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New Albany High School 2016 Subject Area Awards

NAnewsweb.com recently received this information from the New Albany Schools. Congratulations to the winning students in these subject areas. Subject Area Award recipients were recognized at the Awards Ceremony held at New Albany High School on May 3rd, 2016: SUBJECT AREA AWARDS      2016  ENGLISH 9                                                               JADA SPEARS ACCELERATED ENGLISH 9                                 […]

Confederate Railroad tuning up for Freedom Fest concert

Confederate Railroad, the feature act for tonight’s Freedom Fest concert is in New Albany’s Park-Along-the-River and is tuning up the sound system for their concert tonight. There should be good weather ahead tonight and there are two warm-up acts ahead of the Railroad–Honky Tonk Heroes and Melissa Lee. The Confederate Railroad’s concert will be followed […]

Levitt AMP Concert # 4 brings all kinds of hot and cool

Friday’s fourth Levitt AMP concert drew by far the largest crowd so far in the series. There was no rain to mar the day, but there was plenty of heat. “Tennessee Tumbleweed” Grace Askew was the opening act, bringing her unique mix of blues and country. Askew, who hails from Memphis, has toured for about […]

Second annual Farm-to-Table dinner hosts 80 guests

The second annual Farm to Table Dinner was served Thursday night, June 23, at the Park-Along-the-River in New Albany. We understand the tickets for this year’s event sold out within less than an hour of going on sale a few weeks ago. The dinner emphasizes serving food produced locally, which is to say from sources […]

New Albany Fire Chief Represents City and Associations

New Albany Deputy Fire Chief and Mississippi Firefighter’s Association 1St Vice President, Mark Whiteside, attended the annual conference of the Southeastern Association of Fire Chiefs in Biloxi last week to promote not only the MS Firefighter’s Association and Mississippi Fire Chief’s Association, but our City as well.  Fire Departments, Chiefs, and representatives from 10 southeastern […]

Pets can join Freedom festivities and aid Humane Society

Dress up yourself and your pet and come help raise awareness for our homeless pets in the community.  The Union County Humane Society will host a patriotic-themed pet parade at 4:00pm on June 25 during the Freedom Fest Activities in downtown New Albany. The entry fee is $10 per pet and all proceeds directly benefit […]

New Albany is pulling out all the stops this weekend–Be There!

New Albany, MS- All those who come out this weekend for the ‘doings’ in New Albany will find that there is pretty much something for everyone. Beginning Friday evening June 24th with the fourth Levitt Amp concert Friday evening’s fourth Levitt AMP concert will be opened about 7:30 PM by Memphian Grace Askew, and will […]

Union Co. Supervisors hear money report and plea

A report about an education trust fund and  a plea for money for a mental health program were heard at Monday morning’s Union County board meeting. BNA Bank Vice President Mike Staten introduced Mike Clayborne president of the CREATE Foundation of Tupelo. CREATE is the administrator of the $50-million Toyota Wellspring Education Fund, which was […]