Entries by NEMiss.News

Quick business as usual for County Supervisors, April 11

During a brief morning meeting Monday April 11th, the Union County Board of Supervisors: Listened to a presentation by Terry Westmoreland, an insurance agent from Arkansas representing Boston Mutual Life Insurance Company. Westmoreland asked the board’s permission to call on about 100 Union County employees to present them with a “supplemental life insurance program” under […]

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New Albany Home & Garden Show draws large crowd

The Union County Master Gardeners moved their 2016 New Albany Home & Garden Show to the downtown area this year.  Though they built a garden gate entry for the Courthouse lawn, it was still a little more difficult to “count the crowd” in the new, wide-spread location. But, there is no doubt that attendance was […]

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New Albany High School announces 2015-2016 STAR student

KeXin Weng has been named as a STAR (Student-Teacher Achievement Recognition) Student for the 2015-2016 school year by the Mississippi Economic Council’s M. B. Swayze Foundation, sponsor of the STAR program. The New Albany High School senior will be honored during the STAR Program at the annual Education Celebration on April 28, 2016, at the […]

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NAMS students tour University of MS and Rowan Oak

Melissa Tate’s Algebra I class and Troy Trout’s Accelerated English 8 class from New Albany Middle School enjoyed a field trip to the University of Mississippi and Rowan Oak on Friday, April 1.     Students were given a detailed tour of the National Center of Physical Acoustics and learned how math is used in working on […]

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Muttley would surely love a family

Are you looking for unconditional love and a forever friend? Sweet Muttley is too!  This dog of the week is about 1 year old, weighs about 40 pounds and is full of energy. She is up to date on vaccinations, flea and heart worm treated and spayed.  She just needs a loving forever home. She […]

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NAHS Career & Technical outstanding students

The following students have been selected as Outstanding Career & Technical Education students for the third nine weeks at the New Albany School of Career & Technical Education:   Braxton Wilson , Engineering II; Helen Grace Grisham, Health Science II; Joseph Hodges, Construction II; Chance Betts, Drafting II; Alanna Leifheit, Early Childhood II; Jessiana Smith, Marketing; […]

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New Albany Home & Garden Show is April 9th

Tomorrow is the day the Union County Master Gardeners will be “Rolling into Spring” with the New Albany Home & Garden Show. “Rolling into Spring” will be April 9th in downtown New Albany around the courthouse and at the historic Cine Theater.  On deck for the show are an antique tractor show, talks by the […]

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Northeast’s Wright ends historic season with coaching honors

Colorado Springs, Colo. – Northeast Mississippi Community College’s Cord Wright has received a pair of awards for directing one of the most successful seasons in the history of the men’s basketball program. Wright was selected as both the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) District 15 and Region 23 Coach of the Year for his […]

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“Goodness snakes alive!”

This is an unusual use of New Albany’s Park-Along-the River…or maybe it isn’t. Von Echols, formerly of Blue Mountain and now living in Ripley, and Zykielez Triplett, of Blue Mountain, were “walking” their snakes in the Park-Along-the-River on Thursday afternoon, April 7th. Word is that they do this for their snakes about once a month. […]

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Bullpup Pride Award winners for March 28th at NAES

The following students at New Albany Elementary School received the Bullpup Pride Recognition Award because of their positive behavior during the weeks of March 28.                 Pictured in no particular order are: Kameron Carruthers, Denis Ortiz, Whit Whiteside, Kyler Roberts, Christian Fonseca, Will Mayo, Ashton Presley, Isaiah Cleveland, Gracie […]

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