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Union County Heritage Museum is hosting a quilt exhibit, one of 12 statewide exhibits, as part of Art Across Mississippi: Twelve Exhibitions, Twelve Communities, the Mississippi Museum of Art’s statewide bicentennial initiative. Voices in the Threads is a quilt exhibit opening January 18, at noon with a presentation by quilter and textile artist Jeanette Stone […]
The reward has been increased to at least $5,000 for information about the hit-and-run incident that critically injured a pedestrian last week in New Albany. New Albany Police Chief Chris Robertson and Mayor Tim Kent announced Monday afternoon that the city government will assure that the reward amounts to a minimum of $5,000. Robertson told […]
5th Grade EXCEL: journalism studies Ninabeth Capaning’s fifth grade EXCEL class from New Albany Elementary School visited LeeAnn Thompson’s INAYE Journalism class at New Albany High School on Thursday, November 9. The high school students are helping the elementary students start their own news show which will soon be a part of […]
New Albany police say a female hit-and-run victim is in “stable but critical” condition, the result of injuries from an accident Thursday on Martintown Road. New Albany Police Department (NAPD) sources say the victim, whom they identify as Sandra Elion, is in a Tupelo hospital with extensive, life-threatening trauma. She was on foot, trying to […]
A rather bizarre winter storm bringing icy conditions to New Albany started early Friday morning, January 11, 2018, and continues into mid afternoon. There were scattered power outages early Friday around the New Albany area because of damage from stiff and confused winds springing up in the early morning hours. New Albany Lights, Gas and […]
A gift card drawing was held for New Albany Elementary students who had weekly perfect attendance for the month of October. NAES Principal, Jamey Wright, congratulates students the follow students (no particular order): Madison McDaniel, Kylen Knox, Tatum White, Caleb Bowling, Samantha Neathery, Sage Floyd, Peyton Garner, Cassidy Knox, Kariana Chandler, and Addison Vetovitz. […]
Shortly before 5:00 PM, Thursday, January 11, a pedestrian was struck by a motor vehicle and seriously injured. The incident occurred on Martintown Road, a short distance south of the New Albany city limits. An African-American woman was struck as she tried to retrieve her mail from a mailbox across Martintown Road from her residence. […]
While I have respected and admired many people, I have stood in awe of very few. It is, perhaps, a flaw in my character, but I have not had many heroes, even as a small child. It is not in my nature to venerate people. About six weeks ago I read a book about a […]
Luncheon with Books will be held Tuesday, January 16, at the Jennie Stephens Smith Library in New Albany. Frank Madden will review Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger’s latest book Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans: The Battle That Shaped America’s Destiny. By mid 1814 in the War of 1812 the Americans were losing […]
Though numbers may be boring to some, they quantify the importance of the library to the residents of Union County and New Albany. The Jennie Stephens Smith Library had 54,465 visits in 2017. The computer usage numbers for 2017: Internet Job searches, 12,952 Online job applications, 23,845 For Government programs (File taxes, social security, Medicare, […]
Equipment and personnel from five Union County fire departments spent all day Friday, January 5, fighting a massive fire at American Furniture in Ecru. The main role of the Union County volunteer fire departments in battling the Ecru fire was in shuttling water to the fire. Fire officials estimated that more than 3-million gallons of […]
UPDATE: 1:00 PM 1-5-2018: Mark Whiteside, informs NAnewsweb.com that, as of noon today (Friday, January 5th), five Union County Volunteer Fire Departments still have tanker trucks and firefighting personnel on the scene of a large fire at American Furniture Company in Ecru. Additionally, the Pontotoc County fire is being fought by resources from several other […]
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