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Susan Roberts, the recently retired administrative assistant to New Albany Mayor Tim Kent, has received a letter of commendation from First District Congressman Trent Kelly. Jim Owen, Field Representative for Kelly, presented the letter to Roberts Friday afternoon, July 24, at New Albany city hall. The commendation reads in part, “Your commitment to New Albany […]
The office of Community Development/ New Albany Main Street has added Emily Draffen to their team as Assistant Director of Community Development; Special Events and Manager of the Magnolia Civic Center. Ms. Draffen will oversee rentals, special events, and programming at the Magnolia Civic Center as well as other duties within Community Development. She comes […]
Several hundred school children enjoyed a unique drive-through Back-to-School Fair, Saturday, July 25, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County (BMH). Although the Back-to-School Fair has been a successful annual event at Baptist-Union County for many summers, the coronavirus pandemic made it especially challenging this year. In prior years, school children and their parents wandered freely over […]
New Albany MS – The annual Baptist Memorial Hospital Union County (BMH) Back-to-School Fair will be Saturday morning, July 25th. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, this year’s fair will be a drive-through event in which school children will stay in the motor vehicles with the adults that drive them to and through the event. […]
[su_quote]” The reason you will not say it is, when you say it, even to yourself, you will know that it is true.” –William Faulkner, “As I Lay Dying”[/su_quote] Almost fifty years ago I was privileged to serve on the staff of then one of America’s most respected and beloved statesmen, Mississippi’s Senator […]
This November, Mississippi voters will face a complicated ballot that will require more decisions than who is going into what political office. By now, most people know they will be voting on a president along with other state and local officials in November However, three other measures have been added to that ballot that may […]
New Albany, MS – One suspect in the June 5th burglary of a downtown New Albany firearms store has been arrested in Memphis and returned to New Albany for prosecution. Dontravius Adams, age 27, was arrested in Memphis and brought back to New Albany. He was arraigned in Union County Justice Court on multiple […]
July 22,2020: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Defense (DoD) today announced an agreement with U.S.-based Pfizer Inc. for large-scale production and nationwide delivery of 100 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine in the United States following the vaccine’s successful manufacture and approval. The agreement also allows the U.S. […]
Check with your local bank about depositing coins Jackson, MS, July 17, 2020 – Time to empty out the piggy banks to help small businesses. Mississippi banks are asking consumers to deposit their spare change at their local bank or coin-cashing machines as the pandemic-related shutdowns has created a coin shortage. When COVID-19 restrictions went into […]
NEW ALBANY, Miss., July 20, 2020 – Trinity Walls, RN, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County, recently received the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses, an award given in appreciation of the work nurses do. Walls, a nurse in the Women’s Center, was nominated by multiple patients. Nurses like Walls are nominated by patients, families, […]
COVID-19 Week of July 14 – July 20, 2020 STATEWIDE MISSISSIPPI Mississippi had 7209 new COVID-19 cases and 108 new deaths this week, for a total of 43,889 cases and 1358 deaths since reporting began on March 11, 2020. These reports represent an increases of 19.7% in cases and 8.6% in deaths. This compares to […]
Customers of the Regions Bank branch at 112 East Bankhead Street in New Albany are breathing easier after the branch re-opened a week ago, Monday, July 13. Regions customers who went to the bank the prior week were surprised, and many were concerned, to learn that the bank facility was closed, apparently with no prior […]
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