Entries by NEMiss.News

Failure: Full-time mediocrity in a part-time job can pay pretty well

If you believed the Mississippi state legislature would demonstrate more competence this year than it did in last year’s regular session, abandon hope. State legislature’s collective failure profits members, harms taxpayers It appears that the distinguished members of the state senate and house of representatives will again fail to do their jobs in the 90 […]

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Local SCORE chapter installed, serves 18 MS counties

Fifty-five people met in New Albany Tuesday afternoon, March 28, to participate in the formation of a new SCORE  chapter. SCORE stands for Service Corps of Retired Executives, and is funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). The new chapter is established to serve 18 Mississippi counties stretching diagonally across north Mississippi from DeSoto […]

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Myrtle to hold its 8th annual “Music at the Tracks”

The Town of Myrtle is having their 8th annual “Music at the Tracks” Festival on Saturday, April 15, 2017. There will be live music all day. Candidates running for Mayor and Aldermen of the Town will be given the opportunity to introduce themselves. We will have our 6th motorcycle show and run; proceeds will be […]

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If your church is 100 years old, it should be on the Hallelujah Trail

Museum celebrates spiritual history of Union County with Hallelujah Trail  The Hallelujah Trail is one way that the Union County Historical Society and Heritage Museum will commemorate the Mississippi Bicentennial in Union County. The project has been funded by a $7,500 grant from the Mississippi Humanities Council and the Mississippi Development Authority. This trail will […]

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Whiteside to represent New Albany Fire Department at national symposium

New Albany Fire Department Deputy Chief, North Haven Volunteer Firefighter, and Mississippi Firefighter’s Association 1st Vice President Mark Whiteside will be representing New Albany, Union County, and our State at our Nation’s Capital, along with other fire service leaders from our State, at the Congressional Fire Services Institute Symposium and Dinner.  This is a great […]

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McDonald’s to host series of events with community leaders

McDonald’s manager Antonio Sneed hosted a community event Monday morning, March 27th, at the restaurant on Highway 30 West. Sneed said the local McDonald’s plans a series of such events to give its customers and others the opportunity to meet face to face with community leaders. The first such event Monday morning might have been […]

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UNITE awards grants, names Volunteer of the Year

Betty Duvall King was named UNITE Volunteer of the Year Thursday night, March 23rd, at the organization’s annual dinner meeting at First United Methodist Church in New Albany. For King it was the most recent of many rewards garnered during a distinguished career as a music educator and civic volunteer, both in Union County and […]

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Is being “not illegal” ever really good enough?

Posted elsewhere today on nanewsweb.com is a follow-up story about the “Great Union County Employee Health Insurance Drama of 2017.” Unless you are already familiar with the facts, you might want to read it –boring and tedious though it may be — before reading the rest of this Rant.  http://nanewsweb.com/union-county-group-health-insurance-drama/ The central fact in this […]

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