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Voters in Union County and throughout Mississippi will vote Tuesday, Nov. 3rd, to choose candidates to fill most state and county office for the next four years. This article is only about elections for Union County offices and only for those positions in which there are contests. NAnewsweb.com gave all candidates in competitive races the […]
County Board of Supervisors turn over Starting in January all but one of the five members of the Union County Board of Supervisors will be a new face. Long-serving Supervisors Danny Jordan of District Three and Benny Rakestraw of District Five did not run for re-election, thus creating two open seats. Incumbent Democrat Dwight “Peanut” […]
With the opening of New Albany’s Fresenius Medical Care center, nearly 60 kidney patients who have been travelling to dialysis centers in other towns may be able to receive care closer to home. According to the National Kidney Foundation, as of October 2015 there were 101,189 patients awaiting kidney transplants. In 2014 only 17, 105 […]
This may be the last chapter in the saga of the 2015 election for the Union County Superintendent of Education. As you may recall, this story began with the August 4th Primary, when Ken Basil, current Union County Superintendent of Education , and Loretta Hartfield each scored enough votes to require a run-off for the […]
The New Albany School District has been awarded continued funding through the Title IV, Part B, 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) grant from the Mississippi Department of Education. This is a five-year grant that will support expanded before-school and after-school activities, parent engagement opportunities, and summer enrichment programming at New Albany Elementary School, New […]
New Albany High School hosted its monthly Brown Bag Luncheon on Wednesday, October 21. Each month NAHS will host a brown bag lunch with area career and industry leaders. Each month speakers representing different careers will speak to students who are specifically interested in pursuing a career in that area. The second brown bag lunch […]
Nearing the end of his third term as a Chancery Court Judge, Talmadge Littlejohn died unexpectedly Monday night in New Albany, after a brief illness. He had celebrated his 80th birthday only a few days earlier, and had presided over a session in his court earlier on the day he died. Littlejohn’s career as an […]
Two competing “ballot initiatives” regarding education funding are the ballot items getting the most attention in the dwindling days before the November 3rd general election. The races for governor, lieutenant-governor, secretary of state, etc. feature well-known, well-financed incumbents against unknown challengers, who have no money and no way of getting any. The big money — hundreds […]
As a service to our readers, NAnewsweb.com has obtained and posted a sample Union County ballot for the November 3rd general election. The five-page sample ballot, obtained from the Union County Circuit Clerk, is a combined ballot, meaning that it contains the names of all contenders for all races in all districts. Voters will want to […]
The following students at New Albany Elementary School received the Bullpup Pride Recognition Award because of their positive behavior during the week of October 19. Pictured in no particular order are: Gabe Spencer, Morgan Pipkin, Lauren Denton, Mitchell Robbins, Quvae Collins, Alaina Butler, Ethan Smithey, Trevor Thomasson, […]
The major roles of two New Albany residents in building and improving Mississippi highways were cited during the Friday morning naming ceremony for Interstate 22. About 125 people including state and federal officials gathered under a white tent a few hundred feet from the highway as Highway 78 became I-22. Both Northern District Transportation Commissioner […]
A man held up the Renasant Bank at Coulter Road and Highway 30 at around 2 p.m. Friday, but was in police custody only minutes later. New Albany Police Chief Chris Robertson said the robber walked into the bank and handed a teller a note demanding money. The teller complied, and the man left the […]
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