Entries by NEMiss.News

TRY Properties breaks ground on New Albany planned community

New Albany, MS – The sun was bright and the temperature stood at 86F degrees at an announcement and ground-breaking ceremony Wednesday morning, June 17, for a major new residential development in New Albany. Thirty people gathered to hear Terry R. Young, President of TRY Properties, describe what will be the most extensively planned, quality […]

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PREPS-New Albany school named a value added school in Mississippi

MISSISSIPPI STATE, MS— Local schools from the New Albany School District have been recognized at the statewide conference of the Program of Research and Evaluation of Public Schools (PREPS) for being named as a Value Added School. Over 1,000 Mississippi schools’ assessment results were recorded on the Mississippi Statewide Accountability System for 2013-2014. The PREPS […]

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Third-grade reading gate and third world math

Have you heard of Mississippi’s Literacy-Based Promotion Act? No? Well, maybe you know it as 3rd grade Reading Gate? If you are like most Mississippians, you know very little about this law. Beyond the fact that third graders not scoring satisfactorily on the year-end reading exam will not pass to the fourth grade, most people […]

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Miss Freedom Fest Pageant announced

Union County Theater Boosters Presents… Miss Freedom Fest Pageant When: June 25, 2015 at 6:00 pm Where: The Cine Theater New Albany, MS Age Divisions (based on age as of pageant date): Entry fee is $30 in advance and $35 at the door Admission is $5 per person at the door   Baby Mr. Freedom Fest: […]

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Lowe’s cashier and MS patrolman thwart card thieves

A Mississippi highway patrolman happened to be in the right place at just the right time on Thursday, June 4, 2015. That place was Lowe’s in New Albany. Around 1:00 p.m. a group of four men and two women of Asian descent were attempting to check out, making gift card purchases with what was apparently […]

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Freedom Fest adds First Hand speakers to music, fireworks & more

NOTE:  Due to weather there have been scheduling and location changes for the Festival. For details see: Freedom Fest organizers announce schedule changes NEW ALBANY – Organizers are putting the final touches on the annual Freedom Fest that will take place in downtown New Albany on Saturday, June 27th.  The event, which co-bills itself as […]

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Jack Hickey wins Taylor Moore Memorial Scholarshop

Jack Hickey was awarded the Taylor Moore Memorial Scholarship at the New Albany High School graduation ceremony on May 22, 2015.  The $5,000 competitive scholarship is given each year to a deserving NAHS student who plans to attend college in Mississippi. The scholarship selection process includes criteria relating to character, GPA, extracurricular activities, written essay, and an interview […]

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New Albany Renaissance IV, sign language

While, on one hand, New Albany and Union County are working to  encourage economic development, an arcane city ordinance is having an unfriendly impact on potential new businesses. We refer to the city’s restrictive and unenforceable “sign ordinance.” The United States Constitution as originally written in 1787 and as amended 27 times, most recently in […]

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New Albany Renaissance III, selling Union County

Early afternoon in late spring in North Mississippi. Thunderstorm rolling in from the west. It was an event, an economic development event, and it had several things in common with dozens of such events that went on that same day around the United States: *Announcement of a new business opening or expanding operations in the […]

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Former NAHS principal backs out of the spotlight

In a story that has garnered national coverage, Jay Foster, former principal of New Albany High School today dropped all charges against four people he had removed from the Senatobia High School graduation. Charges of disturbing the peace had been lodged against the four, and warrants served. The warrants were issued for disturbing the peace […]

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