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Children mauled by dogs Thanksgiving day

Two small children were mauled by dogs in separate incidents on Thanksgiving Day in rural Union County. Both children received treatment at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis. Union County Sheriff Jimmy Edwards said the first incident occurred on County Road 137 about noon Thursday when a three-year-old child wandered into a neighbor’s yard. The […]

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Baptist Union County accepts accreditation award

Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County department heads recently accepted a Joint Commission Accreditation Award on behalf of the hospital. Baptist Union County was recently named a Top Performer as part the Joint Commission’s Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® recognition program. The hospital was named a Top Performer in five categories: heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care, […]

Crossfit Fire Ant is new to New Albany. What is it?

Many people wonder what is Crossfit? They may have heard it’s exercise, torture, craziness, even a cult. To Sonny Norton, owner of Crossfit Fire Ant, it is the start of a new lifestyle. You see, Sonny was not always fit, not always an athlete. Suffering from childhood asthma and severe allergies, Sonny was not able […]

Ole Miss police investigate incident involving New Albany officer

The University of Mississippi campus police department is investigating an incident, Saturday, Nov. 21, that involved a New Albany police officer. A video posted online appears to show off-duty New Albany police officer Brock White involved in a fracas with a fan near the end of the football game in which Ole Miss defeated LSU. […]

Good health care news locally. Bad news statewide.

“The dedicated and caring staff and our strong physician partners are the keys to service excellence.”      -Walter Grace, CEO and Administrator Baptist Hospital Union County There’s good news and bad news. The good news: Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County did not make the “bad news” list. In fact, the New Albany facility, a part […]

Haven’t voted in Levitt AMP? Now’s the time!

With about ten days left in the voting period, New Albany is currently in 6th place in the Levitt AMP grant competition. This competition will award 15 grants of $20,000 to 15 winning communities to support free music concerts. There are 40 entrants in the running at this time, with New Albany being the smallest […]