Entries by NEMiss.News

“Give me liberty or give me…security?”

“Patrick Henry did not say, ‘Give me liberty or give me security.’ He said, ‘Give me liberty or give me death’.” So said U.S. Congressmen Trent Kelly Monday night at the Union County Courthouse. Kelly, a Republican lawyer and a long-serving U.S. Army officer, represents Mississippi’s First Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. […]

Atlatl competition team forming for Fall meet

New Albany, MS- A new group in Union County is exploring how ancient weapons were used thousands of years ago in Mississippi and across the world. The group, called Friends of Ingomar Mound, is forming an atlatl team which can compete in the State of Mississippi Atlatl Competition on October 29. “What is an atlatl?” you may well […]

Literary Fest 2016 in New Albany has many events yet to come.

New Albany, MS– As local lovers of the written word continue the celebration of  “all things literary,” the community’s various groups and organizations that celebrate books, writers, readers and performance will share their various endeavors with anyone who wishes to partake in this year’s Literary Fest 2016. This three-month celebration, which is now at its approximate […]

Work progressing on re-paving Bankhead Street

New Albany, MS- In spite of rain delays, the work to re-pave Bankhead Street (Highway 178) is progressing with “milling” of the old surface being done at night. APAC of Mississippi, the contractor retained by the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT), started work Monday, August 15, on re-paving Bankhead from Highway 15 to the western city […]

BMH-UC Cancer Center brings cutting edge cancer treatment closer to home

New Albany, MS- The opening Tuesday afternoon, August 16th, of the new Cancer Center at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County (BMH-UC) means cancer patients here and in nearby counties will find state-of-the-art treatment much closer to home. Well-known and respected oncologists C. Michael Jones, M.D., Brent Mullins, M.D., Shailesh Satpute, M.D., and oncology certified family nurse practitioner […]

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NAHS honors ACT 30+ Club students

New Albany, MS- New Albany High School presented ACT 30+ Club t-shirts on Thursday, August 11 to celebrate students’ recent success on the ACT.   Students who have a composite or subscore of 30 or more on their recent ACT are inducted into the club. One hundred ten students have become members of the ACT 30+ […]

Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County opens new Cancer Center

New Albany, MS- Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County (BMH-UC) formally opened its new $600,000 Cancer Center with a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday afternoon, August  16th. Click here for information on services to be provided at the new Cancer Center. About a hundred people witnessed the event at the western end of the hospital campus. The new […]

UPDATE: Two captured quickly, arraigned for credit card fraud

New Albany, MS- Two Memphis men charged with credit card fraud remained in the Union County jail, Monday evening, August 15th. They had not posted bail of $25,000 set in New Albany municipal court earlier Monday. Eldridge Buford, age 42, of 1238 Will Scarlett Drive, Memphis, and Torries Williams, also aged 42, of 1332 Coker […]