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Scenes from the 2018 Union County Relay for Life

More than 200 people participated in the Union county Relay for Life event Friday night at the Coliseum of the Union County Fairgrounds. Rain threatened in the National Weather Service forecast,  but none fell to interrupt the event. It was estimated that more than 200 people participated. NAnewsweb.com photographed the Relay event, and some of […]

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Northside Garden Club Earth Day art contest winners

The Historic Northside Garden Club sponsored the first annual Earth Day Art Contest at New Albany Elementary School. Emily Murff, art rotation teacher and member of the Historic Northside Garden Club taught students in grades 2nd-5th a lesson on Walter Anderson and his conservationist views and expression through art. Each student was asked to paint […]

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New Albany Garden Club sponsors NAES art contest

New Albany Garden Club sponsored the Smokey Bear & Woodsy Owl poster contest at New Albany Elementary School. Pictured are the winners: front row l-r: Christopher Chen, Katie Flores, Kimberly Huffman, Samantha Navarro, and Carly Pegues; back row l-r: Emily Murff, NAES Art Rotation Teacher; Lorenzo Ingram, Elana Crayton, Allie Bullock, Chloe Hudson, Shelby Morris, […]

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New Albany High School 2018 Art Show Winners

The annual New Albany High School Art Show was held Monday, April 9 at the Union County Heritage Museum. The following winners were announced: Art I Mixed Media Self Portraits: Honorable Mention-Myranda Cobb Honorable Mention-Joseph Fennell 3rd Place-Caitlyn Osgood 2nd Place-Christiana Rowan 1st Place-Annae Scales African Sticks: Honorable Mention-Jovany Guerrero Honorable Mention-Shannon Boyd 3rd Place-Adan […]

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UCDA members honor Pennebaker, hear Wicker at annual dinner

More than a hundred people attended the annual dinner meeting of the Union County Development Association (UCDA), Monday night, April 30. U. S. Senator Roger Wicker was the guest speaker for the event held at the cafeteria of New Albany Middle School. Wicker, who has many long-time friends in New Albany, recalled several events from […]

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New Albany High School has 16 MHSAA scholar teams

Sixteen of New Albany High School’s varsity teams have earned “scholar team” designation from the Mississippi High School Activities Association with a composite GPA of 3.0 or higher. “We are extremely proud of all of these programs and are appreciative to our coaches who continue to promote the ideals of be a student-athlete and being […]

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Union County Literacy Council to meet May 1

The Union County Literacy Council will have its general meeting on Tuesday, May 1, at 6:00 P.M. The meeting will be held at the Union County Library. Hanna Basil, a fourth grade teacher at NA Elementary will be the speaker. The public is invited. For more information, contact Nancy Meacham at 662-671-4394. The Union County […]

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NAMS students win state-wide honors for art, choir

Bella Jeter, a 7th grade student at New Albany Middle School, placed first in the middle school division of the College Savings Mississippi Art Contest. Bella was awarded a $529 MACS scholarship. She is pictured with State Treasurer Lynn Fitch at the awards ceremony in the Old Capitol in Jackson, MS on April 4th.   […]

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New Albany Main Street receives 2018 national accreditation

New Albany Main Street Association has been designated as an accredited Main Street America™ program for meeting rigorous performance standards set by the National Main Street Center. Each year, the National Main Street Center and its Coordinating Program partners announce the list of accredited Main Street America programs in recognition of their exemplary commitment to […]

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