Entries by NEMiss.News

New Albany weather was a big part of the story in 2015

A New Albany reader sent us this review of New Albany’s 2015 weather, which prompted us to look back at some of the weather-related stories we published in 2015. There were a lot of them. They related to local events that depended upon good weather for their success, civic projects that were affected by weather, […]

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Bullpup Pride award winners for December 7th

The following students at New Albany Elementary School received the Bullpup Pride Recognition Award because of their positive behavior during the week of December 7: Johnathon Quarles, Remington Carroll, Makenzie Reed, Carson Evans, Will Hardy, Mickey Woods, Ethan Smithey, Lauryn Deaton, Chris Carter, Ashlyn Brown, Jake Whitt, Sharon Osario, Laura-Kay Pierce, Ashton Presley, Alan Ortega, […]

Christmas morning single-vehicle wreck injures deputy sheriff

A Union County deputy  was injured Christmas morning when he lost control of the sheriff’s department vehicle he was driving near the Myrtle city limits. Witnesses said Deputy Sheriff Adam Fitts was westbound on Highway 178 at about 9 a.m. Friday morning, Dec. 25th, when he lost control of a Chevrolet Tahoe on wet pavement. […]

Christmas season tornado wreaks havoc in North MS; 7 dead, 1 missing

Nearly a full day after the Dec. 23 tornado damage in Mississippi, a coherent picture finally started  to emerge as to the human cost of the storm. Seven deaths have been confirmed in north Mississippi with one person still unaccounted for in Benton County, as of mid-afternoon Christmas Eve. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency in […]

Union County School District Scores High on PARCC Assessment

The 2014-2015 school year was certainly one of challenges for educators across the state. It was the first year that schools were assessed on the Common Core State Standards. How students were to be assessed was fairly unknown to teachers as Mississippi participated in PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers) assessments […]

Local man recalls his Chinook helicopter experiences

UPDATED: 12/20/2015 The story we posted a couple of days ago about a U.S. Army Chinook helicopter that made an  overnight stay near the West Union School triggered memories for a Union County man, who served with the U.S. Army in Vietnam. He wrote: “Your story about the Chinook helicopter that made an unscheduled landing […]

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NAHS Operation Warm Heart brings good news to district families

The annual “Operation Warm Heart” Christmas adoption program started by New Albany High School ten years ago was once again a great success. Each year, the electives department of NAHS heads up this operation by first “adopting” children within the New Albany School District through the Helping Hands agency. This year, 24 students from 10 […]

Reception honors Jordan and Rakestraw for service to Union County

A retirement reception honoring two long-serving members of the Union County Board of Supervisors drew about 200 well-wishers Thursday afternoon. Board President and Third District Supervisor Danny Jordan and Fifth District Supervisor Benny Rakestraw were honored by their families and friends at the event in the second floor courtroom at the Union County Courthouse. Jordan […]

People from all over the world “LOVE NA”

People from all over the world “LOVE NA” in new online promotional campaign… Israel, Romania, England, Canada, Tanzania, Thailand and even Hoboken, New Jersey will be featured in a new online promotional campaign for the city of New Albany which features people from all over the world who have visited the city. “I don’t know […]

Chances of survival in emergency are better in Union County

If you are seriously ill or are injured, your chances of survival in Union County may be better than in any rural county in America. The reason is simple: quick access to emergency medical care. In July 2014 Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County opened its new $12-million emergency facility, which has 22 examination rooms, compared to […]