Entries by NEMiss.News

NAHS names new Athletics Director, Head Football Coach

The New Albany School Board of Trustees approved the hiring of both a new  Athletics Director and a new Head Football Coach at its monthly meeting on June 4. Todd Lott will serve as Athletics Director; Cody Stubblefield will be the new Head Football Coach. Todd Lott is new NAHS Athletics Director Todd Lott has […]

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New Albany Middle School names new Assistant Principal

New Albany School District announces the hiring of Anna Kathryn Sloan as the next Assistant Principal of New Albany Middle School. Sloan brings several years of experience in education, coaching, and research. Most recently, Sloan served as a secondary education teacher and coach in the Tupelo Public Schools. Sloan is a graduate of Millsaps College […]

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Local woman wandered off from home, found in woods

A woman who wandered away from home and was lost in the woods earlier this afternoon has been found. She was reported missing by her family about 1:30 PM today. As of 2:20 PM she had been located and the Ranger One all terrain vehicle (ATV) was making its way through the woods to carry […]

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Today is Mississippi primary elections day.

Union County Circuit Clerk Phyllis Stanford is shown as she prepared a voting machine on Monday, June 4. She said she expects a relatively low turnout for today’s Democratic and Republican primary elections and that her office had received only 54 absentee ballots as of Monday. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Roger Wicker has a single […]

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Tickets are now on sale for Farm to Table Dinner

Join us for our third Farm to Table Dinner at the beautiful new event space, Camp 106, in the heart of downtown New Albany. The dinner will be on June 19th, at 6:30 PM. The contributors this year are Chef Mitch McCamey, Chef Cooper Miller, and mixologist Megan Dye all of Kermit’s Outlaw Kitchen and […]

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Rant: Does New Albany need a sign ordinance at all?

According to its agenda, the New Albany Board of Aldermen will hold a public hearing tomorrow evening, June 5, 2018, for its proposed new sign ordinance. Anyone with comments on the new rules governing signs in New Albany will be able to speak briefly. We have ranted so much during the last three years about […]

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2018 Fossil Road Show: June 9th at the museum

Fossils, rocks, gems and minerals are the focus of the annual Fossil Road Show at the Union County Heritage Museum on Saturday, June 9, 2018, 10 – 2. There is something for all ages. The annual event brings out the paleontologists from across the state as well as the private collectors, treasure hunters and those […]

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Robert Clayton Festival offers family fun for a good cause

Join us June 9th for the Robert Clayton Festival on the courthouse lawn!! We will have lots of kids activities, including face painting, train and pony rides, touch a truck, and MORE! For the parents we have vendors, food trucks, and musical entertainment, including Paid In Full! Vendors and kids activities start at 10 am […]

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Memorial Day remembrances: then and now, large and small

Memorial Day is, officially, a solemn day of remembrance for everyone who has died serving in the American armed forces. Unfortunately, it has also become the three-day-weekend beginning of the summer holiday season. In 1968 Congress passed the Uniform Holiday Act which established five Monday holidays for federal workers. When the act became effective in […]

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