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Four of the five seats at the big table were occupied by freshmen members Monday when the Union County Board of Supervisors held its first 2016 meeting. Two long-time board members did not seek re-election, and two other incumbent supervisors were defeated in the Democratic Party primary. Only District Four Supervisor Randy Owen, a Democrat […]
Luncheon with Books will be held Tuesday, January 19, at the Jennie Stephens Smith Library in New Albany, Jeff McManus Director of Landscape Services at the University of Mississippi will review his book Pruning Like a Pro. New Albany Garden Club will hostess a light lunch beginning at 11:30 AM and Mr. McManus will begin […]
NEW ALBANY, Miss., January 3, 2016 – Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County welcomed the first baby of the New Year born on January 2, 2016. Carlie Johnson, officially the first baby to be born in 2016 at Baptist Union County, arrived at 4:05 am. The proud parents are Shelby Johnson and Clay Johnson of the Ripley […]
The Rebels did what they had to do New Year’s night in New Orleans to earn Ole Miss football immortality. They whipped Oklahoma State 48-20 in the Sugar Bowl. The victory more than made up for a disappointing post-season last year. Ole Miss quarterback Chad Kelly completed one of the best seasons ever by an […]
A New Albany reader sent us this review of New Albany’s 2015 weather, which prompted us to look back at some of the weather-related stories we published in 2015. There were a lot of them. They related to local events that depended upon good weather for their success, civic projects that were affected by weather, […]
The following students at New Albany Elementary School received the Bullpup Pride Recognition Award because of their positive behavior during the week of December 7: Johnathon Quarles, Remington Carroll, Makenzie Reed, Carson Evans, Will Hardy, Mickey Woods, Ethan Smithey, Lauryn Deaton, Chris Carter, Ashlyn Brown, Jake Whitt, Sharon Osario, Laura-Kay Pierce, Ashton Presley, Alan Ortega, […]
A Union County deputy was injured Christmas morning when he lost control of the sheriff’s department vehicle he was driving near the Myrtle city limits. Witnesses said Deputy Sheriff Adam Fitts was westbound on Highway 178 at about 9 a.m. Friday morning, Dec. 25th, when he lost control of a Chevrolet Tahoe on wet pavement. […]
As great a song writer as Charles Wesley was, there was at least one time when he needed a little help from a friend. “Hark, how all the welkin rings” just doesn’t work the way “Hark, the herald angels sing” does. Welkin is an old Anglo-Saxon word that refers to the “vault of Heaven” where […]
Nearly a full day after the Dec. 23 tornado damage in Mississippi, a coherent picture finally started to emerge as to the human cost of the storm. Seven deaths have been confirmed in north Mississippi with one person still unaccounted for in Benton County, as of mid-afternoon Christmas Eve. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency in […]
Early Wednesday evening Union County Sheriff’s Department officers were assisting with tornado-damage search and rescue in Benton County. Sheriff Jimmy Edwards told NAnewsweb.com that there had been at least one fatality in Benton County, and that he and several deputies are helping in the search for any other possible victims. The sheriff said he and […]
The 2014-2015 school year was certainly one of challenges for educators across the state. It was the first year that schools were assessed on the Common Core State Standards. How students were to be assessed was fairly unknown to teachers as Mississippi participated in PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers) assessments […]
UPDATED: 12/20/2015 The story we posted a couple of days ago about a U.S. Army Chinook helicopter that made an overnight stay near the West Union School triggered memories for a Union County man, who served with the U.S. Army in Vietnam. He wrote: “Your story about the Chinook helicopter that made an unscheduled landing […]
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