Entries by NEMiss.News

Box culvert, other work on Main Street nears completion

Workers are nearly finished with the  project to put a large capacity box culvert under Main Street where the Tanglefoot Trail bridge crosses Main. Excavation work for the new culvert started in October. The actual installation of the culvert is complete. Friday afternoon a Paul Smithey Construction Company crew was milling — grinding down — […]

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New Albany student wins first place in video contest

New Albany High School sophomore, Michelle Luo,  is the first place winner in a video contest sponsored by the Mississippi Construction Education Foundation (MCEF).   Luo, a journalism student, discovered the contest online and approached her journalism teacher, LeeAnn Thompson, and Construction Instructor, Rick Robbins,  about the possibility of developing a video for the MCEF Contest. […]

Run-off election to be held for MS Supreme Court

New Albany, MS– Union County Circuit Court Clerk Phyllis Stanford reminds voters that there will be a run-off election on Tuesday, November 29th. If you thought we were finished with elections for this year, you were wrong. Hopefully, it will be easier for voters to decide between the two MS Supreme Court Judge candidates than […]

Christmas-in-Flight parade is November 28th

New Albany, MS– “Christmas-in-Flight,” the New Albany/Union County 2016 Christmas parade is scheduled for November 28th, the Monday after Thanksgiving. The Tallahatchie River Players are in charge of production of the parade, and urge participants to think “flight of fantasy” when preparing entries. There will be something for everyone this year–all the tradition and a […]

Methamphetamine bust is New Albany Police’s largest

New Albany, MS- New Albany Police Department (NAPD)  officers  arrested two drug traffickers, who possessed a large quantity of crystal meth (methamphetamine), Saturday night, Nov. 12. The initial stop, for a traffic violation on I-22, was made by a NAPD officer with a canine unit at about 10 p.m. Saturday. While questioning the car’s driver […]

Rain falls in New Albany, but more is needed

New Albany, MS- According to our favorite local weather reporter, Joe Wilson, of New Albany, our city received a little rain during the past night. Joe tells us that his rain gauge registered 0.46 inch of moisture, which fell between 2:00 AM and 3:00 AM on the morning of November 15th. Even with this shower, NAnewsweb.com reminds […]

Ingomar Mound Day explores Mississippi’s distant past life

New Albany, MS– Union County Heritage Museum hosted the Annual Ingomar Mounds Day activities on Saturday, November 12, 2016. The 2000 year old Ingomar mound site, a Middle Woodland site first explored and mapped by the Smithsonian in the 1880s, originally consisted of 13 to 14 mounds, and is the oldest manmade site in Union […]

New Albany Gazette in permanent office in downtown New Albany

New Albany, MS- New Albany’s twice-weekly newspaper, the New Albany Gazette, is in its new permanent home. The Gazette staff greeted about 100 visitors to its open house Thursday afternoon, November 10th, in its new quarters on the street level of Hamilton Place on Bankhead Street. The paper, believed to have been founded about 120 years […]

Baptist-Union County honors Owens’ 50 year career: “She literally molded the culture of our hospital.”

New Albany, MS- Honoring an astonishing 50 year career with one organization, Baptist Memorial Hospital Union County celebrated Barbara Owens, who is retiring from her position as administrative director. About two hundred of Barbara’s friends and co-workers attended a farewell party in her honor in the hospital’s cafeteria on Friday, November 11, 2016. There were gifts, […]

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Career & Technical students create training videos

New Albany, MS- Students in the Early Childhood & Education II class at the New Albany School of Career & Technical Education have recently had the experience of providing training for daycare centers in the state. Kimberly Langley, who serves as the instructor for the program, was contacted by a friend who owns a daycare center […]

A short history of Veterans’ Day

New Albany, MS– Veterans Day originated as “Armistice Day” on November 11, 1919 to celebrate the end of World War I, which officially took place at 11:00 AM on November 11, 1918.  Congress passed a resolution in 1926 for an annual observance. In legislation that was passed in 1938, November 11 was “dedicated to the […]