Entries by NEMiss.News

Down From the Hills Weekend 2015 in pictures

 The Down From the Hills festivities ended with a free concert from The Cakewalkers and the Eisenhauer band.                         Saturday mid-morning began the 2015 MS Bluegrass Championship competition.                                 […]

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Over 100 diners enjoy New Albany’s farm to table dinner

One-hundred-and-twenty diners enjoyed a unique al fresco meal Friday night on the Tallahatchie Bridge in New Albany. Not the one in Bobbie Gentry’s iconic song, but the bridge over the Tallahatchie River in the Park-Along-the-River. It was the first ever Farm to Table dinner, and was the kick-off event for the annual Down From the […]

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NAES lists Bullpup Pride award winners for May 11th

The following students at New Albany Elementary School received the Bullpup Pride Recognition Award because of their positive behavior during the week of May 11.  Pictured in no particular order are: Ashten Shorter, Silas McKinney, Sami Callahan, John Stacks, Mayes Prescott, Jesus Pedraza, Valeria Sanchez, Gabe Chapin, Austin Lepard, Kenia Ramirez, Daijah Geyer, Valeria Sanchez, […]

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Hello again, ‘Clerance’ old friend.

         Some things just work out so that everyone gets a piece of what they want. In politics, it’s called compromise; in city management it’s often called historic preservation and/or repurposing. In both cases, it arises from a commitment to doing what is best for the community being served.       […]

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NAHS Announces New Head Boys’ Basketball Coach

  The New Albany School Board of Trustees has approved Robert Burdette as the new Head Boys’ Basketball Coach for New Albany High School (NAHS). NAHS will officially present Coach Burdette as the New Albany Bulldogs Head Boys Basketball Coach at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 20th at the NAHS Media Center.  A Meet & […]

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My Banjo Story: Weston Stewart, 2011 National Champion

Weston Stewart, 2011 National Banjo Champion My banjo story: My mom has worked at Athens State University for the past 26 years and, as most of you know, Athens State is host to The Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Conventions. I have attended this great convention, with my parents, every year that I can remember. […]

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MS Bluegrass Championship in New Albany this weekend

For more than a decade, bluegrass musicians and fans from around the southeast have been coming to New Albany to play traditional music and to compete for more than $8,000 in prizes at the Mississippi Bluegrass Championships. Also known as “Down from the Hills,” the event was sanctioned by the Mississippi   Legislature in 2010 as […]

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Museum Moments to feature Chef John Stokes

Museum Moments on Thursday, May 21, will feature John Stokes, chef from Oxford , who is also will cook the Farm to Table dinner on Friday night at the music  festival kick off Farm to Table dinner. Stokes, an Oxford native, has spent the last twenty years cooking professionally in a variety of settings. He […]

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New Albany threats being investigated by Tippah Sheriff

Update, Sunday evening, May 17th, The search for those responsible for making at least two telephoned  threats to two New Albany businesses Thursday has been narrowed to one Tippah County family. The telephoned threat of an AK-47 attack on the New Albany McDonalds came mid afternoon Thursday, May 15. The threat of a bomb placed […]

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Live @ Noon delivers music, food and shopping fun

The Saturday weather was kindly for the free Live @ Noon event held on the Tanglefoot Plaza in downtown New Albany, Saturday, May 16th. Because it looked like it could rain at any minute, musician and song writer Stephanie Jackson’s two hour performance was moved inside ACs Coffee Shop. But it didn’t rain. ACs double […]

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MS Blues legend BB King dies

BB King, who was born in Berclair MS, died peacefully in his sleep on May 14th, 2015. His daughter, Patty King, said Friday that her father had died in Las Vegas, where he announced two weeks ago that he was in home hospice care after suffering from dehydration. King himself had released a message to […]

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