Entries by NEMiss.News

Crawfish Festival raises money for playground improvements fund

While the torrential rains cancelled the first Tallahatchie Crawfish & Shrimp Festival at the Park Along the River last weekend, that didn’t stop organizers of the event or the hundred or so people who showed up at the scaled down event that was moved to The Basement, an events venue downtown. Mark “Pop’s” Pipkin and […]

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New Albany named “BEST Southern Small Town” by USA TODAY

The city of New Albany has been named “America’s Best Southern Small Town” for 2017 by the national newspaper, USA TODAY. Earlier this year the city was named as one of twenty nominations by a panel of travel writers and experts. The nominations were then posted on the USA TODAY 10 best website, and readers […]

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Dean Provence Endowment stimulates learning at Career & Technical School

Students in Jalon Bullock’s STEM classes at New Albany High School of Career & Technical Education participate in activities using the Parrott Bebop Drone and Sky Controller.  Through these activities, students have learned basic code writing and computer programming skills, as well as the theories and principles relating to flight and robotics. This equipment was […]

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Hobson wins honorable mention in Groundbreaking MS art contest

Drew Hobson, a 5th grade student at New Albany Elementary School, received honorable mention for his drawing of B.B. King in the fourth through seventh grade category of the state-wide 2017 Groundbreaking Mississippi Art Contest:  Mississippi’s Creative Spirit sponsored by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Students were asked to submit artwork depicting who they believe […]

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BNA Bank’s Witt named UCDA 2017 Citizen of the Year

New Albany banker and civic leader Vance Witt was named 2017 Citizen of the Year at the annual Union County Development Association (UCDA) banquet Tuesday night. The presentation was made by New Albany physician Tommy Barkley, a member of the UCDA board. Witt is board chairman of BNA Bank, headquartered in New Albany. A graduate […]

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Candidates’ Forum draws large crowd of interested voters

The Republican Women’s Club hosted a bipartisan candidates’ forum at the Union County Courthouse on Monday evening, April 24th. Sue Morrison, President of the Republican Women’s Club handled the evening’s official duties, and Daniel Sparks, an Oxford attorney and active Republican worker, served as moderator. An engaged crowd of at least 129 citizens of New […]

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Union County Ole Miss Club announces scholarship winners

Congratulations to these New Albany High School Seniors for receiving the Ole Miss Alumni Scholarship. Pictured left to right… Mark McClinton (Union County Ole Miss Club Board Member), Sarah Gaines, Kaitlyn White, Meg Bramlett, Perry McKinney, Mary Catherine McClinton (Union County Ole Miss Club Board Member), Leslie Swords (Union County Ole Miss Club Board Member) […]

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Hundreds of NAES students to perform with symphony April 21

New Albany Elementary School students are busily polishing up their skills for tomorrow’s (April 21) performance with the North Mississippi Symphony Orchestra. The performance is part of the Carnegie Foundation of New York’s Link Up program.   Students had an opportunity to practice with and ask questions of Steven Byess, the conductor of the North […]

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Homeland Art category winners announced at Chickasaw Celebration

On Tuesday April 18th, the Union County Heritage Museum and the Chickasaw Inkana Foundation, along with other partners presented Chickasaw Celebration, a program honoring the Chickasaw Nation’s history, culture and continuing influence upon North Mississippi, its sacred Homeland. As a part of the Chickasaw Celebration, a Homeland Art category was added to this year’s high […]

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