Entries by NEMiss.News

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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Union County group health insurance drama, Part II 

A story NAnewsweb.com posted Feb. 28th about the Union County board contracting for group health insurance has brought many comments and questions. http://nanewsweb.com/union-county-taxpayers-save-big-money-on-county-employee-health-insurance/ The following additional information may help clarify what happened. For more than 15 years, the Union County Board of Supervisors bought group health insurance for county employees from the Morgan White Group of […]

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UCDA Business-to-Business Luncheon to be March 30

The next Business-to-Business Luncheon will be held in the Magnolia Room of the Magnolia Civic Center located on Bankhead Street, on Thursday, March 30.  Networking will begin at 11:30 with the meal to follow at 12 noon.  The program will be presented by Mr. Bill Martin of the Franklin Furniture Institute, MSU.  There is no […]

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PSC’s Fix a Leak Week message can save you $$$

JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI – (March 20, 2015) – As part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) ongoing We’re for Water campaign, this year’s Fix a Leak Week encourages Americans to help put a stop to the more than 1 trillion gallons of water wasted from household leaks each year. Sponsored by EPA’s WaterSense® program, Fix […]

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NAHS Science Olympiad regional winners will go to state tournament

New Albany High School participated in the North Regional Science Olympiad Competition held at the University of Mississippi in Oxford on Saturday, March 4.  The results are as follows: New Albany High School – 3rd place overall team Disease Detectives, 3rd place – Elise Dunnam and Stacy Hernandez Helicopters, 1st place – Joseph Rutherford and […]

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