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With daytime temperatures hovering around 70 degrees, Saturday October 17th was a perfect day to stroll around downtown New Albany. Several hundred people wandered a large area of downtown New Albany that was blocked to moving traffic from the Courthouse to Railroad Street on Bankhead and south to Main Street. All that area, as well as the […]
The city of New Albany has teamed up with the Tallahatchie River players to produce the city and county’s Christmas parade. The theme for this year’s parade is “A Storybook Christmas”. The date of the parade will be the first Monday after Thanksgiving, which falls on November 30th. According to the city’s Tourism Department, which […]
Northeast Mississippi Community College’s softball squad is taking the show on the road to conclude its fall practice schedule for the second consecutive year. The Tigers will visit towns inside their traditional five-county district over a three-day period to host a full evening of activities that includes a one-hour camp and intrasquad games. “We want […]
Ingomar Mound Day will be October 31, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the historic site near Ingomar. Events for the day include historic weapons demonstration, flint knapping demonstration, and an atlatl throw and competition, as well as object identification and mound tours. There will also be stations for learning about Native American games and […]
Do you need a “destination” reason to get out during the next few weeks to enjoy the glory of our Northeast Mississippi fall season? Here are a few places to consider, all of which are within reasonable “day trip with kids” driving distance of the New Albany area and serve up plenty of the quaint flavor […]
The archaeology of Hernando De Soto will be the topic of a Museum Moments program at the Union County Heritage Museum on Thursday, Oct. 22 at noon. Brian Hicks, Archaeologist and director of the DeSoto County Museum will talk about the Spanish explorer’s life and death in the new world as well as update listeners […]
The following students at New Albany Elementary School received the Bullpup Pride Recognition Award because of their positive behavior during the week of October 5. Pictured in no particular order are: Maddox Clemmer, Ethan Salas, Dakota Stephens, Cierra Whiteside, Kylen Clark, Mekenzie Bell, Shakira Moore, Sadie Scott, Isaac Ramirez, […]
A ceremony in New Albany on Friday, October 23, will mark the naming of Interstate-22 (I-22) in Mississippi. MDOT is expected to have in place by that date new signs similar to the one illustrated above. Extending from Birmingham, Alabama to Byhalia, Mississippi, I-22 generally follows the route of the road designated as “Highway 78” […]
Union County is happy for its healthcare advantages, slim as they may be compared to other states. Mississippi is known to be the “poorest and sickest” state in the nation. Though being in the top 10 of the “bottom state” on the list may be “damning with faint praise,” it’s definitely better than not making […]
New Albany High School Principal Lance Evans is pleased to announce that Ke Xin Weng has been named a Commended Student in the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program. Evans presented this scholastically talented senior a Letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program. About 34,000 Commended Students […]
The city board has accepted a grant that will allow an open storm sewer to be covered and a recreation trail to be built in its place. The $99,000-grant from the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks will allow a 550-foot-long open storm sewer stretching from Main Street to Carter Ave. in downtown New […]
Union County law enforcement received the dreaded “man with a gun” call this morning, and was, thankfully, able to deal with it successfully in a non-violent approach. About 11:00 AM the Sheriff’s department received a call from the distraught daughter of a “man with a gun.” The man, known to the Sheriff’s office from previous […]
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