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Evening concert and fireworks close out Freedom Fest 2018

The Mosely and Johnson Band, backed by the Muscle Shoals Horns, were the headline act on New Albany’s Riverview Stage during Saturday night’s Freedom Fest 2018 entertainment. Attendance was light when the Bonfire Orchestra took the stage at 6 pm., but picked up while Paul Tate’s jazz trio was playing. More people flowed into the […]

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Victory Belles perform, more 2018 Freedom Fest entertainment today

U.S. military veterans and their families were honored during a New Albany Freedom celebration entertainment event Friday evening at the First United Methodist Church. The Victory Belles, a female singing trio representing the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, were the featured entertainment. Wearing 1940s hairstyles, dress styles and makeup, the Victory Belles […]

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Three vehicles damaged in downtown New Albany accident

The driver of a large pickup truck struck a parked pickup and a minivan on downtown New Albany’s Bankhead St. Friday afternoon, damaging all three vehicles. Eyewitnesses said the pickup was traveling east at a brisk speed when it veered into the parking area on the south side of the street, in front the Hamilton […]

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Many Biscuits & Jam fans undeterred by soaring temperatures

The temperature in the shade was hovering at 100 degrees, but 415 people still turned out for the Biscuits & Jam Farmers’ Market, Thursday, June 28th. As always, there was plenty of shade on the left bank of the Tallahatchie River in New Albany, but most people were practicing a vitally important Southern survival skill: […]

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NAHS senior attends Rhodes College Mock Trial Academy

Parker Reid, a rising senior at New Albany High School, participated in the Rhodes College Mock Trial Academy last week in Memphis, Tennessee. Rhodes College Mock Trial is the nation’s most successful collegiate mock trial program with 32 consecutive National Championship Tournament appearances. The Mock Trial Academy is a three week residential program for high […]

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Museum Madness signup is underway at the Museum

Preparations for the annual Museum Madness Children’s Discovery Program are underway and registration is open for the programing set July 9 – 13, 2018, at the Union County Heritage Museum. Class sizes are limited and ages are incoming 2nd graders to incoming 4th grade students. The program is daily from 9 a.m. until 12 noon […]

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New Albany and Union County firefighters attend state conference

Local firefighters, along with department leaders, represented our area well at the annual state conference of fire chiefs/firefighters association, in beautiful Gulfport this month. Firefighters and department leaders from New Albany, Alpine, Center, Ingomar, Myrtle, Northeast, North Haven, Southeast, and West Union attended the conference.  Well over 300 firefighters from all over the state gathered […]

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Democratic U. S. Senate runoff election Tuesday, June 26th

Although Union County voters have seen little campaigning, the runoff election for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate will be Tuesday, June 26th. The runoff is between David Baria of Bay St. Louis and Howard Sherman, recently of Meridian. In the first Democratic Primary election on June 5th, Baria and Sherman were competing against […]

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Biscuits & Jam Farmers’ Market and the summer solstice

Relatively moderate temperatures and humidity on the summer solstice made it a nice evening to be out and about in New Albany, Mississippi. Temperatures in the low to mid 80s created a comfortable experience, especially for those who have learned how to move slowly during the summertime. The Biscuits and Jam Farmers’ Market shifted its time […]

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