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College and Career Connection kicks off at New Albany High School

New Albany High School hosted its first College and Career Connections meeting on Thursday, December 8. Each month during the second semester, NAHS will host a College and Career Connections opportunity with area career and industry leaders.  Each month, speakers representing different careers will speak to students who are specifically interested in pursuing a career […]

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The “Bad luck shoplifter” has been apprehended

With assistance of the Tupelo Police Dept. Tyler Sweeney was apprehended in a traffic stop this morning about 1:30 am. Brandon Tyler Sweeney 234 CR 337, Okalona MS Age: 25 HGT: 5′ 7″ WGT: 126 Charges: Felony shoplifting. May have other charges forthcoming. Wonder why he is called the “Bad Luck Shoplifter?”

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Valet parking trial approved by New Albany Board of Aldermen

New Albany, MS– The New Albany Board of Aldermen has authorized a six-month experiment in valet parking, three nights each week, in downtown New Albany. The board took the action at its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 6. Restaurateur Frank Vainisi proposed a plan to make valet parking available in downtown New Albany from […]

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NAES celebrates Christmas Around the World

New Albany, MS- First grade students at New Albany Elementary School celebrated Christmas Around the World on Wednesday, December 14. Students rotated through nine stations and learned how holidays are celebrated in the countries of England, Germany, China, Sweden, Mexico, Brazil, Italy, and Australia.  At each station, students learned about each country’s holiday celebrations and […]

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If it weren’t for bad luck, he’d have no luck at all! UPDATED 12-16

UPDATE: 12-16-2016 (9:15pm) New Albany Police Chief Chris Robertson has informed NAnewsweb.com that the suspect in yesterday’s shoplifting incident at the Walls store on Highway 30 West has been identified. The New Albany Police Department is working with other police departments who may have charges against the same person. The suspect, whose identity has not […]

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At last, the 2016 New Albany Christmas Parade!

  New Albany, MS- New Albany was finally able to have its 2016 Christmas parade Tuesday night, Dec. 13 — after the annual holiday event had been rained out twice. Longtime New Albany businessman and philanthropist Bill Smallwood was the Grand Marshall. The temperature stood at a brisk 50 degrees, and the sky was overcast, but no […]

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Retired teachers honored at brunch

New Albany, MS- The New Albany Schools honored teachers, administrators, and staff members who are retired from the school district at a brunch on December 1. Approximately forty retired educators attended the brunch that was held at the New Albany School of Career & Technical Education. The meal was prepared and served by the Culinary Arts […]

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Fires in three MS counties claim lives, destroy property

                               New Albany, MS- Area fires have local fire departments reminding community to “be safe out there!” An early Saturday morning fire destroyed a shed and its contents in the Oaksview neighborhood. Ingomar and Southeast Union Fire Depts. responded in 20 […]

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Website downtime: hacked host or “technical issues?”

New Albany, MS- Whether resulting from our web host site having being hacked or from other “technical” issues, the NAnewsweb.com site was down for several hours yesterday. Websites like NAnewsweb.com can exist on the internet scene in one of two basic ways. Either the site can own its own server or it can “rent” shared […]

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Luncheon with Books to feature Bonhoeffer Christmas sermons

New Albany, MS– Tuesday, December 20, Luncheon with Books will be held at the Jennie Stephens Smith Library in New Albany. Rev. Tim Prather of First United Methodist Church New Albany will discuss Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Christmas Sermons. Bonhoeffer was a Lutheran Pastor and theologian active in the German resistance to Hitler and Nazism. He was […]

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