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SkyWatcher alert for Saturday, August 27, 2016

With local skies in the New Albany area forecast to be “mostly clear” tomorrow evening, local skywatchers have a good chance of seeing a significant cosmic event. Just before sunset, Venus and Jupiter will be visible low in the western horizon. They will not be this close again until November of 2065, 49 years in […]

Louisiana relief truck

New Albany, MS- Editor’s note: NAnewsweb.com received this information from one of the sponsors of the Union County effort to fill a truck with needed supplies for the flood victims of Southeast Louisiana. The people of Union County gave generously of their time, effort and money to assist those in need. The flood victims in […]

Shooting in Myrtle under investigation/ UPDATED 8-24-2016

New Albany, MS- UPDATED 8-24-2016: Early on the morning of Wednesday, August 24, 2016, the Union County Sheriff’s Department arrested a Myrtle, MS woman in a shooting incident of about 5:20 PM the previous evening. The shooting incident, which occurred on North St. in Myrtle, sent a man to The Med in Memphis for treatment. Cathy […]

Armed men rob store near downtown New Albany

 New Albany, MS- UPDATED 8-24-2016: On Tuesday afternoon, August 23, 2016, two men were apprehended by the New Albany Police Department, a little over one hour after they perpetrated an armed robbery at Trio Sales, on Bankhead Street. The men were apprehended near the intersection of Highland Street and Highway 30, in New Albany. Dorian […]

“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 […]