the chief executive of the county. Instead, the Mississippi Code provides that each of the state’s 82 counties is governed by five county supervisors, each elected from a specific geographic district of the county. The state code, most recently revised in […]
On January 23, 2019, legislation expanding broadband internet access passed the Mississippi State Senate unanimously. House Bill 366, also referred to as the Mississippi Broadband Enabling Act, allows electric power cooperatives across the state to offer high-speed internet service to its customers. The bill, sponsored by Speaker of the House Philip Gunn, previously passed the […]
The Teachers of the Year and the Administrator of the Year from the New Albany School District were formally recognized at the January 14th School Board Meeting. Pictured front row l-r: John Ferrell, Principal of New Albany High School, Administrator of the Year; Balinda Denton, New Albany Elementary School Teacher of the Year; back […]
The Dean Provence Endowment for Excellence in Education Board has announced the allocation of funds totaling nearly $7,900 to teachers in the New Albany School District (NASD). In an effort to maximize the effectiveness of the awards, this year grants were directed to New Albany Elementary School and the School of Career & Technical Education. […]
Zelma Jesteen Dunahoo June 16, 1927 – January 18, 2019 Jesteen Dunahoo New Albany-Zelma Jesteen Dunahoo, age 91, passed away Friday, January 18, 2019, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union County. She was born June 16, 1927, in Union County, MS to Wesley Melson and Betty Davis Melson. She was a homemaker and a […]
Sylvia Dodie Lynn Hill Green February 5, 1949 – January 14, 2019 Dodie Green Pontotoc—Sylvia Dodie Lynn Hill Green, 69, died Monday, January 14, 2019, at her residence in Pontotoc. She was born February 5, 1949, in Memphis, TN., to William Mancel and Mildred Johnston Hill. She was a member of First Assembly of […]
AC’s Coffee at the Tanglefoot Trailhead in downtown New Albany is expected to open for business again tomorrow morning, Thursday, January 17, 2019. A notice appeared on AC’s front door earlier in January indicating the business would close, apparently for good, at the end of the day on Tuesday, January 15. Close it did, and […]
The first of exhibit of 2019 at the Union County Heritage Museum will feature African American art from the Mississippi Museum of Art, “Image and Identity,” as well as art from the museum’s collection and private donors, featuring work from the late M. B. Mayfield and others. The exhibit will open January 17, 12 noon with […]
Jewell Jean Guthrie May 15, 1983 – January 10, 2019 Jewell Jean Guthrie, 35, died at home in the Lake Arrowhead community on Thursday, January 10, 2019. She was born on May 15, 1983, in Memphis, Tennessee, the daughter of Richard Guthrie and Patricia Ann Day Campbell. Jewell was of the Baptist faith. Survivors […]
Ann Barkley April 24, 1930 – January 10, 2019 Ann Barkley New Albany—Ann Elizabeth Ford Barkley, 88, joined Jesus and her loved ones in her Heavenly Home on Thursday, January 10, 2019. Her mind and body have been perfectly restored. She was born April 24, 1930, in Union County to John Pinkney Ford, Jr., […]
Each month, a Student of the Month is chosen for each homeroom at New Albany Elementary School . This student is one who goes above and beyond classroom expectations. December students of the month are as follows: Students chosen for grades K-2 (in no particular order) are: James Preston, Reese Clemmer, Savannah Carruthers, Za’Khia […]
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