Entries by NEMiss.News

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New Albany High School art exhibit to open at museum

The Annual New Albany High School Art Exhibit will open Monday, May 8, from 5:30 – 7 at the Union County Heritage Museum, 114 Cleveland Street.  Work from the students features two and three dimensional pieces as well as a short movie.  The exhibit will have  a lot of imagination and energy, as always.  Awards […]

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New Albany municipal primary election results

New Albany Democratic and Republican party voters chose candidates for city elective offices who will face off in the June 6 city general election. The turnout for the municipal primary election was relatively light, with fewer than 30 percent of New Albany’s registered voters turning. With 4777 eligible voters  registered for the election, only 1405 […]

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NASC&T Culinary Arts student operates coffee cart at NAHS event

New Albany, MS-  Mikael-Olivia Knowlton, a Culinary Arts II student at the NAHS School of Career & Technical Education, created a coffee cart for teachers to enjoy during Vision Time/Genius Hour at NAHS. The cart consisted of zucchini bread, banana nut bread, sea salt caramels, dark chocolates, and High Pointe coffee.   Melanie Shannon – New […]

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NASC&T students studying the threat of obesity

New Albany, MS- Students in Nannette Ballard’s Family Science classes at the New Albany High School of Career & Technical Education are learning about the consequences of obesity. Ballard received funding through the Dean Provence Endowment for Excellence in Education grant program and was able to purchase a “Consequences of Obesity Interactive Display”. Ballard uses this hands-on […]

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NASC&T class purchases cameras through Dean Provence Endowment

New Albany, MS- Students in Chris Russell’s Digital Media classes at the New Albany High School of Career & Technical Education are learning more about cinematography and film editing. Russell received funding through the Dean Provence Endowment for Excellence in Education grant program and was able to purchase an “Osmo+” mounted camera. Students in the Digital Media […]

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New Albany Schools’ students learn from each other

Sometimes the best way to learn something is to teach someone else, and, when learning a new skill, it is always a plus to know how it may be of future use to you or others. Students teaching students is a win:win situation for all involved. Students teaching students  On Thursday, March 9, several students […]

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New Albany municipal primary election tomorrow

New Albany voters will go to the polls tomorrow, Tuesday, May 2nd, to vote in party primaries to select candidates for several city offices. No mayoral contests in Primary Election Incumbent Mayor Tim Kent, a Democrat, has no challenger in the primary election. He will face incumbent First Ward Alderman Jeff Olson, who is not […]

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MS Small Business Week event to honor New Albany’s Russell

The Mississippi Small Business Administration (SBA) District Office will be holding an event at the Magnolia Civic Center in New Albany on Thursday May 4th in honor of Mississippi Small Business Week.  The special evening will be dedicated to recognizing and celebrating this year’s Small Business Week Award Winners, Top SBA Lenders and Top Certified […]

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Crawfish Festival raises money for playground improvements fund

While the torrential rains cancelled the first Tallahatchie Crawfish & Shrimp Festival at the Park Along the River last weekend, that didn’t stop organizers of the event or the hundred or so people who showed up at the scaled down event that was moved to The Basement, an events venue downtown. Mark “Pop’s” Pipkin and […]

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New Albany named “BEST Southern Small Town” by USA TODAY

The city of New Albany has been named “America’s Best Southern Small Town” for 2017 by the national newspaper, USA TODAY. Earlier this year the city was named as one of twenty nominations by a panel of travel writers and experts. The nominations were then posted on the USA TODAY 10 best website, and readers […]

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